Oh my GOD!!!!!!
What an amazing response from you guys!!!!! Thank you all soooooo much!!! Really thank you, I’m so chuffed!
Hearing all your responses I have decided after me exam I will take orders for Kiwi Spring Armour!!!!
FYI
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_250448_langId_-1_categoryId_165694This is the tyre that I bought
(Is it tyre or tire) :-s
For future orders I would ask you guys who are interested, to choose a tread of your choice from Halfords and to make sure they have it in stock at New Malden, I’ve also seen awesome looking tyres on Amazon.co.uk too from as cheap as a fiver. Basically send me a link of the tread u want and ill order it.
I used high quality metallic paint for the tread and the only colours available are silver and gold.
After you have told me what tread, I can give you a quote on how much it will cost but on average your looking at around ( note: GIVE OR TAKE ) £30
But you get a lot for your money: the two spring covers, sized, cut, painted, with holes, with the required amount of matching coloured zipties, the spare pieces of tyre(which are a decent length to make socks from) and P&P. The Cheaper the Tread you choose the less expensive it will be for you.
Just to give u an idea how I worked that out ill give you how much I would charge for exactly mine as they are:
26" x 1.95 bike tyre - £15
Paint - £7
25 ultra tough zipties - £3.50
Postage - £4.20 (Royal Mail Standard package)
Packing - £17.47 (£1.16 each as it’s a pack of 15 boxes)
Price £35
I know it’s hefty but I will only be making £4 for all the hard work and effort I put into making them. I will say though it’s negotiable. For example if you don’t want zipties -£3.50, if you wanna come pick them up from me then -£5.36 and so on.
NOTE: The tyres MUST be 26” and be at least 1.95” thick or it won’t fit over the widest part of the spring.
Here’s the price range
Tyre Cost – Asking Price
£5 - £25
£7 - £27
£9 - £29
£11 - £31
£13 - £33
£15 - £35
I know a lot of you would be put back by the price and I understand and I would too…. Gaffa tape seems so much easier compared to this, but if you wanna have a physical look me springs then come along to the Hampton meet: Sunday 25th Jan at 11am. They really are very good at taking impact and look really nice in person (so to speak) as well.
Any questions then PM me on here or my hotmail addy is on my profile, feel free to contact me there too…….
Cheers all once again for the comments, much appreciated.
Love Kiwi
