MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: CRAZY CATH on January 21, 2016, 07:32:06 pm
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Any advice on tyres guys need some new boots
225x40x18
Bridge stones Avon etc
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Im getting some goodyear Efficient Grip Performance tyres next week. £80 per tyre fitted from f1 autocentre.
Was going to go hankooks but decided that £15 more for goodyears isnt bad
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Michelin Pilot Super Sports or Uniroyal Rainsport 3s are both very good tyres
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Michelin Pilot Super Sports or Uniroyal Rainsport 3s are both very good tyres
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One very expensive the other half the price.
Iv got the mpss and probably won't be getting them again, there almost done and less than 10k miles on them. And for best part of £500 that's just not for me .
For £500 I rekon I could get 2 sets of 4 tyres , the rain sport3's for the winter and a Khumo semi slick for the summer/track time
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/uniroyal/rainsport-3/225-40-r18-92y-187764
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/kumho/ecsta-xs-ku36/225-40-r18-92w-42334
Just an idea
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Michelin Pilot Super Sports or Uniroyal Rainsport 3s are both very good tyres
O
One very expensive the other half the price.
Iv got the mpss and probably won't be getting them again, there almost done and less than 10k miles on them. And for best part of £500 that's just not for me .
For £500 I rekon I could get 2 sets of 4 tyres , the rain sport3's for the winter and a Khumo semi slick for the summer/track time
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/uniroyal/rainsport-3/225-40-r18-92y-187764
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/kumho/ecsta-xs-ku36/225-40-r18-92w-42334
Just an idea
Interesting point. I find my Supersports good in dry and wet, but not great when it's cold, regardless of how wet the road is.
I might look into a summer set and a winter set too.
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The new good year asymmetric 3
http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&cart_id=45657406.110.30959&sowigan=So&Breite=225&Quer=40&Felge=18&Speed=&kategorie=6&Marke=&ranzahl=4&tyre_for=&x_tyre_for=&weiter=90&sort_by=brand&rsmFahrzeugart=ALL&search_tool=standard&Label=C-A-67-1&details=Ordern&typ=R-281967
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Michelin Pilot Super Sports or Uniroyal Rainsport 3s are both very good tyres
O
One very expensive the other half the price.
Iv got the mpss and probably won't be getting them again, there almost done and less than 10k miles on them. And for best part of £500 that's just not for me .
For £500 I rekon I could get 2 sets of 4 tyres , the rain sport3's for the winter and a Khumo semi slick for the summer/track time
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/uniroyal/rainsport-3/225-40-r18-92y-187764
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/kumho/ecsta-xs-ku36/225-40-r18-92w-42334
Just an idea
Because the Pilot Super Sports are infinetly better than Uniroyal Rainsport 3 in anything other than very very cold very very wet conditions?
The rainsport 3 are not a bad tyre. But they are nowhere near as good wet or dry as say an Eagle F1 assymetric 2.
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Im getting some goodyear Efficient Grip Performance tyres next week. £80 per tyre fitted from f1 autocentre.
Was going to go hankooks but decided that £15 more for goodyears isnt bad
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Nice to see that you've gone with F1 Autocentre mate - I couldn't fault them and they were the cheapest for my recent set of Eagle F1's @ just under £80 per tyre fitted.
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Michelin Pilot Super Sports or Uniroyal Rainsport 3s are both very good tyres
O
One very expensive the other half the price.
Iv got the mpss and probably won't be getting them again, there almost done and less than 10k miles on them. And for best part of £500 that's just not for me .
For £500 I rekon I could get 2 sets of 4 tyres , the rain sport3's for the winter and a Khumo semi slick for the summer/track time
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/uniroyal/rainsport-3/225-40-r18-92y-187764
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/kumho/ecsta-xs-ku36/225-40-r18-92w-42334
Just an idea
Because the Pilot Super Sports are infinetly better than Uniroyal Rainsport 3 in anything other than very very cold very very wet conditions?
The rainsport 3 are not a bad tyre. But they are nowhere near as good wet or dry as say an Eagle F1 assymetric 2.
Agree,
but what I was getting at is for the amount of money they cost (MPSS) vs longevity ,you could have 2 full sets of boots that will last twice as long for the same cash,and be more suitable for our lovely British weather,and I'd hazard a guess the Khumho semi slick might just trump the MPSS around a track,maybe not for feel but out right grip ,and the URRS3 will probably out perform it in the wet .
was really just another angle, rather than the default MPSS,GYasym2, etc etc
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I just picked up 4 x 225/40/18 goodyear eagle F1 assymetric 3 from tyreleader.ie for €109 each and oponeo.ie are doing €112
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Michelin Pilot Super Sports or Uniroyal Rainsport 3s are both very good tyres
O
One very expensive the other half the price.
Iv got the mpss and probably won't be getting them again, there almost done and less than 10k miles on them. And for best part of £500 that's just not for me .
My front pair of Eagle F1 Assysmetric 2s are down to 2mm in under 10K but at the end of the day, in a high performance hatchback, I'd sooner have grip than long life. MPSS - brilliant turn-in, stiff sidewalls, nice feedback. Rainsport - soggy, uninspiring, no feedback.
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I got 30-35k out of some eagle f1 asy2 lol.
I did rotate at about 3.5mm left on the front but can't see how any gets 10k from one pair :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I got 30-35k out of some eagle f1 asy2 lol.
I did rotate at about 3.5mm left on the front but can't see how any gets 10k from one pair :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I had a pair doing 12,5k miles on the front and 35k on the rear in my GT Sport with 1,8 mm left when I removed them. Can't fault the tyres. :smiley:
@Pudding (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=10733) Do you do a lot of wheelspins or hard corners (I like to think I do some hard cornering frequently but maybe I'm not that aggressive driving...)? :confused:
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I got 30-35k out of some eagle f1 asy2 lol.
I did rotate at about 3.5mm left on the front but can't see how any gets 10k from one pair :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I had a pair doing 12,5k miles on the front and 35k on the rear in my GT Sport with 1,8 mm left when I removed them. Can't fault the tyres. :smiley:
@Pudding (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=10733) Do you do a lot of wheelspins or hard corners (I like to think I do some hard cornering frequently but maybe I'm not that aggressive driving...)? :confused:
God yeah, I give the car death regularly :smiley: That's why I keep banging on about the F1s not being my cup of tea. The sidewalls aren't stiff enough for my tastes, which makes the front feel a bit wishy washy when pressing on. They do grip through the bends well though. Traction is a bit pants, but then again I can't expect that to be brilliant with a mapped ED30 and an open diff!
30-35K from a set of tyres is epic!! I don't think I could ever achieve that, in ANY car!
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http://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b0s134p0/Car_Tyres_-_MPV_Tyres_-_People_Carrier_Tyres_-_18_inch_R18_inch_-_225_40_18_225_40R18 there you go done the easy bit you just need to pay :signLOL: :signLOL: Reliable seller used them for 4 years without any trouble
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God yeah, I give the car death regularly :smiley: That's why I keep banging on about the F1s not being my cup of tea. The sidewalls aren't stiff enough for my tastes, which makes the front feel a bit wishy washy when pressing on. They do grip through the bends well though. Traction is a bit pants, but then again I can't expect that to be brilliant with a mapped ED30 and an open diff!
30-35K from a set of tyres is epic!! I don't think I could ever achieve that, in ANY car!
I agree that the F1s Asys 2 have a soft sidewall that some might hate. The soft sidewall make them quieter and more comfortable. For a more family oriented car they are very good, IMO. You do have to forgive the sidewall when cornering harder.
At the moment my Ed. 30 has 330 BHP and 457 Nm/337 lbft and with Contis SC5 and in the dry I'm not experiencing lack of traction. I could if I launched it from too low speeds but when at +25 mph I think I can do a WOT without issues. The DSG makes the acceleration much more progressive than I'm used to in the diesel GT Sport.
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AS3's under £80 each now, bargain.
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Can't fault the Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2s - put four on my Golf and I've done around 10 - 15,000 miles so far.
Lots of motorway driving though...
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I was going to switch from Sumitomo HTR ZIII to Michelin Pilot Super Sport, but decided to go with Continental Extreme Contact DW instead because of comparison reviews, price, and weight. I love them and will likely stick with these until their performance fails my expectations. A good resource for performance comparison at this site: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=ExtremeContact+DW&partnum=24YR8ECDWXL&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes
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The new good year asymmetric 3
http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&cart_id=45657406.110.30959&sowigan=So&Breite=225&Quer=40&Felge=18&Speed=&kategorie=6&Marke=&ranzahl=4&tyre_for=&x_tyre_for=&weiter=90&sort_by=brand&rsmFahrzeugart=ALL&search_tool=standard&Label=C-A-67-1&details=Ordern&typ=R-281967
Any ideas how these would react along side the old goodyear GSD3's?
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you dont mix tyres cross axle so you'd be fine..