MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: RussZS on October 17, 2011, 10:56:44 am
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My car (315hp Edition 30) currently has 2 FK542 Falken's in the front (pretty new) and the original Sport Contact 2's on the back, one of which has a slow puncture.
I want four new tyres, to compliment the Bilstein B8's and WL ARB, I'm adding to my Eibach Sportlines soon, but which are best on an Edition 30 please?
I had PS3's all round on my R26 Megane, and they were superb and seemed to wear well, but the Assymetric 2's are getting some superb reviews at the moment!
Anyone tried them both?
Thanks,
Russ.
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Had goodyears for 1000 miles now and would say they are as good as all the reviews.Paid around £100 each from camskil.
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I had the assym2 goodyears and hated them. Linear grip was good but lateral grip was awful with no warning of breakaway. Ditched them immediately for some Michelin ps3's and the difference was huge. I also have conti sport3 on at present which are a great tyre.
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Thats interesting PDT. Lateral grip on my F1 v1 seems very good :-/
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ps3 for me
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Tbh, I had PS3 on my Megane and they were superb, so I'll probably go for them.
Best price so far is £560 fitted, anyone know of any better please?
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ps3's all the way
best place i got them was at costco around a similar price to yours
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ps3's , recently had them fited al round for £500 on my gti, and wil be using the sme on my edition 30 when i pick it up. :smiley:
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Very happy with the Pirelli P Zero Nero's on mine.
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I've got Asym 2s on at the moment, they've done 3000 miles, 2 trackdays (Rockingham and Spa), a few laps of the Ring & a 20 minute session on the Ring F1 track (horrible surface).
I have nothing bad to say about them, oodles of grip, progressive and wearing very well so far. I can't say if they're better or worse than PS3s though.
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Think I'm going to try Goodyear Assy 2's next. I found the originals better than PS2's and PS2's are a fair bit better than PS3's so a no brainer for me.
I'd love to try the PS2 replacements though the supersports. Not in our fitment size yet and very expensive but reviews are stunning !
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Me too.. ordering some F1 v2 asap! :happy2:
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I find the praise about the PS3 really baffling.
I've been using PS3's all round (225 40 18) for the last year and I find them awful understeering and twitchy in the wet to the point I'm considering changing the car for something that handles better. I'm not even talking about pushing hard to get it to understeer, cars been checked by two VW specialists, never been accident damaged etc.
I've tried different tyre pressures, checked alignment and even had Eibach springs fitted to no avail. It's either I throw money at ARB's etc and hope it improves or cut my losses and move on although I love the car/spec.
I had Goodyears on my last car and found them superb both the original Eagle f1's and the Asymmetrics very confidence inspiring in the wet, obviously different tyres suit different cars..
In the current state I'm not looking forward to wet winter roads and at £500 a set good tyres aren't cheap!
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Mid summer most look for a set of winter tyres for a few reasons.
Safety, they grip better at lower temps. They drive well on snow .
Economy, keeps the miles off your premium summer tyres and come feb can be put away for next winter.
Summer tyres will spin more in cold/icy conditions and so wear faster
I have the F1 assy on the Leon Cupra and thought they were very good. Not sure what's going on her this summer as the Falkens were a stop gap and garbage for fast road.
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My issue was the understeer in good conditions especially summer!! That's doesn't bode well for winter! And I don't drive like a boy racer either! I'd love to be able to afford a winter set but at the moment that's not possible. How do you find the handling on the Cupra?
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When I first got my Leon I was very careful and took me a while to start to test its limits.
Then the chassis was totally changed with the coillies, arbs, walk and now lighter brakes and bump steer kit
I'm no racing driver but the chassis is probably more capable than my ability. I'm quite happy with it.
It will hopefully become more apparent when I'm able to frequent uk track days where I think the major +/- points are and I can fine tune it accordingly :happy2:
I hope you find rubber tyres that perform to your liking, be a shame to get rid of the car :(
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My issue was the understeer in good conditions especially summer!! That's doesn't bode well for winter! And I don't drive like a boy racer either! I'd love to be able to afford a winter set but at the moment that's not possible. How do you find the handling on the Cupra?
how old are the ps3 tyres and how long were they in storage before you bought them, over a long period time the compound of any tyre goes hard they wil were wel but no grip, had this on bridgestone tyres on my old skyline, the tyre fitter had a hard job getting them off the rims and it was like driving on ice in the bends with them on the car, personaly find the ps3 A1 :smiley:
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how old are the ps3 tyres and how long were they in storage before you bought them, over a long period time the compound of any tyre goes hard they wil were wel but no grip, had this on bridgestone tyres on my old skyline, the tyre fitter had a hard job getting them off the rims and it was like driving on ice in the bends with them on the car, personaly find the ps3 A1 :smiley:
Good question - I've had them since about March - all 4 purchased at the same time. They were ordered in by the tyre dealer i used but i've no idea how long they were in storage for beforehand. They're 225 40 18 so its a popular size so i shouldnt imagine they'd be on the shelf for a long time but who knows...
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I've had just about every mainstream 'performance' tyre on the ED30 in the last 50K miles including the GY F1 Assy and the PS3 and whilst imo there are subtle differences between the 2 (F1 having marginally better straightline grip and a comfier ride, the PS3 giving better turn in feel and better in the wet) the differences are so small from a performance point of view imo that most 'regular' drivers would struggle to split the 2..
I prefer the PS3 as they wear MUCH better and the stiffer sidewall gives a better turn in feel and doesnt suffer from the sidewall 'eggs' that the F1s did, the F1 wins on price and initial pull away grip, i'd be happy to run either on the car again :happy2:
As for your experience with the PS3s, have you had any other tyres on the car in your ownership? The GTi is set up 'safely' like all modern FWD cars with a tendency to understeer when approaching the limit, stops joe public backing them through hedges :grin:
FWIW this year alone my PS3s have done umpteen laps of the TT mountain course, 5 1/4 mile runs, 2 track days at Oulton and 1 at Cadwell, 8 laps of the 'Ring and the same on the F1 track and have been spot on :happy2:
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I've had just about every mainstream 'performance' tyre on the ED30 in the last 50K miles including the GY F1 Assy and the PS3 and whilst imo there are subtle differences between the 2 (F1 having marginally better straightline grip and a comfier ride, the PS3 giving better turn in feel and better in the wet) the differences are so small from a performance point of view imo that most 'regular' drivers would struggle to split the 2..
I prefer the PS3 as they wear MUCH better and the stiffer sidewall gives a better turn in feel and doesnt suffer from the sidewall 'eggs' that the F1s did, the F1 wins on price and initial pull away grip, i'd be happy to run either on the car again :happy2:
As for your experience with the PS3s, have you had any other tyres on the car in your ownership? The GTi is set up 'safely' like all modern FWD cars with a tendency to understeer when approaching the limit, stops joe public backing them through hedges :grin:
FWIW this year alone my PS3s have done umpteen laps of the TT mountain course, 5 1/4 mile runs, 2 track days at Oulton and 1 at Cadwell, 8 laps of the 'Ring and the same on the F1 track and have been spot on :happy2:
Hi,
I had the Bridgestone RE050A's on the car when i first had it. I can understand the understeer on the limit but not the way i've driven the car - i wouldn't dare push it as it feels unprecdictable.
Out of interest what tyre pressure were you running the PS3's at? Are you still on them at the moment and what handling mods do you have on your car?
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Out of interest what tyre pressure were you running the PS3's at? Are you still on them at the moment and what handling mods do you have on your car?
Yeah still on them at the moment although i have swapped to my winter tyres this weekend, run them at 37PSi all round :happy2:
Mods are H&R front and rear ARBs, WALK, VWR springs and custom geo setup :smiley: