MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: reflex11 on January 12, 2012, 04:33:28 pm
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I had some continental contact 3 on the front... very low thread.. like less than 3mm.. anyway went to a local tyre place I ended up buying some pirelli p6000 brand new fitted balanced etc etc £130.. drove off wheel spinning.. they're a load of sh*t im going to take them back and have my old sh*ts back on? i mean who knows how old thes pirelli's are even though theyre brand new right? im thinking of ordering some new conti contact 3 from camskill any other suggestions???! :confused: pissed off!!
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Tyres need to be run in
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If you look on the side of the tyre it will have a number stamped into it ie 2511 which means it was made 25 week of 2011--i have changed a few brand new pirellis over as the customer hasn't liked them
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Biggest problem is you've gone from the current evo number 1 performance tyre to Pirellis family 1.4 astra tyre. I'm shocked they even do them in GTI sizes tbh, get rid of them!
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Conti Sport Contact 5's are good ;)
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I was looking at purchasing some Uniroyal rainsport II's, anyone used these and rate them?
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I've just got a pair of Goodyear asymmetric f1s fitted this afternoon,still have to wear them in before I know if they are good or not
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I understand tyres need to be burnt in.. but I Just read all the reviews on these tyres there terrible!
my contact 3s were so quiet and great at handling..these are worse than budget tyres
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Get rid. I had these as a "get me buy" on the front of my old mk4. What a load of crap. All they would do is find every ditch in south derbyshire. After that I always stuck with conti contactsport 2's and never had a problem.
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P6000, seemed standard issue on the 306 gti6 back in the day. They were always referred to as ditch finders. :signLOL:
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which are better contact 3 or 5 as I heard 5 are a little noisy but the 3 are nice and quiet? im heading towards the 3s?
also would the car benefit much with getting new tyres on the back also even though loads of thread are left but theyre budget tyres?
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P6000, seemed standard issue on the 306 gti6 back in the day. They were always referred to as ditch finders. :signLOL:
Clearly an ex 306gti6.com member here :happy2: I had these for a short while on my 306 and they were s**t!!
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P6000's are equivalent for Bridgestone's Touranza in my eyes, i.e. a tourer/motorway tyre with a medium/hard compound. Meant to last long for company car drivers!
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I've got the Pirelli PZero Rosso assymetrics on, and they are superb, and really well priced.
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I've got the Pirelli PZero Rosso assymetrics on, and they are superb, and really well priced.
Snap! find them much better than the cont's that were on before. :happy2:
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I was looking at purchasing some Uniroyal rainsport II's, anyone used these and rate them?
Great in the wet / standing water, but the sidewall is too soft and precision suffers.
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which are better contact 3 or 5 as I heard 5 are a little noisy but the 3 are nice and quiet? im heading towards the 3s?
also would the car benefit much with getting new tyres on the back also even though loads of thread are left but theyre budget tyres?
Budgets on the rear will mean your arse flies about on corners. Better to have the budgets on the front to be honest where you have some control over what they're doing. But a matched set of 4 quality tyres is far better.
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which are better contact 3 or 5 as I heard 5 are a little noisy but the 3 are nice and quiet? im heading towards the 3s?
also would the car benefit much with getting new tyres on the back also even though loads of thread are left but theyre budget tyres?
Budgets on the rear will mean your arse flies about on corners. Better to have the budgets on the front to be honest where you have some control over what they're doing. But a matched set of 4 quality tyres is far better.
+1....I totally agree
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I swear by Toyo T1R tyres, last well, grip well and great in the wet!, been using them on my last 3 GTI's
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I was looking at purchasing some Uniroyal rainsport II's, anyone used these and rate them?
Yup. They are excellent and I rate them above the Vredestien Ultra Sessantas :happy2:
Truly underated :smiley:
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I swear by Toyo T1R tyres, last well, grip well and great in the wet!, been using them on my last 3 GTI's
I too rate the T1Rs and I have had them fitted to all my cars. I have now moved onto to the Toyo T1 Sports and tjey are even better than the Rs. So far the fronts are bedding in but the rears have been on for a while so I havent pushed the car yet. But even at normal driving speeds the car feels more planted and changes direction more readily. The T1 Sports have a dual compound so its different from the inside to outside of the tyre. Plus I got them for £77 a corner!
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Got my last pair from camskil in November and got them for £186 i think it was, bedded in nicely now after around 800 miles.
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I've got the Pirelli PZero Rosso assymetrics on, and they are superb, and really well priced.
Snap! find them much better than the cont's that were on before. :happy2:
Amazing grip, and good in the wet. Perfect for our rubbish climate! :signLOL:
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