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topshot_2k
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26th Mar 07 at 12:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they are ditchfinders compared to Goodyear/Brigestones potenzas
Cupra Steve
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26th Mar 07 at 12:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well i'm putting them on my 106!
AK
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26th Mar 07 at 14:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what on earth are you doing to the poor car to go through a set of tyres in 3k miles in an astra!
Robin
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26th Mar 07 at 14:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Everyone needs to remember tyre choice is more down to personal opinion than anything, everyone who is saying 'I don't see why Toyos get called crap, they're fine on mine' likes them, some people don't.

I thought they were shite, I've had better tyres, better doesn't always mean more expensive either, my Hankooks were better than the Toyos and cost me £35 a tyre, fitted.

I don't understand how a set of Uniroyals can only last 3k though My Avons lasted 4k, I'd JUST passed my test, and they were made of butter, Uniroyals are much harder compound than they were.
Novaneil
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26th Mar 07 at 14:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yoko Parada Spec 2's! I love um!!!!! In all but standing water, then there crap... aquaplane city
SXi_Tim
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26th Mar 07 at 14:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
quote:
Originally posted by Cupra Steve
Yoko A539's are very good, i was toldf toyo's are budget tyres and are only popular as they have a nice tread pattern!



A539's

dont take them in the wet


I have A539 on the LET and they are spot on tyres imo
John G
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26th Mar 07 at 14:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
quote:
Originally posted by Cupra Steve
Yoko A539's are very good, i was toldf toyo's are budget tyres and are only popular as they have a nice tread pattern!



A539's

dont take them in the wet


everyone told me this but iv had them on my corsa for 8 months and they are great they dnt wear down easily like i got told they would, there not slippy ln the wet like i got told they would, my car feels like its on rails in the wet and dry
Cupra Steve
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26th Mar 07 at 14:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hopefully they will be good on my pug! I don't want it seeing a ditch again
Superlite Ltd.
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26th Mar 07 at 14:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
I'm got Perilli P Zero Asimetrico tyres (195x45x16) and i'm not impressed with them.

People with over 100bhp, what tyres do you have and do yours spin up too easy?


toyo r888

street legal, slick style
Cupra Steve
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26th Mar 07 at 14:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.
quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
I'm got Perilli P Zero Asimetrico tyres (195x45x16) and i'm not impressed with them.

People with over 100bhp, what tyres do you have and do yours spin up too easy?


toyo r888

street legal, slick style


And not advised for our british weather! Whats the point in them? i know where i live even when it's sunny it's normally moist or a bit damp or even worse greasy road conditions. For a dry track then yes, but surely not to good on the road.
loo_goblin
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26th Mar 07 at 15:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
michelin energy, pilots and exaltos, all brilliant tyres, pricey but i get mine at trade from ATS, so end up not much more than toyos etc.

yoko's are too soft, my mums volvo went through a set of bridgestones in 6k miles, then went to michelins and did 10k+miles (we sold the car)
AK
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26th Mar 07 at 15:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
888's or 048's etc arent all that bad in the damp... quite good actually. Its just standing water they arent good with.

I'm considering 17" 888's for damp/wet track days
Cupra Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
888's or 048's etc arent all that bad in the damp... quite good actually. Its just standing water they arent good with.

I'm considering 17" 888's for damp/wet track days


Oh! I saw them on an exige, at first i thought they must be illegal then he stopped in Rykas and i saw what they were! Looked a bit dangerous in the wet!
AK
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26th Mar 07 at 15:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i had them on my corsa.....
200lbft NA engine.... seemed more than fine to me
Cupra Steve
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How long did they last? Can't be very durable and i bet they are expensive! I don't see the point tbh, i have the best handling car already, no need to rub it in by putting cut slicks on!
AK
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26th Mar 07 at 15:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they last longer than Conti's apparently.

Ok.... go fit concreate filled plastic tyres to your 106 shit box.... they will last for ages! Result.
Cupra Steve
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26th Mar 07 at 15:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm not really bothered by durability, i've already ordered A539's and they are being fitted tomorrow, i may need some new ones by the summer so i might try some R888's next.
AK
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eh

you just said you didnt see the point in them. You are a strange one.

A539's lasted 1 trackday as front on our old pug
jamesvalver
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im running pirelli pzero neros on my xe and ive had no traction problems with them.

i think tghe uniroyal rainsports have to be the best ive used tofar!
Nismo
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26th Mar 07 at 15:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
toyos are budget tyres.


shut up
Cupra Steve
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26th Mar 07 at 15:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
toyos are budget tyres.


shut up


I've been told by RSR, Kwik Fit , and a wheel supplier that they are budget.
Robin
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26th Mar 07 at 15:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
toyos are budget tyres.

shut up

they use cheap rubber.
Mike GSi
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26th Mar 07 at 18:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
at the end of the day road tyres are designed to handle well around corners.

if u want straight line grip go for something soft eg toyos or eagle f1s
Carl
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ive had t1-r's and now got t1-s's never had a problem with them seem to handle immensely too. There is a massive motorway roundabout (the one near the old post office) and i struggle to lose grip ragging it around that.
Steve X16XE
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26th Mar 07 at 18:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How fast do you do round the old post office roundabout?

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