Kyle T
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Registered: 11th Sep 04
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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I always assumed these were numbered by quality so:
SportContact2 < SportContact3 < SportContact5 etc.
5's are cheaper than 3's on Camskill for my size. Should I go for the 5's, or is my understanding wrong of the product line?
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Stu_22
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Luton
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Think it maybe age thing the contact 2 came on the corsa VXR's but when I looked at replacing them they wernt available at most supply at fit places
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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They are numbered by development order. As in sc2 then sc3 came out now on to sc5
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Kyle T
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Cheers Gents, I'll go for the 5s then.
My wheels would have come with 225/40/18 tyres from factory - but at somepoint a previous owner has switched to 235 tyres.
I'll save almost £150 across the set of four if I go back to 225, I don't want to downgrade on performance though based on the money that's been spent elsewhere on handling - but that's a lot of money for 40mm worth of rubber!
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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5's are stupidly soft, so soft in fact that I would go for the 2 or 3's before the 5.
The 3 is an excellent tyre.
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Kyle T
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I've read that too, lots of folk not happy with the 5s.
I've gambled and gone with vredestein ultrac sessantas... its the only tyre ive found universally strong reviews of despite them being a bit cheaper.
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chrisd1983
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I've done the same with my Audi, gone for 225/40 instead of 235/40. The Vredesteins i've had on for the past 5k miles and there is not as good as my old Conti Sport 3s, they seem to tramline quite easily.
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Kyle T
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I've actually gone 235 vreds, as they cost the same as 225 cont5s.
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