gavin18787
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Looking to get some better front tyres on my car in time for the weekend racer action day. What would people reckomend?
Need to come in 185/60-14 size
Tar very much
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Kenzie
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Hankook Ventus Prime.
Absolutely spot on tyre mate.
Or the Optimo. Both are great in the wet
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gavin18787
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I always thought they were near the budget end of the scale
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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sand-eel
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thats what i thought
toyo proxy's are always nice
uniroyal rainsports are good too
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tom_simes
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Toyo's are very soft, and uniroyals seemed ok to me, but the best I have had by far are the current Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's - good luck finding them though Gav
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sand-eel
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aye toyos have good grip but probably last 5-6000 miles
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Warren G
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start buy getting bigger wheels, then you can get decent tyres!
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Mobby
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iv just bought a set of toyos t1s's for the front 40 quid a tyre posted 45 profile
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Robin
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quote: Originally posted by gavin18787
I always thought they were near the budget end of the scale
They are, price wise. Great tyre for the money though, I had them on my Corsa and they performed very well.
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Kenzie
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The optimos are, but are still a good tyre. my mate has got Rainsports on his mx5 and has only said good things about them
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gavin18787
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quote: Originally posted by warren.g
start buy getting bigger wheels, then you can get decent tyres!
I have been looking for a set for the last month or so and got no where. And with coombe this saturday I need to do something with my current ones
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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gavin18787
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quote: Originally posted by tom_simes
Toyo's are very soft, and uniroyals seemed ok to me, but the best I have had by far are the current Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's - good luck finding them though Gav
They are listed on the site of the local tyre place. Will pop in there on my lunch tomorow to see if they have any
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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