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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Snooze on 22 March 2015, 08:27

Title: Standard Tyres
Post by: Snooze on 22 March 2015, 08:27

What tyres come as standard on the Mk7 Gti?

Title: Re: Standard Tyres
Post by: gazmondo35 on 22 March 2015, 08:37

I got coni 2 on my 2014 gti.

Title: Re: Standard Tyres
Post by: Gazza on 22 March 2015, 08:38

2015 GTI with 19's - came shod in P-Zeros.

Title: Re: Standard Tyres
Post by: Snooze on 22 March 2015, 08:49

I'm a fan of the Goodyear Eagle F1's. So I'm keen to know if the standard tyres are any good?

Title: Re: Standard Tyres
Post by: monkeyhanger on 22 March 2015, 09:24

Quote from: Snooze on 22 March 2015, 08:49

I'm a fan of the Goodyear Eagle F1's. So I'm keen to know if the standard tyres are any good?

Depends what you get. There were 4 different types on the go for 225/40 R18 GTI/GTD in mid-2013 when they started to be available. More often than not you'll now get Bridgestone S001 which are monumentally sh!te for damp/wet grip and allow the car to tramp freely with very little throttle when pulling away from a roundabout/junction.

If you get Dunlop SP01, Pirelli P7s or Conti 5s then you'll be fine. Uniroyal Rainsport3s are very cheap right now. Excellent wet grip, fine dry grip - but quite soft and wear quite quickly. If I were buying tyres right now, i'd probably go for the F1s or Michelin PS3s in 18" size if the Uniroyals weren't so cheap right now.

Title: Re: Standard Tyres
Post by: Snooze on 22 March 2015, 09:49

Cheers monkey. Sounds like it's gonna be a bit of a lottery then! Oh well fingers crossed I don't end up with Bridgestones.

Title: Re: Standard Tyres
Post by: Booth11 on 22 March 2015, 09:56

Quote from: Snooze on 22 March 2015, 09:49

Cheers monkey. Sounds like it's gonna be a bit of a lottery then! Oh well fingers crossed I don't end up with Bridgestones.

Snooze, if Bridgestones are good enough for the R, they're good enough for a GTI, lol  :grin:  :evil: