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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Nighty25 on 27 June 2016, 18:59
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After almost 18000 miles on the what can only be described as death tyres (Bridgestone potenzas). I have finally ditched them for pilot sport 4's. What a difference this has made to the car it's like a completely different car now. It used to slide everywhere when it was slightly wet now it just grips and sticks to the road even when it's pouring with rain. Got all 4 fully fitted for £405 as well which is a bargain in my book
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Which Bridgestone's did you have - was it the S001?
Only reason I ask is I have these on my 320d and having covered 120k miles with them (not the same tyres obvs) really can't complain. Plus my R has just come with these and I know they are disliked so wondering if they just don't perform as well on the Golf?
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Yeah that's the ones the s001. They are really bad especially on a GTI being front wheel drive. My mate had them on his R and says they were good. That's until he fitted the same tyre as me and now realises how bad they actually were. No wet grip whatsoever
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Anyone else tried the Pilot Sport 4. It looks like I may need a set when my new GTI arrives. :rolleyes:
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Anyone else tried the Pilot Sport 4. It looks like I may need a set when my new GTI arrives. :rolleyes:
Recently put a set on and they made a real difference coming from pirelli C7's not sure on how long they will last as the rubber is very sticky but they tick all the boxes for grip and feel.
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Anyone else tried the Pilot Sport 4. It looks like I may need a set when my new GTI arrives. :rolleyes:
Not had experience with Ps4 but my 16 Gti came with pirelli P zeros on the 19 inch santis and tbh they have been spot on wet dry hot and cold just a great all rounder in my book :whistle:
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Had the PS4 on for a month now and just under 2k miles - great tyre and less noisy than the ContiSport Contact 2 that my GTD came with originally from the factory
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Just recently swapped my bridgestones out, I went for Uniroyal rainsport 3's and there's definately a massive difference especilly in noise the uniroyals are much much quieter.
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Not had PS4's but had PS3's on my GTD and they were easily the best tyres I had on it. The worst were the BS's it came with... most of the time I had Goodyears, which whilst weren't as good as the PS's, they were far better than the BS's.
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I had the PS4's on my Mk7 R and they transformed the car from the Bridgestones, I won't be buying them in a hurry ever!.
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Anyone else tried the Pilot Sport 4. It looks like I may need a set when my new GTI arrives. :rolleyes:
Not had experience with Ps4 but my 16 Gti came with pirelli P zeros on the 19 inch santis and tbh they have been spot on wet dry hot and cold just a great all rounder in my book :whistle:
You must be in a sunnier part of Yorkshire than me! P Zeros do not stand up to anything below 3C at all, and I don't rate their wet performance either. Good tyres in warm, dry conditions though.
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My 2014 GTD came complete with a set of the dreaded Bridgestones (inevitably). Swapped these for a full set of Michelin PS3's at around 15k miles (yes I binned the rears early I was that sick of them). PS3's were (predictably) a huge improvement in grip, ride, noise & feel. Yes of course the softer Michelins wore down a bit quicker than the (hard as nails) Bridgestones. Around 6m ago I swapped the worn PS3's on the front for a new pair of Pilot Sport 4's - and yes, they have lived up to expectation fully - great tyre. That said, the PS4's were notably more expensive that the Conti 6's at the time I swapped and I was nearly tempted to go with them as they are also quality (and look OEM).
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Anyone else tried the Pilot Sport 4. It looks like I may need a set when my new GTI arrives. :rolleyes:
Not had experience with Ps4 but my 16 Gti came with pirelli P zeros on the 19 inch santis and tbh they have been spot on wet dry hot and cold just a great all rounder in my book :whistle:
You must be in a sunnier part of Yorkshire than me! P Zeros do not stand up to anything below 3C at all, and I don't rate their wet performance either. Good tyres in warm, dry conditions though.
Il rephrase that bit from cold to chilly lol overall good tyres hut when the frost n dreaded salt started going down I switched to the winter set...
Roll on the 19's lol :whistle:
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I changed the Bridgestones almost immediatly to PS4 on my new Clubsport. A very good tire, altough not really a big difference in noise (I guess I have high level of noise anyway from the roof spoiler on the CS).
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Hi Jan
Did the PS4s make a noticeable difference to the car. I was going to change to PS4s wihen I got my Clubsport but it felt so much better than the GTI did on the standard Bridgestone so I have yet got round to changing yet but really interested to hear your view.
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Anyone tried the PS 4S?
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Hi Paul,
I changed the tyres after +/- 500 km. The main reason was to reduce the noise from the back, but that didn't really change to be honest, that was dissapointing.
For the normal driving, I don't experience a (big) difference with the Bridgestones. But I don't do track days or crazy driving or so.. So I guess the cornering is better, but I don't drive this car on the limit so I don't experience it..
Another reason why I changed them to PS4, is because I do very little KM with the car. It would take years before I have to replace them, and I didn't want to wait so long because I thought the noise issue would have been solved..
In the meantime, 2000 km later, I had to replace already 1 PS4 tyre becuase I drove a hole in it...
2 reasons why I am happy with the PS4's:
- everybody tells me it's the best tyre
- they look very nice with the Michelin logo :rolleyes:
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Thanks for the info Jan.
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Anyone tried the PS 4S?
They are only just released. They do sound like an amazing tyre. I hope they are available in 18 inch by the time the new car arrives.
http://www.michelin.co.uk/tyres/michelin-pilot-sport-4-s (http://www.michelin.co.uk/tyres/michelin-pilot-sport-4-s)