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Title: Tyre of choice
Post by: Dizzie on 20 May 2004, 11:32
What rubber is everyone running?
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: Speedydub on 20 May 2004, 11:41
3 Dunlops and one Nankang (?) on the polo, and something cheap beginning with K on the golf  ;D
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: Dizzie on 20 May 2004, 11:45
4x dunlops sized @ 155/70R13 on the micra. tends to wobble round the corners compared to the 205/40ZR17 toyo's I'm use to lol
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: jte on 20 May 2004, 11:56
Some cheap loser put brand new GT Champions on the front of my VR6 not long before i got it.  7mm of tread left!!  They are terrible.  Especially in the wet.  

I don't really want to replace brand new tyres, but i might just have too.

Had Eagle F1s on my gti, they were very good.

86mph now!  That's more like it, keep pushing for 90!!!
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: marcus123 on 20 May 2004, 11:56
pirelli p zeros are the sh!t!
michelon pilots are f**kin quality 2, used to have those on my coupe :D

ive got pirelli 600's on my 8valver now 8)
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: Speedydub on 20 May 2004, 12:08
the golf used to have pirelli p6000's all round, but changed the wheels and got a good deal on the package  8)
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: Blue MK2 on 20 May 2004, 12:14
yoko A539's. 195.45/15's all corners.

Ive taken corners at high speeds and they handle good. They stick soo well that they dont even screatch :o

(http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/images/A539.jpg)
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: danhock on 20 May 2004, 12:42
got avons on the front seem pretty decent...

Think i would like Toyo's Proxies again though as they are the best tyre ive tred.
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: 8vgti on 20 May 2004, 12:51
Got 205/50/15 Toyos on all 4 corners of my Mk3 GTI and they are by far the best so far. Previously had Conti, which lasted ages but crap in the wet and Dunlop SP Sport 2000
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: Dizzie on 20 May 2004, 13:19
there's a set of 205/40ZR17 yokie A539's in my garage waiting for the toyo's to become illegal. ;D

blue, shouldn't u be running 195/50/15?   ???
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: G6dub on 20 May 2004, 14:45
running on Toyo proxies here
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: iball on 20 May 2004, 15:31
Not more than 2 hours ago I popped down to my local tyre fitters and had some nice new Goodyear Eagle F1's put on (as recommended by people on here), got them from mytyres.co.uk and were a bargain. Will find out soon if they're any good!

But being the donkey I am I accidently clicked Michelin above by the time I realised it was too late!  :(

So there's one too many votes for Michelin and one too few for Goodyear!
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: AdamB on 20 May 2004, 16:41
Continental Sport 195/45/14 front and 215/40/14 rear.
Conti are the only manufacturer to make this size for the rear, as far as I am aware, and I wanted to keep everything on the car as German as possible.
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: Omar on 20 May 2004, 18:18
Goodyear Eagle F1s all round - I believe theyre run flat too. Inspires confidence   ;)

I think they're great, but not really complimented by the crap standard suspension, which is on the list of 'stuff to buy' - just under 'buy house' - eek!
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: eyeletboy on 20 May 2004, 18:39
avon z3's here.was told they were good in all conditions.havent found out what their like in the wet yet(sunday driver)!! :) 8)
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: Fielder5757 on 20 May 2004, 19:54
Rolling on Toyos and wouldnt want to ride on anything else :D I love my toyos, There great for launching, A lill sloppy in the wet and arnt 100% brilliant around the corners, But under acceleration or breaking you cant beat em!
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: kniterider on 20 May 2004, 20:12
on pirellii p6000 on my mk4 (when its on the road :'( ) there nice and hard and whereing well but it dont turn as quick as it did on the toyo proxies 225/45/17 which i have as new for when these run down a bit, 195/50/15's on the 16v er goodyear i think there good tyres i think well there newish when i banged wheels on so theyll do me for a year or so!!!,,  should get mk4 back sat morn, bring it on

Gaz 8)
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: vixteris on 20 May 2004, 20:23
so according to the poll do pirelli6000's come under budget/ remoulds??  at 120 for a pair i hope not  :o

got them on the front and yokies on the back!  ;) :D
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: LostBok on 20 May 2004, 21:50
Heard great things about the Yokie A539's... when I got my car there was one tyre nearly on the canvas, one new utterly unknown plastic looking (remould?) and two badly worn (toe-in) Toyo's.

Wanted to get run-flat 205/45R17 Dunlop SP9000's, but was advised that it's screw up the balance of the car on the 45 profile (not dropped the suspension yet) and it'd also put the speedo / odometer out.

Ended up going for 205/40ZR17 Toyo Proxes T1-S. Very happy, but wouldn't mind a slightly softer ride as the cab can be pretty jolty somwtimes... might have to look at the 45 profiles again once I drop it (the SP9000 or A539's).
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: blakheet on 20 May 2004, 23:26
avons on front, yokies on the back. previous owner reckons its best like that. but i work in a tyre place so i can play around with all sorts of different rubber :D.
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: richy on 21 May 2004, 17:57
Got Pirelli P6000s on rear and Bridgestone Turanza ER30s on front. (225/45/17s all round).
Title: Re:Tyre of choice
Post by: Dizzie on 22 May 2004, 00:26
sorry Vix. I forgot about that. i just went through the golf mag and wrote all the tyres I found.

Yokie A539's are awesome in the wet and dry, but wear fairly fast. I had a set on my 15's and they were getting very close to illegal after 7 months. I do about 200 miles a week.

Gonna try them on the 17's next as I'm less than impressed with the proxies.