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Offline mkviken

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Re: Bridgestone tyres
« Reply #20 on: 24 March 2012, 12:41 »
The bridgestones are very heavy too. Comparing the competion on tirerack it's about the heaviest out of all of them.
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Re: Bridgestone tyres
« Reply #21 on: 24 March 2012, 14:30 »
Interesting although in comparison to the PS3s they have 2mm more of tread all around.

Tyre people need to better spec there tyres really, weight could contribute to performance its easier to turn a lighter tyre, how much actual tread do you get? 7mm PS3 vs 9mm Bridgestone.  where are these things written down.  No wonder I got 27,300miles out of the Bridgestones on the front compared to the PS3s on 7000miles and down to 5mm already at that rate it will be 14,000 miles down to 3mm and what say 18,900 before nackered.

Bridgestone 7.4mm (9-1.6mm) tread = 27,300miles
PS3 at the moment 7000 to 2mm of tread.

That returns a 3689 miles per mm on the Bridgestone.
and 3500 miles on the PS3.

When I put it like that theres not much difference in the wear rate 189 miles per mm of tread, its just the PS3's come with less.
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Re: Bridgestone tyres
« Reply #22 on: 05 April 2012, 12:00 »
I put the original Bridgestone's back on last weekend. The noise increase was terrible. The radio has to be turned way up and I struggle to hear my fiancee talking at motorway speeds. I really hate the noise and it is definitely those tyres that are causing the problem.

I am reluctant to change all the tyres. It seems such a waste. Has anyone just changed the front tyres? Does that make a difference to the noise? How long would it take to wear out a pair of bridgestones on the rear?

I have just fitted Continental Sport Contact 5 all round.
I had the PS3s before but the Continental were only £120 fitted.

Have done about 300 miles so far and very impressed in all conditions.
I was coming from the winters so hard to compare with the Michelin that I took off last November.
Will be interesting to see how they wear but noise levels are good

I'm tempted by the Conti's, but my previous Conti's - while being great tyres - have not worn well. I'll probably give the Goodyears a try.


 
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Re: Bridgestone tyres
« Reply #23 on: 05 April 2012, 17:49 »
I have had just about al the major tyres on the mk5/6 golf... I would always go for

Goodyear f1's
Contact Sport 5
Pilot Sport 2/3

or the soon to be released Super sports. If you want value for money look at the vredestein  :cool:

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Re: Bridgestone tyres
« Reply #24 on: 05 April 2012, 17:56 »
I have had just about al the major tyres on the mk5/6 golf... I would always go for

Goodyear f1's
Contact Sport 5
Pilot Sport 2/3

or the soon to be released Super sports. If you want value for money look at the vredestein  :cool:

Just put 4 Goodyear Asymmetric 2's on mine. It's amazing how much better the car feels, much sharper

Offline Mr GTD

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Re: Bridgestone tyres
« Reply #25 on: 05 April 2012, 21:39 »
I have had just about al the major tyres on the mk5/6 golf... I would always go for

Goodyear f1's
Contact Sport 5
Pilot Sport 2/3

or the soon to be released Super sports. If you want value for money look at the vredestein  :cool:

Just put 4 Goodyear Asymmetric 2's on mine. It's amazing how much better the car feels, much sharper

Yep it's a good tyre, have them too...
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