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Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #20 on: 10 September 2013, 21:34 »
Bridgestones on my standard GTD.
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #21 on: 13 September 2013, 01:00 »
18s contis gti
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #22 on: 13 September 2013, 09:15 »
Quote from: Gung-Ho on 10 September 2013, 17:09
Running the recommended 41Psi front & back... Seem a little excessive to me so may lower the pressure to around 38Psi.

On what basis?

So VW can test these cars for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of miles and on a whim you know better than them what tyre pressures the car should be running on the road...  :evil:
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #23 on: 12 October 2013, 09:59 »
GTI on 18's came with Continental Sport Contact 2's, tyres are not a thing that the wife rips through on her cars only doing about 5k a year so these will probably last the duration of ownership!
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #24 on: 12 October 2013, 10:36 »
Quote from: corgi on 13 September 2013, 09:15
Quote from: Gung-Ho on 10 September 2013, 17:09
Running the recommended 41Psi front & back... Seem a little excessive to me so may lower the pressure to around 38Psi.

On what basis?

So VW can test these cars for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of miles and on a whim you know better than them what tyre pressures the car should be running on the road...  :evil:

Admittedly on a different car (Astr VXR running 235/35R19) I run mine at 32psi and they wear perfectly evenly right across the tyre. 41 definitely seems high.
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #25 on: 12 October 2013, 14:46 »
Quote from: Gung-Ho on 10 September 2013, 17:09
Mine 19" Santiago's came with Dunlop Sport Maxx GT's (225/35 ZR19). Running the recommended 41Psi front & back... Seem a little excessive to me so may lower the pressure to around 38Psi.

Never driven on Dunlops before, but early indications are promising. Good feedback & turn in with very little road noise. Still running in the car, so haven't tested them on the limit or in the wet, so can't really comment on them with regards to high speed handling.

These were standard OEM fit on the 19" Talladegas on the Mk 6 Golf R.

I found them pretty good overall and much better than the standard Sport Maxx, but I (and nearly all other R drivers) found that they did wear quite quickly.  I'd keep your eye on the tread with them, and swap them round front to rear at a suitable point.   

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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #26 on: 12 October 2013, 16:25 »
Quote from: monkeyhanger on 10 September 2013, 21:34
Bridgestones on my standard GTD.

They are sh!te in the damp for initial traction when pulling away. Couldn't manage 1/3 throttle pulling away from lights without tramping. Tramping again in 2nd at about 12mph under 1/2 throttle. Had no fear of sliding, just tramping in a straight line. Got 23k (and poor traction) out of my fronts with these on my MK5 - hardest wearing tyres I have owned on a VW. If I got an unfixable puncture  i'd undoubtedly whip a 2nd tyre off for a spare and buy a pair of Michelin Pilot Sport 3s from Costco for the fronts.
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #27 on: 03 November 2013, 16:19 »
My GTI came fitted with Continental Sport Contact 2's.

I hear they're good, no?
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #28 on: 03 November 2013, 16:33 »
Bridgestones on my GTD (standard alloys)
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Re: What tyres came on your new GTi
« Reply #29 on: 03 November 2013, 16:49 »
Conti 2s on my GTI PP too.

I'm happy with that.  :smiley:
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