Monza wheels - tyres with rim protection?

[Monza]

Excellent reading - thanks all.

I tried to find an internet image of Conti Sport Contact 2's but failed.

Do the Contis and the much praised Michelin PS2s have explicit rim protection?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Excellent reading - thanks all.

Your welcome!

I tried to find an internet image of Conti Sport Contact 2's but failed.

Try this linky: http://www.ContiSportContact3.co.uk - OK, I know it says "3", but the tread pattern is nigh-on identical.
A tidley pic: http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/productdatabase/continental/contisportcontact2.asp

Linky for PS2: http://www.michelin.co.uk/uk/front/affich.jsp?codeRubrique=20060215151339

Do the Contis and the much praised Michelin PS2s have explicit rim protection?

Like I said in my earlier post, all 18" boots should have rim protection, but if you have a specific type or requirement - ?  Old-skool rim protectors (as on the original Michelin Pilot Sport [directional]) were little ridges that actually stuck out from the sidewall, but were as much use as a chocolate teapot - the first tyre-to-kerb interface, and it would just get ripped off.  Later tyres, including CSC2 and Mich PS2, have a thickker, flat sidewall, which is far better, but still not perfik 

[Cass]

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GLF - 'Go Like Fcuk' - Universal language for the National Speed Limit (derestricted road) signs

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[Teutonic_Tamer]

GLF - 'Go Like Fcuk' - Universal language for the National Speed Limit (derestricted road) signs

Ahh . . . ta.  I personally like FTLP - Floor The Loud Pedal" 

[Shrodinger's Cat]

I have Bridgestone Potenza RE040s all round on my 18s and they have protection built in.  They are sh@g all use in the wet though!   

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I have Bridgestone Potenza RE040s all round on my 18s and they have protection built in.  They are sh@g all use in the wet though!   

I just don't get why peeps like rice . . . I mean Bridgestones - they are $h!te in the wet in F1, cr@p in MotoGP . . . 

OK, maybe fit rice tyres on a rice burner, if you are that way inclined - but on quality German engineering . . . Nooooooooooo! 

[Shrodinger's Cat]

I have Bridgestone Potenza RE040s all round on my 18s and they have protection built in.  They are sh@g all use in the wet though!   

I just don't get why peeps like rice . . . I mean Bridgestones - they are $h!te in the wet in F1, cr@p in MotoGP . . . 

OK, maybe fit rice tyres on a rice burner, if you are that way inclined - but on quality German engineering . . . Nooooooooooo! 

Erm, because that's what came as standard fit, when I bought it, and I thought it a bit churlish to suggest that the dealer replace all 4 tyres 

[Shrodinger's Cat]

And the tyres are Potenza PE050A, not PE040. 

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I have Bridgestone Potenza RE040s all round on my 18s and they have protection built in.  They are sh@g all use in the wet though!   

I just don't get why peeps like rice . . . I mean Bridgestones - they are $h!te in the wet in F1, cr@p in MotoGP . . . 

OK, maybe fit rice tyres on a rice burner, if you are that way inclined - but on quality German engineering . . . Nooooooooooo! 

Erm, because that's what came as standard fit, when I bought it, and I thought it a bit churlish to suggest that the dealer replace all 4 tyres 

Yes, yes - I realised that.  Sorry, I sould have made my post a little clearer  .

Did you ever road test a GTI with different boots, and if so did you notice any difference with the handling? 

[Teutonic_Tamer]

And the tyres are Potenza PE050A, not PE040. 

Strewth, they are the very latest offerings, and they're still pants eh!

You might get better grip wrapping you Monzas in raw fish