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Offline baggiemad

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What Tyre and pressures!
« on: 27 September 2008, 16:58 »
My 2 front Pirelli p6000 's are coming to the end of their life now, they have been a very very good tyre and lasted me 28000 miles! just wondering what to fit next and like the durability of these but they not so good in the wet, maybe goodyear eagle f1's and  i can get  Avon ZV1's fairly cheaply too or maybe get some more Pirelli's?

any thoughts?

plus what are best tyre pressures for 195/50/vr15 on my BBS RA's?

thanks for your thoughts

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #1 on: 27 September 2008, 17:10 »
Toyo T1R's?  :huh:

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #2 on: 27 September 2008, 17:14 »
Goodyear Eagle F1's, end of story  :wink:

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #3 on: 27 September 2008, 17:36 »
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Eagle F1's very popular it seems but what mileage can i expect? i'm not a boy racer and rarely rag the tyres!

any thoughts on tyre pressures, as info label on door panel only gives pressures  for 185/55/15 which were OE tyres..

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #4 on: 27 September 2008, 17:54 »
Not sure about the pressures mate, but I can tell you from experiance that you'll get loads of miles from F1's ! I've had Pirelli's, Toyos, Avons, Firestones, Uniroyal's and Yokahama's. Avons wear very well and Toyo's and Yoko's give good grip but not one of them was close to being as good all round as the F1's, I cant recommend them enough  :smiley:

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #5 on: 27 September 2008, 19:09 »
My 2 front Pirelli p6000 's are coming to the end of their life now, they have been a very very good tyre and lasted me 28000 miles!
ive got P6000 all round and i use and abuse my tyres, yet they show no wear! as you said not very good grip in the wet, but awesome in the dry. Next set of tyres im gonna try are uniroyal rainsports, i heard in the wet they grip better than in the dry, and with the UK weather, i think a wet tyre is the sensible choice.
Although F1's are in the debate too.

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #6 on: 27 September 2008, 20:09 »
My 2 front Pirelli p6000 's are coming to the end of their life now, they have been a very very good tyre and lasted me 28000 miles!
ive got P6000 all round and i use and abuse my tyres, yet they show no wear! as you said not very good grip in the wet, but awesome in the dry. Next set of tyres im gonna try are uniroyal rainsports, i heard in the wet they grip better than in the dry, and with the UK weather, i think a wet tyre is the sensible choice.
Although F1's are in the debate too.

p6000s are, without a doubt, the worst tyre i've ever had the misfortune of having.

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #7 on: 27 September 2008, 20:10 »
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Eagle F1's very popular it seems but what mileage can i expect? i'm not a boy racer and rarely rag the tyres!

any thoughts on tyre pressures, as info label on door panel only gives pressures  for 185/55/15 which were OE tyres..

if you don't "rag the tyres" what's the point in getting good ones?

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #8 on: 27 September 2008, 20:20 »
erm, cos you dont need to be RAGGING it to need good tyres,  :huh:

i got p6000s on mine and they have let go many a time in the wet without ragging it  :shocked:

never again will i get them,  :sick:

good tyres come in handy in NON ragging it situations too  :rolleyes:

mates MkII came on nangkegs or summat like that, jesus, even in the dry they were crap, emergency stop killed on of them  :undecided:

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Re: What Tyre and pressures!
« Reply #9 on: 27 September 2008, 20:23 »
erm, cos you dont need to be RAGGING it to need good tyres,  :huh:


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