What Tyre and pressures!

[baggiemad]

tbh it all depends on how you drive and where you drive as to the best tyer for you,    

if its dry and you suddenly need to swerve yoko A048's will make you turn the corner, but if theer cold and it's wet  good luck.   i would say for genral driveing matched tyers are more inportant than brand on my van i have some uber cheep mud and snow tyers  for what the van dose they are about the best tyer going, the golf has TR1's  and they work well on that  but would never put tr1's ont he van  or cheep mud and snows on the golf.  

i have a lot of time for the AVON zv3  had meany sets of them it's not a track tyer nor dose it last forever.   they have good to average grip in the dry, supriseingly grippy in the wet and it takes a lot to make them aquaplane   also they have tough sidewalls so potholes and curbs don't damage them.

for entusiastic all round driveing i would suggest the TR1 they are a bloody good tyer for the price and look nice as well

avoid nankang ditch finders ,SV stunners and margoni zetas   they are supremly crap.    

thanks for your thoughts guys

seems its between Goodyear F1's ,Toyo's TR1's and maybe Avon's ZV3's ....p6000's not as good as i thought they were then...probably go for F1's if they cheap enough..

[Agreeable Slick]

29-31 psi.

[Gloves88]

1) Uniroyal Rainsports
2) Goodyear GSD3's or preferably Asymetricals (rave reviews)
3) T1-R's

The Goodyear Asymetricals are meant to be AWESOME tyres, was pretty sure they didnt make them in smaller sizes tho.

I've just bought a new set of tyres as well and having a LOT of spear time on my hands I read hundreds of reviews and test results, for me it was really between the toyo T1R's or the Eagle F1's.

I went for the toyos as performance wise both are meant to be similar but the toyo tyre has a better ware rate.
Also if in the wet you’re meant to be able to feel if the tyre is about to let go unlike some other brands that just loose all grip without any warning.

Have only had mine fitted for about a week and have to say they feel great....camskill.co.uk for the best prices   

[Diamond Hell]

camskill.co.uk for the best prices

Unless you're in Bristol, in which case £42 fitted including VAT from Venture Tyres saves a lot of running around.

[Jay]

camskill.co.uk for the best prices

Unless you're in Bristol, in which case £42 fitted including VAT from Venture Tyres saves a lot of running around.

That's pretty good, I was looking at getting some CEAT jobbies that are meant to have good wet traction and that comes to £86 for the 2 front. Might have to have a day trip to bizzle sometime soon, that's if Toyo do the T1R's in 14" format.... ?

[sharpie]

camskill.co.uk for the best prices

Unless you're in Bristol, in which case £42 fitted including VAT from Venture Tyres saves a lot of running around.

That's pretty good, I was looking at getting some CEAT jobbies that are meant to have good wet traction and that comes to £86 for the 2 front. Might have to have a day trip to bizzle sometime soon, that's if Toyo do the T1R's in 14" format.... ?

don't get ceat because they're a budget make.

i had the toyos on 14s on previous rims, 195/55/14. check mytyres or camskill for the sizes available. if it's a random size chances are you'll have to get it ordered in from the net. mind the 14s will be a wee bit dearer than the 15s as theyre a less common size. (about 45-50 each delievered iirc)

[Goops]

BBS RAs back on the Golf this weekend after a refurb...
Went for Goodyear f1 GSD3, 195/50/15
Pressure - 30psi















Had to raise the coilies a couple of inches, ride feels nice and comfy once again 
Been running Toyo proxys on the Split rims this summer 195/45, car feels so much better now!

[Conker]

All this talk about do expensive tyres make a difference...

The main bit of performance I'm really interested in is aqua-planing reduction, and I think theres a BIG difference between a budget tyre and a premium tyre at 70mph on a soaking wet motorway.

[Organisys]

^^ Then you want Rainsports.

Personally 195/50 Eagle F1s without a stretch on a 6.5 or 7J are just awesome.

I also have them as 195/45 on an 8J.....Well, they look nice 

[Conker]

^^ Then you want Rainsports.

See my choice list above - they topped the list, but unfortunately they didn't have any in stock and I was too lazy to shop around (it was for the MOT).