JimF
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
At the moment I have ditchfinders on my standard wheels, and 595RSR on my Team Dynamics Pro Race track wheels. These are literally for driving to the shops & to stand it on something over winter.
When I had branded tyres on the road wheels I drove to track days etc on them, but the cars barely moved for 6 months so I had these fitted to keep it road legal.
Disclaimer: It doesn’t get driven anywhere near spiritedly on the ditchfinders.
I’ve been pretty pleased with the performance of the 595RSRs so far, not been able to really get a lot of track laps under my belt with them though.
I’m going to the Ring in June and would like some “real” tyres for my road wheels. I want something with decent wet grip in case we get caught by a sudden downpour travelling down from the Netherlands, etc etc
Car is a Clio 172 ph2, 15” track wheels, 16” road wheels, my list of requirements is as follows:
Decent/average dry grip
Good wet grip
Not be a better tyre than the 595RSR! That’s the main one! As silly as it sounds, I wouldn’t my track wheels to have worse performing tyres than my road wheels.
Plus I’m happy not to have the absolute pinnacle of tyres, as long as they’re a quality brand and predictable.
I just want it sorted, I’m not chasing laptimes or pushing the envelope of what’s possible in a Clio.
E.g. with the suspension, the shocks needed replacing. I could have put ASTs or something on, but I went with brand new Cup shocks, the lowering springs it already had & PMS solid topmounts; a marked improvement without going daft.
I also don’t do anywhere near enough miles in it for short lived tyres to be an issue, so that’s almost a moot point.
I’ve narrowed it down to the following, but I managed to confuse myself with all the research, and then reading reviews before realising they were from people driving heavier cars etc.
Kumho KU39
Michelin PS4
Uniroyal Rainsport 3
As with my choice in going for the 595RSR, which were 80% of the performance of its competitor at 50% of the price, I’m happy to make that compromise as long as I’m not buying s**t.
Does that make sense?
Short version of the above: What’s a decent all weather tyre in 16” that doesn’t cost the earth.
When I had branded tyres on the road wheels I drove to track days etc on them, but the cars barely moved for 6 months so I had these fitted to keep it road legal.
Disclaimer: It doesn’t get driven anywhere near spiritedly on the ditchfinders.
I’ve been pretty pleased with the performance of the 595RSRs so far, not been able to really get a lot of track laps under my belt with them though.
I’m going to the Ring in June and would like some “real” tyres for my road wheels. I want something with decent wet grip in case we get caught by a sudden downpour travelling down from the Netherlands, etc etc
Car is a Clio 172 ph2, 15” track wheels, 16” road wheels, my list of requirements is as follows:
Decent/average dry grip
Good wet grip
Not be a better tyre than the 595RSR! That’s the main one! As silly as it sounds, I wouldn’t my track wheels to have worse performing tyres than my road wheels.
Plus I’m happy not to have the absolute pinnacle of tyres, as long as they’re a quality brand and predictable.
I just want it sorted, I’m not chasing laptimes or pushing the envelope of what’s possible in a Clio.
E.g. with the suspension, the shocks needed replacing. I could have put ASTs or something on, but I went with brand new Cup shocks, the lowering springs it already had & PMS solid topmounts; a marked improvement without going daft.
I also don’t do anywhere near enough miles in it for short lived tyres to be an issue, so that’s almost a moot point.
I’ve narrowed it down to the following, but I managed to confuse myself with all the research, and then reading reviews before realising they were from people driving heavier cars etc.
Kumho KU39
Michelin PS4
Uniroyal Rainsport 3
As with my choice in going for the 595RSR, which were 80% of the performance of its competitor at 50% of the price, I’m happy to make that compromise as long as I’m not buying s**t.
Does that make sense?
Short version of the above: What’s a decent all weather tyre in 16” that doesn’t cost the earth.
