The Psychedelic Socialist's Focus ST

[ForceIndia]

Apexes are those things with cones that go wooshing past in the distance right?

I’ve yet to meet one. I’ll let you know.

 

[Flob]

I have to say having a lightweight car makes such a difference to tyre and brake wear. I was wincing thinking of the cost of your M4 flying round @Nickw88

@The Psychedelic Socialist what pressure did you run on track?

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

I have to say having a lightweight car makes such a difference to tyre and brake wear. I was wincing thinking of the cost of your M4 flying round @Nickw88

@The Psychedelic Socialist what pressure did you run on track?

Started at 2.1 cold then let them get up to 2.6/2.7 max.

Normally it's 2.4 cold so I reckon I might have damaged them going too hard before they'd increased in pressure much.

 

[Yarp]

All I can say is the Conti sport contacts I had once wore quicker than my patience with the BMW.

I went through a set of front sport contact 7s in no time on the 5 series and M3. Turns out they like a bit more pressure or they roll onto the side walls a bit and wear mega fast on the outer edges. This set seem to be doing much better at 35psi compared to 32. I’ll have a better picture in another few thousand miles

 

[Trainerbrow]

I went through a set of front sport contact 7s in no time on the 5 series and M3. Turns out they like a bit more pressure or they roll onto the side walls a bit and wear mega fast on the outer edges. This set seem to be doing much better at 35psi compared to 32. I’ll have a better picture in another few thousand miles

That's what chewed mine.

 

[Nickw88]

I have to say having a lightweight car makes such a difference to tyre and brake wear. I was wincing thinking of the cost of your M4 flying round @Nickw88

@The Psychedelic Socialist what pressure did you run on track?

🤣

Tyres actually did pretty well! Now they’ve cleaned up they look fine. I still need to find my tool to measure them but doesn’t look they’ve used much at all surprisingly.

@The Psychedelic Socialist I’d definitely recommend the PS4S, i can now say I’ve tried them in the rain, snow, ice and on track. Not so great in the snow 😂

I’d like to think you’d get better distance than me and they’ll be cheaper too; around 10k rear/15k fronts and ~£1300 with alignment (265/30/20 / 285/30/20)

 

[Flob]

I had PS4S on the XFR and I thought they were great.

 

[Brigsy]

Handling wise, prob fuckall in it for slow day to day use on the top good brands michelin, conti etc.

Wear rate is something else though. I ran goodyears on the kangoo and the wear rate was ridiculous for road tyre/road use. The cup2's i replaced them with are wearing loads better in comparison 😅

I know a few people who ran contis and have went back to michelin as last longer.

 

[Flob]

Exactly why I chose the Michelins over the Continentals. Most reviews have the Conti's above the PS4s for performance but their wear rate is far higher than the PS4s.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Cup2’s are a monumental tyre tbh. I had them on my AG200, and they were absolutely stupendous.

I’ve already priced them up for the M2 😂

 

[Brigsy]

I priced up a set of cup2 in 18s recently and the price has certainly shot up since i bought the last set. Worth the money though!

 

[davo172]

There are PS S 5 now which replace the PS4S (dunno why they messed around with the naming of them 😖) to also consider.

Got these on 2 cars now after having
P ZEROS PS4 AND PS4'S .

PS5'S best of the lot imo get some you won't regret it.

Great looking tyres too.

Camskill usually aways cheapest just drop a drink to the local carefull tyre fitter.

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

Got these on 2 cars now after having
P ZEROS PS4 AND PS4'S .

PS5'S best of the lot imo get some you won't regret it.

Great looking tyres too.

Camskill usually aways cheapest just drop a drink to the local carefull tyre fitter.

Not available in my size yet by the looks of it. Probably be 4Ss then.

 

[Willo40]

I had PS4S on the XFR and I thought they were great.

It's what i have on mine, grip is really good.

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

Still decent enough in winter?

 

[Nickw88]

Still decent enough in winter?

If they can keep my arse end in check I think you’ll be absolutely fine 👍🏻

 

[Matt Cup]

Still decent enough in winter?

They are ok, pretty much like most other performance tires. I had one sketchy moment when roads were icy but overall they were fine.

 

[Brigsy]

Ps4s decent enough in winter, dont hook up as well on front in low temps but wont kill you. Same as any summer performace tyre in winter.

Crossclimates are a good summer/winter tyre but not performance.

 

[Nickw88]

Just a random one to throw in the hoop, but what about a set of Falken Azenis FK510 ?

I had a couple sets on my 430D, I actually really liked them and they held up well. Honestly can’t say I noticed much of difference when I had PS4S’s on straight afterwards. Got good mileage out of themand they were cheap!

 

[ForceIndia]

Just a random one to throw in the hoop, but what about a set of Falken Azenis FK510 ?

I had a couple sets on my 430D, I actually really liked them and they held up well. Honestly can’t say I noticed much of difference when I had PS4S’s on straight afterwards. Got good mileage out of themand they were cheap!

I use the fk520. They tend to do well in the German tests, which seem a bit more objective? And I spend 80% of the time on the motorway.