Hi everyone ! Common topic I know, but that time has come for me to purchase tyres. A man who buys poor tyres is asking for trouble. The exisiting continentals are still from New and have done 22500 miles. Not too bad i reckon, infact excellent. However thy worning legal limit is near. If possible just other peoples thought on tyres with more grip and better life etc... Cheers.
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Tyres... Points of View
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Hi everyone ! Common topic I know, but that time has come for me to purchase tyres. A man who buys poor tyres is asking for trouble. The exisiting continentals are still from New and have done 22500 miles. Not too bad i reckon, infact excellent. However thy worning legal limit is near. If possible just other peoples thought on tyres with more grip and better life etc... Cheers.
Eagle F1s or Michy PE2s seem to be decent.
The next set for my 172 are going to be the F1s. They both seem to get a decent write up here.
Renaultsport Clio 172 16v
I'd stick with the conti's mate, they've never put a wheel wrong with me, but i work at a renault garage and can get them for £40 a corner.
MKIII 138
Jono_GTi said:
id steer clear of the toyo proxes if you are doing lots of miles, mine wore down really quickly comapred with the continentals i had on before.
i know there old but i still like Pirreli P6000, Eagle F1`s are good too.
my next tyres for the Cup will be rainsports as of course the cup is potencialy at risk in the wet due to light weight, no abs and nop tcs. but they also grip really well in the dry and are good for track use aswell.
172cup
what sort of prices are we talking here for f1's, rainsports, toyo's, contis etc etc
www.mytyres.co.uk is the best place to look, then have a look at www.yozzasport.co.uk to get Yoz's number. Give him a ring and he might do you a better price on the tyre of your choice 
172cup
i've emailed yozza so hopefully he'll give me a good price.
whats a good tyre choice/size for 172cup wheels??
whats a good tyre choice/size for 172cup wheels??
If I didn't have an uncle that works for Pirelli and gets me 1/2 price tyres, then I'd definitely get Eagle F1's. Had em on my old Pug306 and they were awesome!!
Currently running P Zero Nero's. They're not bad, nothing to write home about. Nowhere near as good as the F1's.
Currently running P Zero Nero's. They're not bad, nothing to write home about. Nowhere near as good as the F1's.
Yozza is on holiday, all enquires via me please
Yozzasport@gmail.com (i think!!)
or Fred@yozzasport.co.uk
Yozzasport@gmail.com (i think!!)
or Fred@yozzasport.co.uk
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
i have f1's on the valver...brilliant tyres..well recommended
TDI tyre shreader
I sware by yoko A539's, excellent in the dry but pants in the dry, although saying that i have uniroyal rainsports on the front of my 172 at the min, they fell the same in the dry but in the wet they are awesome never driven a car with so much grip in the wet. the only problem with them is that they tramline really badly but i have yet to play with the pressures, they do look good tho!!
Oh and i never got on with the contisports they are hard compound gripless poo and expensive too!
Oh and i never got on with the contisports they are hard compound gripless poo and expensive too!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Thumbs up from me with Yoko A539's.
They may be ****e in the wet but the dry on-limit behaviour more than makes up for it.
Anyway, it's WET, drive slower.
They may be ****e in the wet but the dry on-limit behaviour more than makes up for it.
Anyway, it's WET, drive slower.
Plenty of recommendations for goodyear eagle f1s but whats difference between gsd2 and gsd 3. Which is recommended.
MarkCup said:
I have a video of you nearly spinning out at 20mph. ;-)
It doesn't matter how slowly you drive in the wet, you cannot account for everything. Like the road surface or other drivers. Eventually you will have to make evasive/drastic manouvres. And if it's wet and you've got A539's on you'll be heading rather quickly to your nearest hedge.
they maybe good on a dry track, but they are a poor road tyre imho.
Nippy white cup
meggerman said:
Be careful m8. I heard good things about the Rainsports...had them on for about a day then got them off. Went for a blast up the motorway and **** myself. Felt like I was floating, roundabouts felt like you were on jelly..loads of roll on the tyres. When I changed them back to conti`s I tried pressing down on the tyres and the contis were much stiffer. Since then I`m scared of wasting my cash on other tyres!
P.S if any one wants them I have two like new Rainsports that I`m willing to let go for £50 (pair)
Chris
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Mich PS2 - they're a 82W, so soft as required for any track, road great, wet - - - MEGA!
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