tyres

[newbie# old172]

can anyone suggest some decent tyres ?

I dont drive my 172 hard, but my first set of Contis only lasted about 16K and by then they had worn well into that little wear bobble.

still got the same ones on the back as when i bought it, but up to 32K now and my second set of fronts have about had it, can anyone suggest a make that will last a bit longer.

cheers

 

[KDF]

The trouble is the harder the compound (last longer) the less grip the tyre provide (generally speaking).

It is quite hard to find a long lasting tyre that give excellent grip levels.. but you can immediatly rule out toyo proxies cause they have a really soft compound.

 

[Rich-D]

Id be amazed if I got 16k miles out of a set of fronts!!!

As KDF says, the better performing tyres are generally a softer compound so dont last as long, and if youre happy with Contis Id stick to them as you wont get more mileage out of other tyres...

 

[Essex_lads_bro]

I got just under 6k out of my fronts... there being replaced on tuesday for some eagle f1 gsd3s

 

[® Andy]

Trouble Ive got now is that I can go round corners so fast with my Eibachs on, that Im wearing the edges out of my tyres well before the middle 3/4. Even though edges can be less than 1.6mm, still reckon you need to have visible tread. Net is that my F1s have lasted about 7k. At least theyre cheaper on a Mk1s 195 50 R15 than on a Mk2/Cups R16.

 

[Essex_lads_bro]

b*astard lol!

andy, do u find the f1s better than the standard contis (if mk1 had contis that is lol)?

 

[® Andy]

Mk1s had Michelins. Hated them ... very hard compound so they went further but didnt grip as well, especially in the wet. F1s are much more fun, and wet grip is definitely improved, tho I did get a bit too cocky in the wet a few months after getting them and almost took my car off the side of a motorway slip road.

Anyhow, Im deffo gonna stick with F1s when get all four tyres (even tho the rears are still well legal) done in the next month (or next day if I cant get thro my first MOT).

Not everybody has loved having F1s on their car (9 months back there was discussion about them making a car feel "boaty" whatever that means), but most importantly they deffo look the dogs

 

[Essex_lads_bro]

nice one!

so it should be alrite havin f1s on the front and the original contis on the back (til they wear out) or will i suffer from oversteer especially with the eibach springs aswell?

 

[Pete]

Id put the contis on the front then have the f1s on the back.

 

[Essex_lads_bro]

r u joking pete?!

 

[Pete]

Nah Id rather have a car that understeared than oversteared! More grip on the back than the front.

 

[Essex_lads_bro]

im fed up of the understeer tho, much rather be able to control where the front is pointing cos the rear is easy to correct, but with understeer, if ur pointing it where u want it to go and its not going ur screwed lol!

Will run the rears at a bit of a lower pressure if i get to much oversteer but the thought of oversteer sounds fun to me )

 

[KDF]

Quote: Originally posted by Pete_172 on 25 February 2004
Id put the contis on the front then have the f1s on the back.


Ditto.. ALWAYS put the better tyres on the back.