Uniroyal Rainsport3 tread direction??

[MrBlonde]

I noticed today well @Dr Jekyll did,that the tread pattern is reverse on the drivers side to passengers side,but before you say all tyres are fitted correctly with outiside facing outside.Anyone know why this is & have this with there Rainsport3's??

 

[AdDaMan]

Yes thats how they are. Theyre s**t.

 

[The_Pirate]

Excellent tyre, aye thats correct.

 

[MrBlonde]

Dont make sense does it tho?.surly left side is fine as tread is facing forward so disperses the water out & drivers side its the opps!!.cant be good

 

[flebay]

Dont make sense does it tho?.surly left side is fine as tread is facing forward so disperses the water out & drivers side its the opps!!.cant be good

There uniroyal jellysports if you like driving on balloons then these are the tyres for you,they have about as much feel as a extra safe condom.

 

[MrBlonde]

Yeah im not to convinced about them,have to keep pissing about with tyre pressures to see if makes them any better.dont give me confidence on cornering.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah that's right.
For the price they're fine, better than toyos anyway!
I'll be going back to michelins though, when these are new they move around something awful and then I killed my fronts in 3500 miles, with no track days.
They are decent in the wet though, gotta give them that.

 

[OssPoop]

Ocd in me would be driven crazy by this! Any tyre tests out there included these tyres? Surely they should be directional.

 

[MrBlonde]

Yeah once i need new tyres i wont ne getting these again & surly its doing its proper job if direction is like that??.

 

[imprezaworks]

I've had rainsports and thought they were good with added pressures.

 

[Jekyll]

It just looks like one is working and the other is working in reverse!

 

[MrBlonde]

Still cant think its right tho!.

 

[flebay]

Ocd in me would be driven crazy by this! Any tyre tests out there included these tyres? Surely they should be directional.

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2016-AutoBild-Summer-Tyre-Test.htm

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Just nipped out and checked mine and they're exactly the same . Both front and rear passenger side the tread is going up as in the OP's pic , drivers side front and rear the tread is the opposite way as in the OP's pic. Personally I think they're a brilliant tyre in both the wet and dry , especially the wet . Bearing in mind the cost compared to Premium tyres . Granted ,the wear rate isn't the best, they're very soft. My fronts are now on 7k miles with a guesstimated 1.5k miles left , thats with running them on the rear for the first 1500 miles. I've killed Contis and Exalto PE2's in less miles than that on the road in the past. They do squirm about a bit when new , go for the extra load rating of 87 , up the front pressure to 34 psi and rears ro 32 and it seems to help .

 

[bloke]

logically they shouldn't work in the wet but they do, think the sipes going in the opposite direction helps.

as long as you buy the xl then they are fine, you'll naturally get some slight squirm from them as they are a wet tyre so it''s just one of those things.

 

[mac76]

http://www.uniroyal-tyres.com/www/u...s/summertires/fd_rainsport-3/rainsport-3.html

 

[MrBlonde]

what pressures are people running then on these?.

 

[Rystar]

http://www.uniroyal-tyres.com/www/u...s/summertires/fd_rainsport-3/rainsport-3.html

The 'Fitment on the Car' tab explains how the differing patterns make no difference to water dispersion.

I run mine at 32psi all round but to be fair i've managed to burn my fronts up in a few thousand miles just with road driving.

Not impressed as the Rainsport 2's seemed miles better

 

[JB21]

what pressures are people running then on these?.

33f/31r here and are fine for normal road driving, get them hot and they will melt in minutes on road or track. Remember they're designed as a rain tyre, NOT a max performance summer tyre. For me they work great on soaking track days and on my non-performance daily, I couldn't be happier with them for the money.

 

[MrBlonde]

Yeah thats a point @JB21 they are more of a raintyre.

 

[imprezaworks]

I think I ran 35/33, seemed great tbf

 

[MrBlonde]

I'll have to check mine and see,im driving down to origineRS this sat from essex.

Best tyres ive had were on my 205,i had Goodyear Eagle F1's.

 

[JB21]

I'll have to check mine and see,im driving down to origineRS this sat from essex.

Best tyres ive had were on my 205,i had Goodyear Eagle F1's.

Are you planning on track time at OrigineRS with RS3's on?

 

[MrBlonde]

No mate no track time,just to spectate.

 

[flebay]

 

[AdDaMan]

There uniroyal jellysports if you like driving on balloons then these are the tyres for you,they have about as much feel as a extra safe condom.

Exactly this.

 

[Knuckles]

Just went out to check the civic. The female has it away at work this week. Stupid me.

Anyway, these are brilliant on the it. Better than the conti3s I have on the Clio in the wet and perfectly adequate in the dry.

35 all round I think we run on the civic.

I'm going to get a set of these for the Clio when I go through all the conti3s I've accumulated.

 

[DaveDreads]

Mine folded like liquorice until I put 40, yes 40psi in all round, now they handle really well in all weather, which is wrong because 40psi should be way too much, 35psi still had them folding so I thought f*ck it, 40 it is.

 

[MrBlonde]

Mine are 37psi at the mo i think,might have to try 40psi now to @DaveDreads & yeah 40 does seem high as most are about 32psi around that.

 

[DaveDreads]

The only reason I put 40 psi in them was because I got pissed off going 32-33-34-35 and thought f*ck it, lets just go to 40 then reduce it until they feel right, and bizarrely they felt right at 40 which I did not expect.