Tyre Recommendations?

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:58 pm

Thing is, I don't like the blatant asymmetric tread pattern on them

Looking on tyrereviews.co.uk the Vredestein Sportrac 5 come in even better, and there's very little price difference.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:52 am

have you not thought of just swapping your tires over so the other side gets worn down or sorting your camber out? swap em over and get another few thou out of them. its only the middle that has to have tread on it....

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:08 am

Gayno wrote:Thing is, I don't like the blatant asymmetric tread pattern on them

I was surprised they weren't handed to be honest.

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:21 am

Yeah I phoned up Uniroyal UK to make sure that I was going to fit the tyres correctly. I prefer the RS3 over the RS2 as there is less road noise. The grip in all conditions is great.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:31 am

It says "inside" on them, so I assume that is what you work by, but you'd think foward rotation would be what mattered.

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:37 am

Yup that is what had me confused. You would thing that the half "V" shape pushes water to the outside of the tyre and if reversed it would pull water into the middle of the tyre. Although Uniroyal says different. I certainly haven't lost any grip and I have driven through some pretty wet roads since fitting them.

Also on what other tyre do you get little sharks

Post by **Gayno** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:52 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:have you not thought of just swapping your tires over so the other side gets worn down or sorting your camber out? swap em over and get another few thou out of them. its only the middle that has to have tread on it....

Yes, I did consider that. However they are now 4 and half years old, and you can see the rubber on the sidewalls and in the tread starting to perish, so they're getting on.

Also with the long trip ahead I'd feel more comfortable with new rubber on, as the edge that's worn I can't see it being much longer until it's through to the cords, which is the last thing I want in the middle of France!

andyconnolly · Post by **andyconnolly** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:12 pm

I use Toyo T1rs and they are pretty grippy tbh always used them on all my cars, had the RS2's at one point but went back to the t1rs, also a lot cheaper most of the time.
I dont like any of the falken tyres found them to be rubbish in the wet and Greenock is probably one of the wettest places to live

Did get a second hand set of alloys with yokohama parada spec 2s on them which were awesome

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:45 pm

I love my spec 2's they are great in the dry do tend to spin up in the wet a little but do hold on in the twisty bits I agree about the falken stuff they are really bad in the wet

Post by **Donald** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:47 pm

I have RE050As at the moment. No complaints, bit noisy but overall I rate them.