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Which tyres would you reccomend??
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:51 pm
by lightyear
I need to buy new tyres for r.w.c. What tyres would be the best for street with a couple of sprint races. I will be buying a set of 15\" wheels for track use but not for a a few months. So would like a set of tyres that can handle a bit of track work.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:59 pm
by Fatty
mate there is a whole section of the forum dedicated to this. go and have a look in the \"wheels / suspension / brakes\" section (or whatever it's called), there are loads of recommendations. a current favourite fro street / track seems to be the bridgestone adrenalins. potenza's get a good wrap, some people may recommend yokie c-drives, i use them and they are good raod tyres but i think you can do better for the track.
this thread is a good start
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:44 pm
by sliq
i haven't had much experience with tyres like the other boys on here have, but atm, i'm using toyo proxes 4.. have not had a problem with them, and imho, they're excellent value for money for a street tyre..
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:44 am
by manga_blue
As Fatty said, go through that link first. What works for other cars does not necessarily work for light and nimble cars like ours.
The Pirellis, Bridgestone Turanzas and Sumitomos mentioned are all admirable tyres, for taxis. Far too many people on this forum have been badly burnt with those bloody Goodyear GS-D3s with almost zero grip.
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:04 am
by sliq
manga_blue wrote:... Far too many people on this forum have been badly burnt with those bloody Goodyear GS-D3s with almost zero grip.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:19 pm
by lightyear
I went down to canterbury tyres but they where a bit vague. I was thinking of buying the 15's of ebay. Do you think they would be o.k
?
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:40 pm
by Fatty
lightyear wrote: I was thinking of buying the 15's of ebay. Do you think they would be o.k
?
yes, no, maybe..... who knows!?
unless you link us to a specific set you are interested in, we really can't comment. and even then, we can only go on the photos.
i did notice a set of 15" nb8a rims on ebay tho, that looked ok. is that the set you're talking about?
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:05 pm
by GS
Fatty wrote:lightyear wrote: I was thinking of buying the 15's of ebay. Do you think they would be o.k
?
yes, no, maybe..... who knows!?
unless you link us to a specific set you are interested in, we really can't comment. and even then, we can only go on the photos.
i did notice a set of 15" nb8a rims on ebay tho, that looked ok. is that the set you're talking about?
Well i know there WAS a set of NB8A rims on ebay that ended last saturday, but someone must have already won that auction
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:54 am
by lightyear
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:20 am
by Garry
I've dríven an NB8A with P6000s and it was a barrel of fun. Heaps of feedback and very progressive. They lack grip though. They lack it a lot.
I had 15\" P6000's on my NA8 and like you said they were heaps of fun. Very progressive and lots of feedback but average levels of grip. Except in the wet. They seemed to grip better in the wet than they did i the dry.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:02 am
by rjastra2
The p6000 was available in H and V rated in most sizes. The V rated being much more expensive and apparently grippier.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:30 am
by wun911
Wheels Magazine must be getting premium German made samples from Crapyear for testing...
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:03 pm
by rjastra2
wun911 wrote:Wheels Magazine must be getting premium German made samples from Crapyear for testing...
Apparently so...
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:25 pm
by Benny
Another vote here for the Falken Azenis RT615's.
Best tyre I've ever had on the 5, and I've had a few.
The Michellin Pilot Precedas are also pretty good and make the car feel very lively.
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:45 pm
by mr_rotary
DaleZ wrote:Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD07!
You will have no regret with these tyres..... for street use, for some cruising.... wet or dry..... great grip... less noise.... n easy ride.... they will never make u disappointed..... i had them on my NB for 3 months.... just loving it day by day.....
Just one down side of AD07.... soft compound tyres = not long lasting... woren out pretty quickly.... Otherwise, ALL GOOD!!!
I had these on my GT-R in 255/40/14. THE BEST tyre I have ever had. Also very good on the race track, basically a semi-race tyre made for the street. However they are very hard to find here in Oz, usually special order.
More info here and can also be ordered from this site:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=ADVAN+Neova+AD07