best tyres under $280 per corner?

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:53 am

Okibi wrote:I guess it depends if you're racing against the clock or want to piss up against the wall with everyone else's best "track times: ?

what?!? are you trying to tell us thats not the done thing around here?!!??.

You mean you actually would prefer to piss alcohol up against the wall??!

Huh?.....

:mrgreen:

Postby **Okibi** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:10 am

Well if you're not running against the clock you can save some pennies or if you do want a great time you get the best darn R comps you can afford and not worry about their \"streetability\" ....... mine were free :oops:

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:40 pm

NB8C wrote:yea... agree... but thats y i have put these criteria...

- under $280 per corner with size of 205/45/R16
- disregarding the noise/ comfort level
- any tyres available and street legal

and comments on
- grip level on dry/ wet/ warm/ cold
- duration of the tyres
- track / street use

If those are your criteria then get the R888's!

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:49 pm

Chris P wrote:Hi - I'm hooked for life on Continental ContiSport Contact 2

What do they cost a corner?

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:13 pm

I'm actually quite happy to pay the tyre disposal fee, assuming they don't just dump them somewhere. If they get properly recycled for use as something else, I'm all for it.

In any case, they aren't overly cheap tyres, but they seem like they fit the bill.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:21 pm

I've got Thai GS-D3s as well. Just did a tuning day at Barbagallo on them, including one 50 lap spell with no rests, no backing off. I like to move the car around a fair bit. They actually got pretty sticky after 10 laps and stayed that way up to the end. They didn't go off at all. They kept me pretty close to cars on slicks and R-specs on the twisty bits. Good control. 100 laps only took about 25% off the tread.

Not really a bad result for cheapies - I've seen them for $130. All the scuffing has made them much better in the wet since.

kula · Postby **kula** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:09 am

I got the Bridgestone Adrenalins on my car now..
195/50/15 for $125.

best tyre ive dríven on.

deez · Postby **deez** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:45 pm

kula wrote:I got the Bridgestone Adrenalins on my car now..
195/50/15 for $125.

best tyre ive dríven on.

Even better than the Kumho SPT's you had? What about in terms of grip?

kula · Postby **kula** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:54 am

yup.
much more grip than the kumhos.
better in every respect actually.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:21 pm

Interesting. Will have to keep them in mind when my Kumho's finally wear out.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:39 pm

So far my Kumho's have had about 10k km's put on the rears and I think more on the fronts and there's plenty of tread left, although I don't know what the % is.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:03 pm

I'd better make myself a bit clearer about the Thai GS-D3s. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone for day-to-day use. The grip is terribly unreliable when cold. The surprise to me was that they gripped consistently and didn't go off when they heated up on the track.

kula · Postby **kula** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:30 pm

tested the Adrenalins in the wet yesterday, very very impressive..

more grip than the kumhos in the wet too, which were quite good.

deez · Postby **deez** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:43 pm

If that's the case, they're definitely wayyyy up there in terms of BFYB.

I asked at Bridgestone a couple of weeks ago and IIRC they're $120 per corner? May be even cheaper at 3rd party retailers