195/50 R15 - What tyre?

I'm having big problems with finding 195/55/50 tyres for the MR2 - Don't want to go for T1-R's because of the reports of them wearing too fast.

Arrgh bloody stupid sizes.
 
Looks like I'll be going with the Hankook Ventus Prime K105 - Pretty good reviews (and have them on the rear of my car at the moment). Fully fitted for £300 at my local place in 195/55/15 front and 225/50/15 rear.
 
mr_x_plosion said:
Yokohama Parada Spec 2, pretty cheap and a very good tyre.

I can't really comment on wear or noise as we have no interior and the car hardly gets used. My uncle who is a professional driver uses them on an old golf gti track car and said they were excellent in the wet.
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Delivers parcels for royal mail does he? ;)

Yoko Paradas are the ultimate in cack in the damp/moist and only ever average in the wet. Just ask Darryn. :p Oh and they are soft as hell, cant see you getting 15k out of them.
 
oooh good in the wet?

my golf only has modest bhp but i remember once trying to keep up with a friend who had an integra R, coming off a roundabout, fast left hander in the wet. he was flat out, i was having to feather the throttle back in 2nd as once i got over 50mph it would spin up the inside front and the revs would flare

i didnt like them in the wet, you had to really stay on your toes

very good in the dry and lasted well though
 
I killed a front pair of Parada Spec 2s in about 6k I think it was, and that wasn't on track. I didn't find them terrible in the wet on the CTR but other people say they were.

I miss my Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas. They were great but don't seem aplenty in the smaller sizes. Didn't get chance to give them the longevity test mind you.
 
mr_x_plosion said:
Yokohama Parada Spec 2, pretty cheap and a very good tyre.

I can't really comment on wear or noise as we have no interior and the car hardly gets used. My uncle who is a professional driver uses them on an old golf gti track car and said they were excellent in the wet.
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Got these sized 225/40/18 and they are pretty crap :p

Due to change soon after 8000 miles.
 
Berger said:
Delivers parcels for royal mail does he? ;)

Yoko Paradas are the ultimate in cack in the damp/moist and only ever average in the wet. Just ask Darryn. :p Oh and they are soft as hell, cant see you getting 15k out of them.
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Test driver for Jaguar, lucky git. :)
 
I've got Kumho KU31s on the Golf and they are just superb, a fantastic tyre for the money and better than the T1Rs that were on it before. Apart from in the snow, they are worse than useless in snow.
 
Berger said:
Delivers parcels for royal mail does he? ;)

Yoko Paradas are the ultimate in cack in the damp/moist and only ever average in the wet. Just ask Darryn. :p Oh and they are soft as hell, cant see you getting 15k out of them.
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Agreed! Mine last 5k at the front mostly completely worn on the inside and thats not racing or wheel spinning or hard driving! Side walls are good strength compared to T1-R's

Currently running Falken 912's on the front and they seem to be a good all round tyre and harder wearing.
 
Kumho KU31

DreXeL said:
I've got Kumho KU31s on the Golf and they are just superb, a fantastic tyre for the money and better than the T1Rs that were on it before. Apart from in the snow, they are worse than useless in snow.
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Mine handled the snow just fine recently, maybe it's your driving :D
 
rypt said:
Kumho KU31


Mine handled the snow just fine recently, maybe it's your driving :D
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:D

In all fairness it was probably more down to the car than the tyres. Light FWD hatchback sitting on the deck doesn't work to well with the snow.....
 
I use 195 50 15's on the gti6 and in the past Ive used 3 different tyres. Heres what ive found

Toyo T1R - good all rounder and contrary to what people say mine lasted well over a year. Grip in the dry and wet was Average.

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Toyo/T1R.htm

Yoko Parada Spec 2's - unbelievable dry grip, took me round the Nurburgring flawlessly. The ware quicker than the T1R'S but still got almost a year out of them. Their biggest downfall is wet grip....they just dont, if its even slightly moist they understeer everywhere

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Yokohama/Parada-Spec-2.htm

(Current) Uniroyal Rainsport 2's - As good as the Parada's in the dry and a completely new level in the wet. You find yourself pushing it just to see how far it will grip in the wet, i havent found the limit yet. I got mine for £35 a corner off ebay.

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/Rainsport-2.htm
 
recently got a full set of tyres on my Alfa 159, after 14k miles from new. Cost me £1000. Nice.
 
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