**Unofficial Tyre Thread**

[Armageus]

blackcircles or asda tyres if you need fitting

camskill or tyreleader if you don't

 

[snips86x]

Awesome, thanks. These look ok to me, any comments or alternatives?

https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/dunlop/sport-maxx-rt-2/235-45-zr17-97y-451895

 

[mccarf]

Awesome, thanks. These look ok to me, any comments or alternatives?

https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/dunlop/sport-maxx-rt-2/235-45-zr17-97y-451895

I found these excellent on my octavia vrs:
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/yokohama/advan-sport-v105/235-45-zr17-97y-61115

 

[scaza]

I found these excellent on my octavia vrs:
https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/yokohama/advan-sport-v105/235-45-zr17-97y-61115

I also find there insanely grippy in the wet and dry. Not what I'd call hard wearing though.

 

[mccarf]

I also find there insanely grippy in the wet and dry. Not what I'd call hard wearing though.

Yeah agreed. Think my set lasted about 10k miles of 90% town driving.

 

[snips86x]

I would prefer something a little more hard wearing, 10k is nothing if I'm honest.

 

[daelo]

Just fitted some Pilot Sport 4's to the front of my edition 30 GTI.

What sort of mileage can I expect, its not tracked just road driven as a commuting car and occasional weekend blast... Say 12-15k something like that?

 

[On Holiday]

Hey guys,

I'll be after some new tyres for the BRZ *soon* I expect.

I'll probably be doing 2 big trackdays and 2 smaller ones before the end of the year but it is coming up to the sketchy-weather time of the year, so what'll be the best mix for trackday & wet grip?

Usually I'd go for some Eagles but they're a bit soft for the track and got torn up in my Civic.

Michelin Super Sports still the one, or any other recommendations?

 

[Clarkey]

PS4 has superceded Super sport now. I would get Yoko AD08r though.

 

[Frozennova]

Hey guys,

I'll be after some new tyres for the BRZ *soon* I expect.

I'll probably be doing 2 big trackdays and 2 smaller ones before the end of the year but it is coming up to the sketchy-weather time of the year, so what'll be the best mix for trackday & wet grip?

Usually I'd go for some Eagles but they're a bit soft for the track and got torn up in my Civic.

Michelin Super Sports still the one, or any other recommendations?

PS4 has superceded Super sport now. I would get Yoko AD08r though.

This, I run AD08R in something similar power/weight as a supercharged BRZ. They handle standing water fine, and only get loose if you drive like a tool

 

[On Holiday]

Cool, will check them out. What sort of wear rate are we talking on road?

 

[Clarkey]

I get 3-4000 miles out of them on my S15. You don't buy a car like that for efficient tyre wear.

 

[Frozennova]

Cool, will check them out. What sort of wear rate are we talking on road?

About 5k for a set of rears for me

 

[On Holiday]

I get 3-4000 miles out of them on my S15. You don't buy a car like that for efficient tyre wear.

About 5k for a set of rears for me

Ah, thought they were a track-designed tyre, but apparently they're road/street.

So I was really just asking how fast is a track tyre going to wear down on the road, but a bit of Googling sorted that

 

[mrk]

What do you guys think of this, any cause for concern? Just noticed my driver's side CSC6 has a strange line. Now this line may have been there from new, but as I never looked at this area up close (never had any reason to), it didn't really stand out. The passenger side tyre on the exact same area has no such line.

Only done 7741 miles, so loads of tread left too:

 

[Gaygle]

Weird.

Maybe one of the steel wires running through the tyre has broken and indented on the wall? I'd recommend taking it to a tyre specialist and sending that photo to Continental to see if they know what it is?

 

[[TW]Fox]

I'd recommend just sending it to Continental. I don't think I've ever met a tyre 'specialist'.

 

[Ricochet J]

Only mrk can make something as boring as tyres look better than a boudoir photo shoot.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I've been trying to take some photos of my car for Show Us Your Motors for about 6 weeks now and they've all turned out crap. mrk can make a tyre look good!

 

[Traffic_Warden]

Doesn't look very proud of the surface, wouldn't worry about it.