What tyres for the CTR?

eidolon · 20 Nov 2006 at 20:43

I've had enough, these RE040's are dangerous so I'm gonna fit 4 new tyres to the CTR.

I want something that won't wear out in 2000 miles but will also give a decent amount of grip, gimme some recommendations!

Will Gill · 20 Nov 2006 at 20:48

white walls

JediFragger · 20 Nov 2006 at 20:54

I hear the Parada2's are pretty good :cool:

blueboy2001 · 20 Nov 2006 at 20:54

Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 - seem to work well on reasonably powerful FWD cars.

thedazman67 · 20 Nov 2006 at 20:55

Continental ContiPremierContact seem like a good all round tyre grips well over all surfaces and doesn't wear too quickly

Ev0 · 20 Nov 2006 at 21:07

Whatever that size equiv of the Michelin Pilot Exalto 2 is

chrislusty · 20 Nov 2006 at 21:25

Toyo T1-R excellent tyres.

TripleT · 20 Nov 2006 at 22:11

Ask the owners club

Sorry to sound harsh

But in my experience they tend to know which tyres suit the car best

Personally I've got TR-1's* on the back of mine and I've not had a wobble yet when pushing hard.

Though I think I'll try Bridgestone Potenza RE720s next as they're suppost to be even better.

*TR-1's are known for wearing out quick though, cheap as chips mind

Zuban · 20 Nov 2006 at 22:16

I like toyo t1-r's and would recomend them to anybody, but always say to be wary if you are someone who drives hard enough to get a decent amount of heat into your tyres they will be destroyed in no time, yokohama's and bridgestones seem to take hard driving better.

Other than that there great value for money.

sigma · 20 Nov 2006 at 22:22

I have Toyo TR-1s on my daily driver and they are brilliant, drove to london last Friday when it was ******* it down with rain and they were still quite grippy.... have heard good things about Potenzas too

TripleT · 20 Nov 2006 at 22:24

Oh and don't forget Eagle F1 aka Ditchfinders aka Sidewalls of Cheese

MikeHunt79 · 20 Nov 2006 at 22:47

I've heard goodyear F1's are quite grippy.

I run Avon ZV1's myself which I find grippy in the wet and dry, but they no longer do them, but they do do ZV3's which are meant to be similar.

TripleT · 20 Nov 2006 at 22:56

MikeHunt79 said:
I've heard goodyear F1's are quite grippy.

Sorry they are, just a little joke as one member contstantly makes the cheese comment when they were fitted to his Saxo and another member recently had a nasty "offroad excursion" with them

Luke · 20 Nov 2006 at 22:56

No complaints against the F1's I've had on my last 3 cars. :confused:

MikeHunt79 · 20 Nov 2006 at 23:00

TripleT said:
Sorry they are, just a little joke as one member contstantly makes the cheese comment when they were fitted to his Saxo and another member recently had a nasty "offroad excursion" with them

Maybe the Avon's would be a better choice... In fact my friend who recommended the F1's to me had them on his car... he also managed to roll his 309gti on a country lane.

Maybe F1's are grippy but cursed?

neil-ste · 20 Nov 2006 at 23:20

I'm just about to order a set of RE010's for the Integra, they seem to held in much higher regard than the 40's

munkyfunk · 20 Nov 2006 at 23:28

chrislusty said:
Toyo T1-R excellent tyres.

Agreed, had them on my old CTR

Muban · 20 Nov 2006 at 23:46

Have T1-Rs on my lude, even in the very wet weather we have had up here they have performed really well. Cheap too, so even if they do wear a bit quicker than others it'll work out about the same in the long run.

loltim · 20 Nov 2006 at 23:47

My RE040's will be replaced with Toyo T1-R's soon

I read Japanese RE040's are good tyres though, is this not the case?

Type_R · 21 Nov 2006 at 00:20

blueboy2001 said:
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 - seem to work well on reasonably powerful FWD cars.

I need 2 tyres for the GTI and after a lot of hunting on the GTI forums it seems these are the tyres of choice. With similar performance and handling I would have thought this is a good bet.

Im getting them fitted in a week or so, but be warned they are not cheap!