thats a good price and i have never heard about anybody having a bad experience with them
What Tyres?
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QUOTE (gtijim @ Dec 20 2005, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>thats a good price and i have never heard about anybody having a bad experience with them
Federals are shite, I've taken off plenty of them and sent them to the silage pit.
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You've got top shelf suspension and wheels, the last thing you want is cheap crappy tyre's.
Dave, on a Corrado you need either Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 or Bridgestone SO2 or SO3.
Our latest favourite tyre down here is the Michelin Pilot Sport 2, big money and I'd have to check if if they do them in that size, but an amazing tyre,as tested at the Ring,Mondello and on the road on Boxsters,M3's,ZM3s,911's,RS4 etc etc ,the best road tyre we have found to cope with track use.
Federals are shite, I've taken off plenty of them and sent them to the silage pit.
You've got top shelf suspension and wheels, the last thing you want is cheap crappy tyre's.
Dave, on a Corrado you need either Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 or Bridgestone SO2 or SO3.
Our latest favourite tyre down here is the Michelin Pilot Sport 2, big money and I'd have to check if if they do them in that size, but an amazing tyre,as tested at the Ring,Mondello and on the road on Boxsters,M3's,ZM3s,911's,RS4 etc etc ,the best road tyre we have found to cope with track use.
@ VST
Thanks Tom. what would you make of TOYO PROXES T1-R 205/40 ZR17 84W RF?
Those others are up on 150 euros each? The Proxies I can get for 109
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Thanks Tom. what would you make of TOYO PROXES T1-R 205/40 ZR17 84W RF?
Those others are up on 150 euros each? The Proxies I can get for 109
I have Federals on my Corrado, as they came as part of a special offer with a set of alloys I bought!
I've been using them for the last few months, and I'm actually very impressed with them! Even on the greasy roads I've been on lately!
They do have good rim protection too
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I've been using them for the last few months, and I'm actually very impressed with them! Even on the greasy roads I've been on lately!
They do have good rim protection too
i had bridgstones on the vr and the g60 when they were 15's and i used to drive hard on not very good roads, so they get a big thumbs up from me!
As for the bigger wheels, i have eagle F1's on my 16v and they are great
but tyres are unfortunatly part of the old addage, you get what you pay for!
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As for the bigger wheels, i have eagle F1's on my 16v and they are great
but tyres are unfortunatly part of the old addage, you get what you pay for!
QUOTE (Sinead @ Dec 20 2005, 04:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Im also in the process of changing tyres..
195 45 r15's.
Any ideas?
I had that size on my astra years ago and used BF Goodrich Profiler G. I thought they were an unreal tyre. Then again it was my first set of tyres that weren't like 175/70/13 so maybe I was just a bit too enthusiastic
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195 45 r15's.
Any ideas?
I had that size on my astra years ago and used BF Goodrich Profiler G. I thought they were an unreal tyre. Then again it was my first set of tyres that weren't like 175/70/13 so maybe I was just a bit too enthusiastic
QUOTE (VST @ Dec 20 2005, 04:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Falkens belong on the same silage pit as the Federals........
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lol, I'd have to agree with that though!
I've tried the ZE 512's and was far from impressed with them. The only plus being a good rim protector. Having said that the FK 451 is supposed to be a lot better and a lot of guys on one of the Scooby forums (can't remember which one) swear by them. They are a right bit dearer than the ZE 512 so may possibly be a good bit better. I have no experience of them but I did price them before & they are expensive, in the end I went for Eagle F1 GSD3's which I got a good bit cheaper. Only had them on the car for a week as I sold it but I was pretty impressed with them in that time.
€109 per corner for Toyo's seems like decent value. I paid €150 each for Proxes T1-S 225/40/18's, very soft = grippy but don't last pissing time. Burned them off a TDI 115 Golf after 3000 miles...and that wasn't hard driving, motorway stuff. In retrospect I didn't need grippy tyres for the driving I was doing, Nankangs or Federals would have done rightly!!!
I reckon the Goodyear Eagle F1's would last longer than the Toyo T1-S though. T1-R is a later offering from Toyo. The tyre you need depends on the way you drive & the roads you drive on. If you drive hard then go for F1's, SO2's, SO3's etc as already advised...if you dodder along at 40 I can't see you requiring Michelins or Goodyears finest though!
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I've tried the ZE 512's and was far from impressed with them. The only plus being a good rim protector. Having said that the FK 451 is supposed to be a lot better and a lot of guys on one of the Scooby forums (can't remember which one) swear by them. They are a right bit dearer than the ZE 512 so may possibly be a good bit better. I have no experience of them but I did price them before & they are expensive, in the end I went for Eagle F1 GSD3's which I got a good bit cheaper. Only had them on the car for a week as I sold it but I was pretty impressed with them in that time.
€109 per corner for Toyo's seems like decent value. I paid €150 each for Proxes T1-S 225/40/18's, very soft = grippy but don't last pissing time. Burned them off a TDI 115 Golf after 3000 miles...and that wasn't hard driving, motorway stuff. In retrospect I didn't need grippy tyres for the driving I was doing, Nankangs or Federals would have done rightly!!!
I reckon the Goodyear Eagle F1's would last longer than the Toyo T1-S though. T1-R is a later offering from Toyo. The tyre you need depends on the way you drive & the roads you drive on. If you drive hard then go for F1's, SO2's, SO3's etc as already advised...if you dodder along at 40 I can't see you requiring Michelins or Goodyears finest though!
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