Tyres - Recommendations?

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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by Rick_RS4 » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:56 pm

isnt there a tyre sticky, if not why not, this <beep> gets asked every 5 mins

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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by Ian_C » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:11 am

sonny wrote:I will only ever run GY Eagle F1 Asymmetric.
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by sonny » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:31 am

Rick_RS4 wrote:isnt there a tyre sticky, if not why not, this <beep> gets asked every 5 mins

Agree, some of us are starting to sound like a broken record...
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by Ian_C » Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:14 am

Haha yep!
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by 54Kab » Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:56 am

. . to complete my story.. I searched / haggled on three options :-

- Vred Sessantas
- Goodyear F1 Assymetric
- Michelin PS3

. . . I decided that the Goodyears were my preferred option, but were not readily available when I decided to buy. So, as of this week, now running a squeaky new set of Michelins... -not bedded-in yet, but will be monitoring carefully to see if I can see improvements over the Bridgestones....

Cheers for all input :thumb:

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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by toyneg » Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:46 am

i use Continental Contisport 3 and think they're great
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by bam_bam » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:39 pm

toyneg wrote:i use Continental Contisport 3 and think they're great
Wow. That makes it very hard to respect your opinion on tyres.
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by MikeFish » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:25 pm

bam_bam wrote:
toyneg wrote:i use Continental Contisport 3 and think they're great
Wow. That makes it very hard to respect your opinion on tyres.
+1

Have you tried F1s?

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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by Nickyboy » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:59 pm

I think they're good but I've never used anything else as have never bought tyres before. They're just noisy.
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by toyneg » Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:56 am

MikeFish wrote:
bam_bam wrote:
toyneg wrote:i use Continental Contisport 3 and think they're great
Wow. That makes it very hard to respect your opinion on tyres.
+1

Have you tried F1s?
haha no to be fair they're the 1st set I've had on the car :)
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by stuartbarriskell » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:04 am

Forgot to add Avon ZZ5s.. superb grip and brill mileage... really responsive when driven hard too..
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by PetrolDave » Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:36 am

sonny wrote:
Rick_RS4 wrote:isnt there a tyre sticky, if not why not, this <beep> gets asked every 5 mins

Agree, some of us are starting to sound like a broken record...
+2

Posted for the second time this weekend...

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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by Awd4 » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:37 pm

I was wondering is anyone running 275/30/19 at the moment?
And if so, any pics please?

My problem is my current 255/35/19 Michelin ps2 are rubbing the arches (with spacers on or off ) and I was hoping the 275s might not rub
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by Surrey Sam » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:48 pm

You should not be getting any rubbing on OEM suspension and tyre sizes. If you are, something is wrong and needs investigating.

I have original Super Sport + suspension and have run 265/35/19 for a week to test out and found them ok.
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Re: Tyres - Recommendations?

Post by Awd4 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:09 am

Surrey Sam wrote:You should not be getting any rubbing on OEM suspension and tyre sizes. If you are, something is wrong and needs investigating.

I have original Super Sport + suspension and have run 265/35/19 for a week to test out and found them ok.
Audi checked again last month and found nothing wrong, thing is they don't rub on even surface, only on the backroads where I live (quite bad/uneven surface it must be said) I had no probs at all with pzeros or conti (even with spacers)

I am interested in getting Eagle F1 in size 275/30/19 for my next change, and would like to have some feedback and pics to see what it looks like :)
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