What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

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Matador are fundamentally Continental... Hard to find though. But a good tyre
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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by FA57GTA » Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:41 am

I just got 4 pilot super sports fitted onto my standard 19 inch RS4 rims......£590 all in fully fitted at ATS euromaster! Think they have a deal on mitchlins at the moment!? Cheers Tom.

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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by edge » Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:13 pm

Vredestein Sessanta, had two sets of these in my ownership of the RS4 and thought they were excellent. I had PZeros before them and didnt see any difference in performance.

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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by FaisalJ » Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:26 pm

FA57GTA wrote:I just got 4 pilot super sports fitted onto my standard 19 inch RS4 rims......£590 all in fully fitted at ATS euromaster! Think they have a deal on mitchlins at the moment!? Cheers Tom.
Good price! Cheaper than tyres alone from tyreleader
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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by PetrolDave » Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:12 pm

edge wrote:Vredestein Sessanta, had two sets of these in my ownership of the RS4 and thought they were excellent. I had PZeros before them and didnt see any difference in performance.
I have to disagree - my RS4 came from the factory with PZeros which I thought were a total POS (zero wet grip, and rubbish life of <9k miles). The Sessantas were nowhere near as good as either the F1s, PS2 or PSSs but for a budget tyre they were OK, a bit vague on initial turn-in but with excellent life of twice the PZeros.
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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by edge » Wed Feb 24, 2016 11:23 am

PetrolDave wrote:
edge wrote:Vredestein Sessanta, had two sets of these in my ownership of the RS4 and thought they were excellent. I had PZeros before them and didnt see any difference in performance.
I have to disagree - my RS4 came from the factory with PZeros which I thought were a total POS (zero wet grip, and rubbish life of <9k miles). The Sessantas were nowhere near as good as either the F1s, PS2 or PSSs but for a budget tyre they were OK, a bit vague on initial turn-in but with excellent life of twice the PZeros.
The PZeros were on the car when I purchased it and couldn't tell you how many miles were done on them. I got the impression that PZeros would have been considered more of a premium tyre than the Sessantas and thus my comment about how the Sessantas stacked up.

I have no experience on the tyres that you have listed. I felt that the Sessantas were perfect during my ownership. TBH the only reason I made the initial purchase of Sessantas was based on RS246 comments and cant fault them.

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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by PetrolDave » Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:56 pm

edge wrote:TBH the only reason I made the initial purchase of Sessantas was based on RS246 comments and cant fault them.
Try any of the F1, PS2, or PSS next time and you'll notice the difference between them and the PZeros or even Sessantas.

For a budget tyre the Sessantas are surprisingly good but they aren't in the same league as the Michelins or Goodyears in my experience.

And the PZeros have been relegated from every league there is...
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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by JCviggen » Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:59 pm

harding wrote:
JCviggen wrote:
harding wrote: Really? Did you try the hakkas out? What was your experience?
Both the Hakka Black/Z-Line aswell as PSS has the same rating on tyre websites on wet road
They are a good tire, excellent within their price class. But they are not top end.
Thanks for the info. I'll stick with the PSS then! Also i will inform Audi in sweden that the big boys on the RS forum isnt approving their recommendation! :beerchug: :audibash:

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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by bigrichw » Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:54 pm

Just bought PSS from Blackcircles £151 each
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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by ChrisW » Sat Feb 27, 2016 8:00 pm

Ive got Bridgstones on mine, the turn in isn't great and the sidewalls are a bit floppy but grip levels are good and the ride is comfortable. I'll be giving PSS's a run when they wear out.

Also, I ran Nangkang NS2's on my 20" speedlines and they were superb, really grippy and fantastic turn in.
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Re: What's the favoured tyres to fit to a RS4 ?

Post by asifg » Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:24 pm

Hi All

Sorry to resurrect a that's been done top death, but I need to get some tyres by Fri eve as I've just realised my PS3s are down to their limit.

Can you get the PSS in AO fitment? I cant see them anywhere but have noticed that some members have put them on their B7 RS4s

I've also just read that PS4 are now out too...

Thanks and apologies!!!

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