Recommendation for 18" tyres

[gshaw]

The Bridgestones are utter crap, I'm down to 3mm on mine now so time to replace I reckon. No grip on them in the dry and definitely no grip in the recent snow either, can't believe they're so bad for a "premium" brand.

Pilot Sport 4 looks to be the ones when I get them replaced. On my other car I put Dunlop SP Sport Fastresponse which I'm also happy with.

 

[chrispcupre]

1.4 150 FR on 18's.
Mangled one of my wheels this morning when skidded into kerb, now the tyre has a slice in it and wheel kerbed

So, can anyone recommend a good all round tyre or point to a previous thread please?

I know this has probably been done to death but I'm at work at the moment and feeling annoyed!

A good all round tyre is recomended stay away from the square ones

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[CAPS_LOCK_STUCK]

Take a look on the blackcircles website - each tyre has ratings for noise, fuel economy etc.

Pick one with the lowest db rating.
Point to note - db ratings are logarithmic so a difference of 3db would appear half/double as loud depending if it is higher/lower.

Just checked, Michelin Primacy 4's @ 68DB (110.90 each fitted), there is one tyre that has 67 but it's got a poor rolling resistance rating, the primacy's also have excellent dry and wet ratings...... better price than I was expecting! Not only are the Potenza's noisy, they have an absolute crap rolling resistance rating.

 

[Trout]

Had Continental ContiSport 5's from the factory on my FR which had an astonishingly poor wear rate.
I will definitely avoid Continental tyres in the future.

I replaced them with Michelin SuperSports which were vastly superior in terms of both grip (wet and dry) and longevity.

 

[G.P]

when I first got my Leon it had bridgestones all round, they performed well but were very noisy. I had passengers asking what the noise was lol

now running goodyear F1A3's and Michelin PS4's. When new the difference is night and day. The new tyres almost being silent. Now 10-15K miles in the road noise is increasing again.

I've experienced this on 2 previous VW group cars. The road noise increases as the tyres wear down.

Bridge. are always noisy, they kinda rubble. I can only speak for the Golf and Leon but both wear the inner edge of tyres on the rear due to the excessive camber the run, of which causes poor noise within the cabin. I can only presume as other makes don't suffer from this the rear set up is not quite right..

 

[G.P]

For me I'd look towards Bridgestone Potenza Sport or T005, Kumho PS71 which I think I'd have over the T005 unless you after a less sporter feel and softer ride then Goodyear Assy6 or Uniroyal Rainsport 5..

 

[Mo_86]

Are rainsport 5s a softer ride in comparison?

 

[iainbert]

I just put Goodyear efficient grips on mine, I had them on my subaru and they were brillaint, so I'm hoping they are as good on this. I had dunlop sportmaxx on my loan and took them off after a year because they were awful

 

[G.P]

Are rainsport 5s a softer ride in comparison?

Yes, similar to Michelin..

 

[notpeppe]

Non-FR on FR 18s here. I got my Hankook K135 2 months ago and am very happy with them. Silent and decent on fuel.

 

[hertssjc]

I'm happy on the Goodyear Eagle F1 Assy 3 - sensible fitted price on blackcircles.

I agree replaced my Bridgestone's with The Goodyears and am really happy with them, and as you say good price.

 

[TripleBob]

Got Michelin Pilot Sport 5’s all round on my FR. Had PS4s on it before and highly rated them, and the 5s have thus far been excellent- crazy levels of grip on a warm day, brilliant in the wet and not bad in the winter either. With 500nm going through the front wheels the difference in grip vs cheap tyres is massive!