Good Year Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 - best tyres I've ever had on my LCR, and I've tried most of the premium brands. Both wet and dry grip is sensational.
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Best Tyres for an LCR?
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hi mate, i have bridgestone potenzas on mine and i love them in any conditions, i had toyo proxes 4 and then toyo proxes t1r they lasted 18 months and thats both makes, thats 4 front tyres in 18 months, grip well in dry as they are very soft but poo in the wet, it maybe my driving but who knows, i hated them, bridgestone all day long.
Why do people continue to post up asking random people who they don't really know and don't know how good drivers they are about tyres.
Years ago it was difficult to find out about tyres but most car magazines are doing exhaustive tests in varying conditions.
I know people who will make a set of remould feel better on a car than most with decent road tyres.
But if you want my opinion
i cannot understand why people say a LCR is heavy on brakes and tyres.
I've been regularly getting 20,000 miles out of my front brakes and 30,000 miles out of my rears even with track driving and hard back road driving.
same with tyres
I've been getting 12-15,000 miles out of my tyres rotationg them, new on rear then swap onto front when the front are done
As for tyres it totally depends on how your car is set up, how often you check your tyre pressure, how you drive, what tyre pressure you run and how often you get your geometry checked.
These all have big effect on tyre longevity.
Asking someone about tyres is like asking how good steak is, person prefecerence, experiences and opinions has too much to do with it
Years ago it was difficult to find out about tyres but most car magazines are doing exhaustive tests in varying conditions.
I know people who will make a set of remould feel better on a car than most with decent road tyres.
But if you want my opinion
i cannot understand why people say a LCR is heavy on brakes and tyres.
I've been regularly getting 20,000 miles out of my front brakes and 30,000 miles out of my rears even with track driving and hard back road driving.
same with tyres
I've been getting 12-15,000 miles out of my tyres rotationg them, new on rear then swap onto front when the front are done
As for tyres it totally depends on how your car is set up, how often you check your tyre pressure, how you drive, what tyre pressure you run and how often you get your geometry checked.
These all have big effect on tyre longevity.
Asking someone about tyres is like asking how good steak is, person prefecerence, experiences and opinions has too much to do with it
Yes very much so, but who's word to you trust on which ones are best?
Scientific testing published in magazines and internet sites or some foum dudes?
temm
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Can you point us to some of these test from car magazines, since most or all of the online reviews i have found from various site are from consumers.
Teo
I used to swear by Eagle F1s, until they mishaped.
I tried some Kumho KU31s and they were decent, although now discontinued
Now I'm back on the standard P Zeros and I actually love them.
I tried some Kumho KU31s and they were decent, although now discontinued
Now I'm back on the standard P Zeros and I actually love them.
What sort of mileage do you get out of those SC2's m8?
I'm thinking of going over to those next time, used to run them on my focus got about 26k out of them, not as powerful as the LCR though
hmm thats not an easy question, because i think i drive very hard, not that its crazy fast, but i do alot of small country roads "fun" driving if you know what i mean
last year i did 12,5k miles and the front tires had 2-2,5mm left. as a side note my front brakes is also worn down at the same distance (12,5k miles), just so you have an idea of how i drive. my rear tires i expect to last 25k miles
I would say if you drive more "normal" then you might expect same as your last focus, but remember that most sport tires will be worn wrong if you run to nice on them, especially on the rear tires.
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you can try the new conti sport contact 5, i think i wil try this the next time.
http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/de/en/continental/automobile/themes/car-tires/summer-tires/contisportcontact-5/contisportcontact-5.html
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Henjo24
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I've got runway sport at the moment lol. I got married 5 weeks ago and could not afford my usual falkens. So put some budgets on it for the time being. Ain't that bad tho
think im guna order 2x Vradestein Ultrac Sessanta's this week (for the front)
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vredestein/Ultrac-Sessanta.htm
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vredestein/Ultrac-Sessanta.htm
Totally agree with this.
I can't believe some of the posts on here who say they get through a set of front pads and front tyres in 10K miles, and only 250 miles out of a tank of petrol!
I got 30K miles out of a set of front pads (even then they had some life left) and I easily get 20K miles out of a set of front tyres. I don't drive slow either, but I also don't drive like a tw@t
offitmassive
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2010 EVO Tyre Test (not sure how many of these are available in your sizes)
Tyres on test:
- Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
- Continental Contisportcontact 3
- Hankook Ventus V12 EVO
- Kumho Ecsta LE Sport KU39
- Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2
- Uniroyal Rainsport 2
- Vredstein Ultrac Cento
- Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
- Zeetex HP103
Why is this a strange mix? The Contisport 3 now has a big brother in the Contisport 5P, the Bridgestone RE050A is getting a little long in the tooth, the Vredstein Ultrac Cento is out performed by the Ultrac Sessanta (which was tested in the 2007 test), the Pilot Exalto is slower version of the new Pilot Sport PS3, and just as you start to think this isn’t an ultra high performance tyre test they throw in the Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 - a hardcore max performance / track day tyre... Confusing.
What can we learn from this? Interestingly there’s some good data regarding the AD08’s performance compared to a normal road tyre. While excelling in the dry, the Yokos were the most likely to aquaplane (bar the budget Zeetex HP103) in a straight line, and so poor in the curved aquaplaning test they only managed 54% of the speed of the test winning Uniroyal Rainsport.
The rest of the group isn’t a huge surprise. The Contisport 3 just beat the Uniroyal Rainsport 2 by being consistently good everywhere, the budget Zeetex were rubbish proving you get what you pay for and the rest of the group traded places test by test and all finished within 7% of each other.
A little note to EVO, for next years test please follow the example of Auto Bild and find a nice tyre size that all the new extreme performance summer tyres are produced in. And invite us.
As always, make sure you pick up a copy of EVO issue 146 for the full breakdown of results, and in general an excellent motoring magazine.
Results
Wet Braking
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Bridgestone RE050A
3. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
4. Michelin Pilot Exalto
5. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
6. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
7. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Dry Braking
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Bridgestone RE050A
3. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
4. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
5. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
6. Michelin Pilot Exalto
7. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Laptimes (dry)
1. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
2. Bridgestone RE050A
3. Continental Contisportcontact 3
4. Michelin Pilot Exalto
5. Kumho Ecsta KU39
6. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
7. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
8. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
9. Zeetex HP103
Subjective (dry)
1. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
2. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
3. Bridgestone RE050A
4. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
5. Continental Contisportcontact 3
6. Michelin Pilot Exalto
7. Kumho Ecsta KU39
8. Zeetex HP103
9. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
Lap time (wet)
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
3. Michelin Pilot Exalto
4. Bridgestone RE050A
5. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
6. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
7. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Lateral G (wet)
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Michelin Pilot Exalto
3. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
3 = Bridgestone RE050A
5. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
5= Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
7. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Subjective (wet)
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Michelin Pilot Exalto
3. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
4. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
5. Bridgestone RE050A
6. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
7. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Aquaplanning Test (straight)
1=Uniroyal Rainsport 2
1=Vredstein Ultrac Cento
3. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
4. Continental Contisportcontact 3
5. Michelin Pilot Exalto
6. Bridgestone RE050A
7. Kumho Ecsta KU39
8. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
9. Zeetex HP103
Aquaplanning Test (curved)
1. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
2. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
3. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
4. Kumho Ecsta KU39
5. Continental Contisportcontact 3
6. Zeetex HP103
7. Michelin Pilot Exalto
8. Bridgestone RE050A
9. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
Overall
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
3. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
4. Bridgestone RE050A
5. Michelin Pilot Exalto
6. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
7. Kumho Ecsta KU39
8. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
9. Zeetex HP103
Tyres on test:
- Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
- Continental Contisportcontact 3
- Hankook Ventus V12 EVO
- Kumho Ecsta LE Sport KU39
- Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2
- Uniroyal Rainsport 2
- Vredstein Ultrac Cento
- Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
- Zeetex HP103
Why is this a strange mix? The Contisport 3 now has a big brother in the Contisport 5P, the Bridgestone RE050A is getting a little long in the tooth, the Vredstein Ultrac Cento is out performed by the Ultrac Sessanta (which was tested in the 2007 test), the Pilot Exalto is slower version of the new Pilot Sport PS3, and just as you start to think this isn’t an ultra high performance tyre test they throw in the Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 - a hardcore max performance / track day tyre... Confusing.
What can we learn from this? Interestingly there’s some good data regarding the AD08’s performance compared to a normal road tyre. While excelling in the dry, the Yokos were the most likely to aquaplane (bar the budget Zeetex HP103) in a straight line, and so poor in the curved aquaplaning test they only managed 54% of the speed of the test winning Uniroyal Rainsport.
The rest of the group isn’t a huge surprise. The Contisport 3 just beat the Uniroyal Rainsport 2 by being consistently good everywhere, the budget Zeetex were rubbish proving you get what you pay for and the rest of the group traded places test by test and all finished within 7% of each other.
A little note to EVO, for next years test please follow the example of Auto Bild and find a nice tyre size that all the new extreme performance summer tyres are produced in. And invite us.
As always, make sure you pick up a copy of EVO issue 146 for the full breakdown of results, and in general an excellent motoring magazine.
Results
Wet Braking
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Bridgestone RE050A
3. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
4. Michelin Pilot Exalto
5. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
6. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
7. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Dry Braking
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Bridgestone RE050A
3. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
4. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
5. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
6. Michelin Pilot Exalto
7. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Laptimes (dry)
1. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
2. Bridgestone RE050A
3. Continental Contisportcontact 3
4. Michelin Pilot Exalto
5. Kumho Ecsta KU39
6. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
7. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
8. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
9. Zeetex HP103
Subjective (dry)
1. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
2. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
3. Bridgestone RE050A
4. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
5. Continental Contisportcontact 3
6. Michelin Pilot Exalto
7. Kumho Ecsta KU39
8. Zeetex HP103
9. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
Lap time (wet)
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
3. Michelin Pilot Exalto
4. Bridgestone RE050A
5. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
6. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
7. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Lateral G (wet)
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Michelin Pilot Exalto
3. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
3 = Bridgestone RE050A
5. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
5= Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
7. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Subjective (wet)
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Michelin Pilot Exalto
3. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
4. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
5. Bridgestone RE050A
6. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
7. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
8. Kumho Ecsta KU39
9. Zeetex HP103
Aquaplanning Test (straight)
1=Uniroyal Rainsport 2
1=Vredstein Ultrac Cento
3. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
4. Continental Contisportcontact 3
5. Michelin Pilot Exalto
6. Bridgestone RE050A
7. Kumho Ecsta KU39
8. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
9. Zeetex HP103
Aquaplanning Test (curved)
1. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
2. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
3. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
4. Kumho Ecsta KU39
5. Continental Contisportcontact 3
6. Zeetex HP103
7. Michelin Pilot Exalto
8. Bridgestone RE050A
9. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
Overall
1. Continental Contisportcontact 3
2. Uniroyal Rainsport 2
3. Vredstein Ultrac Cento
4. Bridgestone RE050A
5. Michelin Pilot Exalto
6. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
7. Kumho Ecsta KU39
8. Hankook Ventus K12 EVO
9. Zeetex HP103
Just buy some part worns and be done with it... Tongue in cheek
Honestly though I'd say look at your driving style/distance etc and that could have a say in relation to the soft/hard compound, price and also model.
I use mine daily cover 10/12k per year and have always bought Falkens as I'm not using my cars as I probably should and these tick my boxes for price/performance.
Had them on my last 3 cars with no gripes or problems including a 5 day 2000 mile trip to Germany in a 265bhp V6 Alfa eating up the autobahns and being pushed to within an inch of it's life at every given opportunity by me and 2 mates.
Ask yourself what you need from them
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Honestly though I'd say look at your driving style/distance etc and that could have a say in relation to the soft/hard compound, price and also model.
I use mine daily cover 10/12k per year and have always bought Falkens as I'm not using my cars as I probably should and these tick my boxes for price/performance.
Had them on my last 3 cars with no gripes or problems including a 5 day 2000 mile trip to Germany in a 265bhp V6 Alfa eating up the autobahns and being pushed to within an inch of it's life at every given opportunity by me and 2 mates.
Ask yourself what you need from them
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this was the iriginal plan, but a mechanic mate says i could but you never know why they are really being sold used and he'd highly recommend i get brand new. also well as reminded me i seem to preach myself yet dont seem to practice that tyres are the ONLY thing that connect you to the tarmac.
Henjo24
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Picking up some parada spec 2's on the weekend!! Currently have budget on my 270bhp LCR lol so it's very unstable. Times were very hard a few months back and had no choice but to put some budgets on it. Thank monkey nuts there going on the weekend
You won't regret it, I'm running a set and there a good solid tyre, very consistent.
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