Tyres

[glynnd]

Need 4 new tyres for a cupra tdi leon. Dont fancy apying 140 per corner for pirelli rosso. Any recommendations for something cheaper but still decent?
Thanks
Glynn

 

[olaf]

Falken FK452s seem to be getting good feedback, reasonable price aswell.

Robdon and Unclefester are both pleased with them.

There is a post in the Mk1 Leon section about them if you want more info!

 

[glynnd]

Thanks for that

 

[Cran]

Toyo proxies T1-R's are good

 

[glynnd]

Just bought 4 uniroyal rainsport £57 plus vat each or £295.85 fitted. Not bad eh?

 

[cheshire cat]

Just bought 4 uniroyal rainsport £57 plus vat each or £295.85 fitted. Not bad eh?

I usually use Uni Royal but am trying Barum, a bit cheaper and so far OK same company as they are all under Conti

 

[Deleted member 5241]

Just bought 4 uniroyal rainsport £57 plus vat each or £295.85 fitted. Not bad eh?

Could give Kumho Ku31's a go, I had a set on my Passat V5 and they were excellent.

 

[daveyonthemove]

Toyo proxies T1-R's are good

I'll second that statement.
I bought 4 of them over 14,000 miles ago and booked my car in for 2 front tyres today. Tread remaining is just below 6mm on both rears and bang on 3mm on both fronts. Definatly sticking with these from now on as grip is excellent.

 

[CupraTDI_Rob]

Toyo proxies T1-R's are good

ditto, plenty of grip and a resonable price as well

 

[Mikey_H]

i have heard rumours the toyo proxies T1-R's are the best tyre on the market at the moment what do you guys think as i need 4 new tyres and want to go for something with maximum grip as i pick my car up tomorrow with the big turbo on it hehehe!!!! how much do the toyo's cost???

 

[daveyonthemove]

i have heard rumours the toyo proxies T1-R's are the best tyre on the market at the moment what do you guys think as i need 4 new tyres and want to go for something with maximum grip as i pick my car up tomorrow with the big turbo on it hehehe!!!! how much do the toyo's cost???

I would agree that the grip is exceptional with these tyres.
I'm getting 2 fitted, balanced and filled with nitrogen for £159 all in.

 

[ChrisUK]

I got 3 x Barum FR's from Tyre-Shopper for £61 per corner fitted - really excellent grip & recommended by Auto Express as best mid range tyres

 

[Sooty torques]

Well, as I've posted somewhere else, I'm well happy with the Avon ZZ3's I plumped for after wearing out the F1 GSD3's. So far, excellent in the wet (better than the F1's I must admit) and superb in the dry - equal to the F1's. Got them through tyreshopper.co.uk - good price too at £126 fitted for the axle set.

 

[Adibutti]

just bought a full set of tyres for 260!! avon ZZ3s! had these on my old astra! lasted 18months! very good tyres!

 

[oldman]

i got contental contisport on all 4 corners and quite happy with them. were on the car when bought it and 12months on all is good and loads of tread left and i've done 20k in 12months....

 

[thebeno]

Extremely happy with my Falken 452's, no traction control lights when in wet. Not sure how long they will last though.

Got mine for £250 from Wheelbase.

 

[Hudson]

I got a set of zero neros for my beeza 2 tyres for 150 fiteed 205/40/17

www.mytyres.co.uk are cheap as chips but you need to find a tyre garage that will fit tyres that you're brining in as most places say yeah 20 quid a corner (jokers).

Quick look on mytyres (assuming you're running 225/45/18) zero neros 109 each or the FK452 falkens 97 a corner.

still surprisingly pricey..... I was considering putting the leon fr wheels on my ibiza but thats just changed my mind...