The best tyres for traction (road legal)

[berg]

So we know that Vredestein are great for the money and that PS3's seem to be better still and that Toyo R888 are great for the track/hot sunny weather.

The thread about the Stg 2+ ED30's with 360 bhp ish leads me to ask which are the best tyres for traction in your opinion - so cost and overall wear rate should not come into it - only their performance in the dry/wet?

Any opinions?

[simonp]

Don't bother with PS3's. They're noisy and have a horrible squirrelly feel to them in the bends. Definitely NOT a performance tyre!

[danishmkvgti]

Best tyre for traction is Toyo R1R



R888 grip in the dry and excellent in the rain 

[berg]

Best tyre for traction is Toyo R1R



R888 grip in the dry and excellent in the rain 

Really? Very soft compound I take it? Think i used to have some of these Toyo on my old 205 Gti

I was thinking of staying away from Jap tyres on a German car but maybe not....

[Janner_Sy]

they are a pretty new tyre as in only the last year or so.

whats the treadwear rating on the R1Rs

[danishmkvgti]

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14601.0.html

Treadwear:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14601.0.html

And i must say a superb tyre, as stated earlier the grip of the 888 and with better wet weather grip than your standard road legal tyre, get's my highest recommendation, i can't wait to get some TD 1.2 home to fit them on. I fund them to good for the wife to use in everyday use, so the car now has Michelin Pilot super sports as daily tyres, and the R1R will be my ring and trackday tyres 

[berg]

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14601.0.html

Treadwear:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14601.0.html

And i must say a superb tyre, as stated earlier the grip of the 888 and with better wet weather grip than your standard road legal tyre, get's my highest recommendation, i can't wait to get some TD 1.2 home to fit them on. I fund them to good for the wife to use in everyday use, so the car now has Michelin Pilot super sports as daily tyres, and the R1R will be my ring and trackday tyres 

So you rate the R1R as better than the pilot super sport? presumably lot cheaper as well!

[danishmkvgti]

yes, the R1R (i've only driven the PSS for about 500km, and not on track yet, treadwear is 300) has way more grip than the PSS, but also fewer miles in it, but thread title stated best tyre for traction, and for that the R1R is in a league of it's own, i know Hurdy agrees with me 

[Hurdy]

I've had R1R's and R888's on my old golf with 360+bhp and 440bhp with nitrous and they were superb. The R888 has ultimately a little more grip in the dry, but the R1R's are better in the wet. (both GG rated)

The R1R's as an everyday tyre worked better for me as a normal road tyre simply spins away it's rubber and ultimately reduces the lifespan. The R1R's gripped better in every condition and so lasted longer than a normal road tyre

[Janner_Sy]

I think you thread title is to Vague.

no one on here uses no n road legal tyres, so in effect the answer to the best traction (road legal) tyre is going to be the R888.

Do you mean the best Road tyre as the R888/R1R is more track orientated

[berg]

yes, best road tyre for everyday use although for me personally i dont do loads of motorway miles so will be happy to shell out for the R1R's if they are the best even though they may not last too long at stg 2+, which is what i have eventually decided to try out.

[danishmkvgti]

i concur with Hurdy that with spirited driving you get less wheelspin and therefore longer tyrelife in the R1R that most normal roadtyres. They are the tyre of my choice for the Golf with 336BHP and 453NM of torque 

[berg]

only £105.00 delivered through camskill too 

[tony_danza]

R1Rs are? they've come down!

[Hurdy]

only £105.00 delivered through camskill too 

That would be a T1R and not R1R.

R1R's are currently around £200 a corner for 18"ers