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Offline DomBacon

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What's the best tyres?
« on: April 01, 2015, 05:00:36 pm »
What's the best tyres to get for a ed30?
I'm running 215/35/18 and want to stay this size
Cheers Dom.

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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2015, 05:06:26 pm »
215? I would of thought 225 would be better?

I'm running Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetrics 2. Softer tyre wall than the Michelin Super Sports 3. Both good brands for multi purpose surfaces. There's a lot threads on here about tyres.
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2015, 07:30:00 pm »
Assuming your on standard 18"s then 225/40/18 and Michelin Pilot Super Sport.
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2015, 07:32:24 pm »
Are you seriously asking this?? After the hundreds of "which tyres" threads we have. .
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2015, 07:36:52 pm »
Nankang Dark Horses :)

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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2015, 10:50:54 pm »
All the tyres that people recommend on the other threads are 225/40/18 which i dont want and you cant get them in 215/35 hence why i asked and put the size. . .
I want to stick with 215/35/18
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2015, 10:55:27 pm »
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2015, 06:50:33 pm »
Quote from: DomBacon on April 01, 2015, 10:50:54 pm
All the tyres that people recommend on the other threads are 225/40/18 which i dont want and you cant get them in 215/35 hence why i asked and put the size. . .
I want to stick with 215/35/18
Can I ask why the size preference?
Only it's not the specified size and I've never heard of anyone wanting to reduce the contact patch on a reasonably powerful car.
I don't mean to be funny but am genuinely intrigued!  :happy2:
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2015, 06:53:50 pm »
Most people are GUna be biased on what there running. I have michelin ps3's. They tick all the boxes
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2015, 07:31:38 pm »
Quote from: flashp on April 02, 2015, 06:50:33 pm
Quote from: DomBacon on April 01, 2015, 10:50:54 pm
All the tyres that people recommend on the other threads are 225/40/18 which i dont want and you cant get them in 215/35 hence why i asked and put the size. . .
I want to stick with 215/35/18
Can I ask why the size preference?
Only it's not the specified size and I've never heard of anyone wanting to reduce the contact patch on a reasonably powerful car.
I don't mean to be funny but am genuinely intrigued!  :happy2:
Usually only done because 'Bagged' and because 'moar low'...only concern is clearance and because 'Stretch' is 'kull'....I think  :happy2:
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2015, 08:08:05 pm »
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2015, 10:00:42 pm »
It is bagged haha
With these size tyres it sits better all round and how I want to keep it.
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2015, 10:13:33 pm »
Quote from: DomBacon on April 02, 2015, 10:00:42 pm
It is bagged haha
With these size tyres it sits better all round and how I want to keep it.

So instead of getting the best performance, best grip and better safety. You'd rather have something that supposedly looks better?!
It's people like you who make the roads unsafe and give people who modify their cars a bad name.
Edition38 is that way mate...
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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2015, 10:23:40 pm »
Quote from: Ruggy on April 02, 2015, 10:13:33 pm
Quote from: DomBacon on April 02, 2015, 10:00:42 pm
It is bagged haha
With these size tyres it sits better all round and how I want to keep it.

So instead of getting the best performance, best grip and better safety. You'd rather have something that supposedly looks better?!
It's people like you who make the roads unsafe and give people who modify their cars a bad name.
Edition38 is that way mate...

I agree with you to some extent that I'd rather he have 225 pilot super sports but really he's not the problem, of he gives enough of a sh*t to ask what the best tyres in that size are then performance and safety are obviously a important.

The problem is people who are oblivious to what condition/ brand/ pressures etc their tyres are in. People with a different tyre with different pressures and substandard tread on are the problem, the ones who only ever get their tyres checked when they get an MOT. They scare me.

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Re: What's the best tyres?
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2015, 10:38:55 pm »
The thing is, you don't need to spend a fortune either. Super Sportsare very good, but there are other makes/models out there just as good, for a lot less money.
For example, I'm running Vredestein Ultrac Vorti, 225x40x18. I got 4 fitted for £350.  Wet & dry grip is sh*t hot and for that price I'd put them up against any other manafacturer.
The problem I have is when people buy a safety product like tyres based on how good they look or how many scene points they get.
Bearing in mind that the only contact your car has with the road is the small patch of tyre that's actually touching the road, get the tyres that give you the biggest contact patch. Rather than ones you can 'tuck on your bagged ride'.
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