Help With Some Good Tyres

[Phil_T]

As above got an Audi S3 which I will be getting some new wheels soon 18x8 so was looking at 225 40 18 tyres. I want to have the best all round tyre & wondered what you guys reckomend?

So far got a price for toyo t1r x 4 £470 is that good? & are they are good tyre?

[S2 Ant]

There are tonnes of tyre threads that have been started in the past few weeks, just click thru a couple of pages and you'll get a whole heap of info

[liver]

michelin ps3's mate all round brilliant tyre can get cheaper from costco in leeds than most places and in leeds

i cnt recommed enough and a few will agree with me too on here

[BenR]

Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetrics for me aboslutely love them on my 18's!

As said above mate just search tyres in the search box and loads of threads will come up!!

What are you doing over the weekend Phil??

[winrya]

you cant go wrong with either vreds ultrac sessantas, goodyear assymetrics or michelin ps3's

[Phil_T]

I know there are a few tyre threads but wanted to see what people said to the price on the toyos & if anyone thinks its a good tyre.

Cheers liver but they only sell mich tyres

[Russ_leeds]

ps3 all the way for me
i paid £150 a corner fitted bout 3 month ago

[big al]

I have heard a few people steer clear of the Toyo tyres. I bought 4 Vredstein Ultrac Sessants for £360 on e bay the other week, bargainous!

[vRS Carl]

Michelin PS3. By far THE best tyre i have ever used. That's coming from someone who has had Goodyear F1, Vred Sessanta & Avon ZZ3.

I have 320+lb/ft going through the front wheels and the PS3 grip the same in the dry as any of the others i've used. In the wet they are leagues ahead.

[jmspear]

you need to temper the advice on the web with what / how you will use the car for. I have just fitted conti sport 3's and they are (on just about all the magazine tests) the best in the wet and today I did 250 miles in monsoon conditions and they are trully awesome, they will not be good in the dry as say the michelin's or if you really want great dry traction go Toyo 888's I went sport 3's as it is Oct 1st and we have at least 6 months of serious wet ahead of us, if it was 1st March I would have made a different choice, plus I do 20k miles a year of work related driving, for ultimate driving like a nutter grip my other track focussed car has Pirelli Corsa's on it.

So ask yourself what do I really want from my tyres = ultimate wear, ultimate quiet, best wet handling, best dry handling, when will I use the car the most, how will I use it and when, this will point in the direction of which of the quality tyres you should go for, for me it is ultimate wet performance hence sport 3's if it was ultimate dry or ultimate ear I would have def gone Michelin.

BTW no such thing as the "best" all round tyre, they all lean one way or another - one more optimised dry, one better wet, one on wear, one on noise etc

HTH's

John

[Gene Hunt]

I have heard a few people steer clear of the Toyo tyres. I bought 4 Vredstein Ultrac Sessants for £360 on e bay the other week, bargainous!

...........Vredestein on mine & can't fault them.

[xxx_mojo_xxx]

PS3s all the way.

I think Toyo can generate a fair bit of road noise...and then you have the softer compound and tyre wear to consider.

[Gtikenny]

grip in dry and wet = ps3's 

[Phil_T]

Cheapest place for Ps3's then?

[JamesC]

Camskills are always well price.

I've just paid £135 per tyre all in at Lepsons, they are refinishing a wheel at the moment so it made sense.