Best choice of tyre

Started by gmogle, May 05, 2007, 12:03:32 AM

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gmogle

I have Advan AD07s on the fronts of the car.

Took it to a trackday last week and the Jap tyres were brilliant !! No scrubbing compared to my mates RX7 with R888s.

shaggy

I had some japtyres on my first rx7 and wondered if anybody knew where i could get some as they were superb

I think they were Bridgestone Grid II

Best dry weather tyre i\'ve tried

NurburgRob

As a cheaper option I might go with Falken LK-452 which are £300 for all four in the sizes you posted (235/45 & 255/40/17) from mytyres.co.uk.

Anyone have anything really bad to say about Falken?

I was going for Yokohama Super Advan but they are about £100 each.
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Mart160plus

I used Falken before on my GT-Four and I was pretty pleased with them.

Had Bridgestone S02s on the Rex since I bought it (3 years almost) and they\'ve always done me well, good grip. good wear, minimal wheelspin.

But then I do remember Top Gear saying how the Enzo would have been a second or so faster round the track if it\'d been shod with anything but Bridgestone.......
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evo_ray

My nephew runs Falkens on his Z3 M coupe. Very good tyres. Never seemed to have any issues.

666FLO

Quote from: chopper2k22Eagle F1\'s 235/45/17 £79.60 inc P&P :D

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Price has fairly gone up since you made that post.. looking at (approx) £100 now for them!! I should have bought them ealier.. :wiggle

John_Hudson

Quote from: 666FLOPrice has fairly gone up since you made that post.. looking at (approx) £100 now for them!! I should have bought them ealier.. :wiggle

told you so :p

Baz116

Im running uniroyal rainsports (not sure of model code i`ll find out) all round, very good in the wet and dry. Ive not had F1s or toyos before but a guy with a supra who had tried all 3 told me that he thought the uniroyals where better. O, and there slightly cheaper!!

Morrmat

I\'d go R888\'s all the way! My FD and my friends R32 GTR has them and the handling is out of this world!

RemarkLima

Toyo R888\'s / Yoko A048 / Dunlop DJ01\'s are all semi slicks so not great in the wet and are really a road legal track tyre so don\'t last too long either.

It\'s not really fair to compare them with a "road" type, apples with apples and all that ;)

It\'s a shame that Yoko stopped doing the A539\'s as they were a good alrounder, the only thing I\'ve heard about Falkens (this is bad) is the MR2 racers have had a few come off the rim during hard cornering once they\'ve got nice and warm... And this is only in a 15 minute race! Pretty scarey really.

And apparently they wear much faster than the Yoko\'s as well...
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666FLO

Oh well I just went with the F1\'s, should arrrive this week. YAY! Have the bridgestone GRID II things on just now but they are just about at the end of thier life, all cracked etc.

Tintin

I\'m an avid fan of Falkens , can\'t remember which ones I got at the moment , they stopped making the ones I used to get but the ones I get now are equally good , Charley Brown\'s order them in specially for me and only charge me £75 a corner fitted


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Eagle F1\'s for me! Never had prob at all!
When I get my new wheels, they will be getting the F1\'s on them too!

Mave

Quote from: shaggyI had some japtyres on my first rx7 and wondered if anybody knew where i could get some as they were superb

I think they were Bridgestone Grid II

Best dry weather tyre i\'ve tried
Maybe, but horrible in the wet, or on diesel spills :(