[Smee]

What tyres do you guys recommend?

Some one told me Hankook Ventus v12 but v12 does seem to be here in UK. what are the other good brands to buy

What do yo guys think I should do??and do I ditch run flats at the same time??

Cheers
Lee

[mpawood]

Ditch run flats and get MPSS, that's what I've got mine (came from factory like it).

[Smee]

whats mpss?

[moonshine]

Michelin pilot Super sports?
if you want to keep runflat, Goodyear Eagle F1 get good reviews and are what I put on

[Smee]

ok so the list thus far

Michelin Pilot Super Sports nRFT
Goodyear Eagle F1 RFT
Hankook Ventus v12 (which i cant get here. but have s1 evo2)

i had goodyear eagle f1 on my old ibiza they lasted 7k please tell me they are slightly longer lasting now and not more like putty

[Smee]

what are Toyo Proxes t1 sport like?

[moonshine]

re. GYF1, can't comment on durability as I've only done 200 miles on them, but I have not heard any issues regarding durability. if hope for >20k miles from them

[Smee]

or Falken Azenis FK453

[Smee]

the MPSS are mega money in the sizes i am looking at lol

lol i want quality tyres at Nankang prices

[JNW1]

If you take a look at the recent tyre review in EVO they rate the Continental SportContact6 as the best followed by both the Goodyear AS3 and Yokohama Advan Sport V105 as joint 2nd. The MPSS was in the test but finished 6th out of the 9 contenders; great in the dry but apparently no so clever in the wet compared to some of the others.

On the road route the Goodyear was easily the best and, on the basis that's where most of us do our driving, personally I'd tend to give that part of the test a fairly high weighting. Surprised you got poor wear from your Goodyears, even on the rears they've always lasted the best part of 20k miles on the BMW's I've had. Currently got non run-flat AS2's on my F31 and no complaints whatsoever....

[Alscoob]

As ^^^^ above have Non RFT Goodyears on wifes Z4 255x30x19 rear & 225x35x19 font vast improvement in all aspects over the original run flats. will be putting them on the F31 soon.

Have used Goodyear, Flaken's & Toyo before, will say that Goodyears have been the best. Toyos just don't last, both Toyo & Falken are not a wide profile tyre so rim protection is not so good as G/years

BTW Hankook V12 are here... http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/...l-96-y-xl.html

[moonshine]

it is the GYF1 As2 I have fitted
fronts
http://www.blackcircles.com/catalogu...&tyre=30862620
and
rears
http://www.blackcircles.com/catalogu...&tyre=32067525

[Smee]

agh perfect so the v12s dont come in 20's hence why i cant find them

the goodyears i had were 7 years ago on a 230 bhp fwd diesel ibiza that literally got thrashed so not surprised that they didnt last long.

i cant find eagle f1's in the size i need for the rear 275/30/20

[Smee]

i need 235/35/20 and 275/30/20 for xdrive as the difference is the smallest amount

235/35/20 = 672.5mm
275/30/20 = 673mm

[225]

I have sport conti 5 rft from the factory and are very good so imagine the 6 is even better. The ride is not as bad as I thought it would be as they are my first run flats but they do thunk over big bumps.

I always used to go eagle f1s on my other cars otherwise.

[goodbyalfa]

I have the bridgestones and think they are great...

[Smee]

Originally Posted by goodbyalfa

I have the bridgestones and think they are great...

you know what ones you have?

these seem to be coming out the best performance / budget

Yokohama Advan Sport V105

[NISFAN]

Originally Posted by Smee

you know what ones you have?

these seem to be coming out the best performance / budget

Yokohama Advan Sport V105

Yep I had V105 on my car. They are OK, not in the same league as MPSS.

[goodbyalfa]

Originally Posted by Smee

you know what ones you have?

these seem to be coming out the best performance / budget

Yokohama Advan Sport V105

Just the usual potenza 001 run flats... They seam to get a panning on this forum but i think they are pretty good tbh. plus I've done 23k and still going from new..

[monkeyninja]

I have non runflats asymetric 3's on the front and 2's on the rear cause I couldn't get them in my size and needed to get new tyres. They are excellent tyres, had them on a golf before and was really impressed, the offer incredible grip wet and dry. I live in Glasgow we get a lot of rain!

[pauricmcb]

Originally Posted by goodbyalfa

Just the usual potenza 001 run flats... They seam to get a panning on this forum but i think they are pretty good tbh. plus I've done 23k and still going from new..

Also have these from new, car now has 31k miles and got a puncture on the rear right so just changed both of the rears as they had 3mm left on them. The fronts still have around 5mm and have also been on since I bought her.

I've known nothing else so can't compare but ordered them again as they get great wear and have never noticed the ride being too harsh.

[teaston]

Definitely ditch run flats, no question!

MPSS are the best but if you can get cheaper decent tyres cheaper, like the Goodyear f1 assymetric or conti sport contact 6's, then do that if you want to save some money.