Street Tires - your choice?

[Apolan]

Hi,

since i'm in the market for buying new tires, it'd be nice to hear from you guys, what you're driving on. Talk dimension and brand of the tire.

I have original 14x6 wheels, so im planing on using 185/60 14 or 195/60 14. What do you think? pros/cons.

And regarding the actual brand of the tire - i have no idea what to buy now. I plan on buying something along the lines of the RE720, but since they no longer produce it, what might be the best next thing? I would like a sporty tire, predictable and little flex. The brute grip is not so important.

So what do you run, what would you reccomend?

Best regards,
sašo

[The Doctor]

i heard good things about Yokohama A539, but haven't driven on mine long enough to make a verdict

D.Wars will say they suck, but he bought a set wich where allready very worn, so he must stay quiet

[gon]

i love the A539....
First time my tire shop didn't had them i bought the RE720's
after q week I sold them ..... and back to A539

[manipula]

I'm hearing very good things about the new asymetrical Goodyear Eagle F1's. And then after that there's alwasy the old favourites, Toyo T1-S's and the older F1 Goodyears, the DSG3's. Used both on various cars, loved them.

[Apolan]

are all of theese tyres availible in 185/60 14 or 195/60 14? cant seem to find them here..

[JonnyAE86]

Absolutly the best tires I've seen in my life

These are 195/60 14 Yoko's A539

Only con about these is that they turn the car un-driftable when the tires are new, no make sure you wear some old crappy tires on the back if you drift

[Apolan]

ok so let me evolve the question a bit. Which tires are cheap but have sporty properties. I don't so much care about absolute grip, rather than firmnes and predictability.

What about Falken Ziex ze-512 and ze-912?

[oldeskewltoy]

Not sure what is available in Europe... but I've had pretty good service from Kumho.
The first set were the Supra 712 model,

the 712 has a VERY hard sidewall, the biggest minus for me was the tread would get flat spotted overnight causing a bit of disturbance the following morning till the tire warmed and go round again.


and now I'm running on the Kumho SPT. My size is 195/50/15.

No such problems(flat spotting) SO far with this one. The sidewall is a bit more compliant, but still very quick.

Again... I'm not sure what is available in Europe... but to expand your choices a 15" wheel will allow you many more options

[The Doctor]

Apolan Wrote:ok so let me evolve the question a bit. Which tires are cheap but have sporty properties. I don't so much care about absolute grip, rather than firmnes and predictability.

What about Falken Ziex ze-512 and ze-912?

the A539

i paid around 70 euro a tire for 185/50 13

[Apolan]

A539 is only available in 185/55 60 here. And its 70 eur a piece as well. Looking to spend 40-50 eur..