Gez G
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Registered: 12th May 04
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Need two new fronts for the Gsi.
Had Falken Fk452s on it, not impressed by them 
Looking at either Uniroyal Rainsport 1s, coz I know M6RKK has them on his Corsa Gsi and they seem pretty 
Remember hearing good things about Avon ZZ3s as well.
Anyone had any experience of these tyres or any other makes to recommend??
Size is 215/40/17 btw.
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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rainsports. best tyre I have ever used for road use. drove a car with falkens on recently, I was shocked how bad they were.
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Marshall
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Registered: 10th Nov 05
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rainsports are amazing in the wet, but nothing special in the dry. If you do mostly dry miles or dont drive quick in the wet than i suggest goodyear eagle F1's.
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black_sri_turbo
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I had falkens until recently and they were shite!!!
Got Toyo Proxes T1 R's now and they are brilliant!
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by Marshall
rainsports are amazing in the wet, but nothing special in the dry. If you do mostly dry miles or dont drive quick in the wet than i suggest goodyear eagle F1's.
I find them fine in the dry. the goodyear F1 is a good tyre, not as good as the rainsport in the wet. the F1 is about £30 a tyre more than the rainsport though.
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M6RKK
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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rainsports gez mate, most tyres have good grip in the dry but being fair.... its scotland when do we ever get dry weather? so a safe bet would be rainsports
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betrayed
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Registered: 29th Aug 06
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BARUM its just a continental old tred pattern down graded to a barum and half the price just because its the old tred pattern i work for a tyre place and i wouldn't put anything else on but them m8 imo
don't waste your time on avons there rubbish!
if you live near a national tyres and auto care ( N.T.A ) them do them do them at a good price
http://www.national.co.uk/
hope this helps
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scott d
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got falken 512s on the front and they're rubbish in the wet.
rainsports or conti
had a look on nationals site and prices seem expensive, 195/45/16 conti sport contacts are £90 and £70 on blackcircles.com fully fitted.
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betrayed
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quote:
Originally posted by scott d
got falken 512s on the front and they're rubbish in the wet.
rainsports or conti
had a look on nationals site and prices seem expensive, 195/45/16 conti sport contacts are £90 and £70 on blackcircles.com fully fitted.
price x4 BARUMS 195/45/R16 V rating as i say they conti's old tred pattern at a v nice price m8
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by betrayed
quote:
Originally posted by scott d
got falken 512s on the front and they're rubbish in the wet.
rainsports or conti
had a look on nationals site and prices seem expensive, 195/45/16 conti sport contacts are £90 and £70 on blackcircles.com fully fitted.
price x4 BARUMS 195/45/R16 V rating as i say they conti's old tred pattern at a v nice price m8
more to do with the tyre compound than the tread pattern.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Barum may well be an old Conti tread pattern, but Linglong are an old Yokohama pattern.
Barum ARE shite.
You get what you pay for, more expensive tyres will perform AND last longer, 90% of the time.
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betrayed
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Barum may well be an old Conti tread pattern, but Linglong are an old Yokohama pattern.
Barum ARE shite.
You get what you pay for, more expensive tyres will perform AND last longer, 90% of the time.
thats true ^
+ barum aren't shite..... continental arnt shit are they
imo
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Robin
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The compounds are different, Barum are shite, yes.
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and-m
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Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
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Thats odd you found the 452s bad as a lot of the MR2, Skyline and Evo peeps use them.
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jamesvalver
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im running rainsports on the rear and yoko a539's on the front. both grip really well for me both in wet and dry conditions. will be going rainsports all round next tho!!
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Gez G
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Registered: 12th May 04
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My mate has a Galant V6 and he has jusrt had 4 new Fk452s fitted as he heard a lot of good things on the owners forums.
Had them on about 6 months and they are knackered already, never felt 100% safe under hard cornering with them.
Best tyres I had were the Conti Premium Contact 2s, but they too expensive ATM unfortunately.
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and-m
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6 months?! How the heck are you driving? lol.
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Gez G
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Partly to do with a tracking issue plus I do quite a lot of miles with my job :-)
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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Goodyear Eagle F1's
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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