Tyres

[skyline69_uk]

Originally Posted by flashgordon

Goodyear F1 GSD3 for me, on my third set now, they may wear quick for some folk but if they didn't they wouldn't grip either!

Went from F1's to T1R's on an EVO 5 ...... instanty shite (technical term), felt like the roads were covered in gravel, even after 100's of miles no better.

2nd set of F1's seemed to take about 50 miles of abuse to regain the grip of the first set but the 3rd set gripped perfectly from the start??

F1's are one of the few tyres you can put on any car and notice an improvement, you can't really tell with most other tyres.

Agreed and I have tried most tyres over the years but the F1s were an instant surprise especially by how much better than Yoko ADs they were in the wet.

[ROB_GTR]

anyone using or used falcon fk452's? any feedback would be appreciated!

whats the difference between the 451's and 452's???

will be buying new rubber in the next few days and after something cheap, hardish compound, and reasonably good!

i can get the 452's for £76 per corner delivered!!

or the 451's at £75 each corner!

i drive a 33GTR on 245-40-17

[Luffy]

i have 452's on my 33gtr afaik they are the new 451's basically.

i havent had time to give them stick apart from a trackday at donington and they were really good and grippy.

even with the recent rain i havent had any problems with them

[project mu]

Hi

I have 265/35/18 Yokohama AVS ES100 fitted, they came with the car and have been on for about a year now. Getting low on tread now. I will be fitting new tyres in the next couple of months. I do quite a few track days.

I was thinking of fitting these road legal Dunlop Formula R D01J



Has anyone used these on the road?

The DUNLOP FORMULA-R tyres have won every major tarmac event in Australia including:

BATHURST 12HR
EASTERN CREEK 12HR
TARGA TASMANIA
THREE PEAKS RALLY
DUTTONS GP RALLY
INDY GP RALLY
LACTOS RALLY
LA BORDEAUX RALLY
BALLARAT WINTER CLASSIC
PLUS OVERSEAS EVENTS INCLUDING THE PANAMA ALASKA RALLY.

[whoflungdung]

And The Winner Is................

Hankook Ventus K104/K105

Around £80 a corner

And have been compared and tested against all the over priced tyres everyone likes...michelin,b'stone,yoko's,toyo etc

Not one of the elite list came out better for an all year round tyre

I'm running 255/40/17 on a R32 GTR

[chas]

Originally Posted by ROB_GTR

anyone using or used falcon fk452's? any feedback would be appreciated!

whats the difference between the 451's and 452's???

will be buying new rubber in the next few days and after something cheap, hardish compound, and reasonably good!

i can get the 452's for £76 per corner delivered!!

or the 451's at £75 each corner!

i drive a 33GTR on 245-40-17

I've recently switched to 452's from 451's and to be honest the 451's were a better tyre IMHO, i've noticed a LOT more tyre squeal and the back breaks away a lot more.
Don't like them.

Charlie.

[King Nismo]

FALKEN RT-615 ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!

[Aitch]

A pity they didn't use current tyre models, the Toyo used for example is years old, the new T1-R is light years better than the T1-S used, which of course is why they used the old one. The new T1-R eats the rest, it's so much better than the old one it's not in the same category. 5 of us in the family have just gradually changed to the T1-R's over the last couple of months, awesome.

I note they used the latest F1 though..no bias there then!!

Aitch

[TREG]

Originally Posted by whoflungdung

And The Winner Is................

Hankook Ventus K104/K105

Around £80 a corner

And have been compared and tested against all the over priced tyres everyone likes...michelin,b'stone,yoko's,toyo etc

Not one of the elite list came out better for an all year round tyre

I'm running 255/40/17 on a R32 GTR

Iv got the same on mine-they are fantastic! Took about 800 miles to bed in,but they now grip like nothing else. These tyres are well understated,like Toyos were around 3 years ago.

[myline]

I've had fulda (I shouldn't really admit to that)
Bridgstone so3, not much better
uniroyal, good grip bad roll
dunlop sport, good
goodyear f1, great, why change.
you can spend a lot of money and buy rubbish, there are no road tests, you can't try them on, almost everyone says the goodyears are good and they are so why waste money.

[RIPPMODS]

You can read really good reviews on tires at The Tire Rack - Your performance experts for tires and wheels simply search a brand and size and read private reviews. Many people will write about how they use the tire and what they had previously.

If you already know about this, sorry just wanted to bring it to your attention.

For the record I have BF Goodrich KDW 255-40-18 on mine I've yet to drive them on the GTR but have in other cars and feel they give a good road reading with out being overly noisy.

In the past I've used:
Pirelli P-Zero Rosso and Nero both of which I love, however they tend to wear fast and be unforgiving with pot holes.

The Yokohama product has been my favorite for years now, I only have the BFG's because they where highly recommended and on sale when I got them.

Tires really have a lot to do with the suspension set up and rim though so one mans opinion is never really 100% unless you do back to back testing between set tires.

Just my 2 cents worth

[tuRBy]

can anyone help? I am looking for either:

yokohama advan AO-48R, toyo888 or Dunlop do1-J, cant find them on mytyres.co.uk, anyone know where to buy a set of these [x2tyres] at the best price. the size i need is 245/45 ZR17

will they run ok on a GTR having two of the tyres above [on the rear], with my current two bridgestone potenza on the front?

[kenan]

They are in a different league to the ones your running on the front and won't last long on the road.

[Fuggles]

The Yokohama tyres are £225 for two 235/45/17, delievered overnight if ordered through the GTROC

Just as an aside, the man who was the main designer of the R34, reckons the Falkens are the worst tyres for a Skyline.

[R32 Combat]

Bridgestone Potenza RE55 are awesome, its a crying shame you can't get them over here.