Ok I need to get a couple of new fronts for my sporting, been reading various reviews on different makes. What are people's experiences with different brands. So far I've looked at hankook ventus v12, kumho ku39 and toyo proxes t1r or uniroyal rain sport 3's.

Im just bearing in the mind that the jtd is pretty heavy on the front axle, after something that will last and offer decent grip wet and dry. Cheers

I suppose it all depends on your budget mate tbh I would say get the best your budget will allow for

Bridgestone Potenza or Toyo Proxes is what I will be changing mine to when I need to. But to note I don't have a JTD so don't have the heavy diesel lump on the front axle.

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Stephen

Looking around the £80 a piece mark

And I've read mixed reviews on the toyo's, Bridgestone is outta my budget lol

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And I've read mixed reviews on the toyo's, Bridgestone is outta my budget lol

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I understand mate but how urgent do you need the rubber, are you below the legal limit (come on we have all been there LOL) :devil:

I would say if you have a bit of time to play with and have the tread to do so save up mate or buy one this month and one next month and put them on at the same time.

Well the car isn't on the road at the mo so there is no rush at all. It has a Yokohama parada on the n/s which is very close to illegal (if not illegal, they have no tread to start with lol) and a no name linglong/full run crap thing on the drivers side.

Camskill seem to have some good prices at the mo, will prob get one this month and one in feb as she's not going anywhere yet!

Of the ones you mentioned ive only used the Hankooks, they were excellent but i found the wear rate was a bit quicker than the Bridgestones they replaced. They were £60 a tyre cheaper though.

Ive got Avon ZZ3's on the front of my Tjet at the moment, they were around your budget and so far have been excellent and they seem to be wearing better than the Hankooks.

Yeah I had Avons on my old gp and thought they were great. That's the thing it's not just grip it's the wear rate.

I went from the standard 205/45/R17 to a 215/40/R17, mainly for cost reasons. The 205/45 seemed an odd combination only used on some cars and prices higher. The 215/40 more commonly used and as a result cheaper.

Best thing to do is what I did; use mytyres.co.uk to look through all their different stock, find the tyres you want and the garage for fitting then ring the garage direct. Mytyres take a margin so cutting them out saves you money! Mytyres price was £89 per corner, garage direct was £76!!!

I went for 4 new Maxxis MAZ1 tyres on my 1.9 mjet. Pretty good tyres to be honest, a bit soft maybe so better for summer use. Rates at a G for fuel efficiency but as a result a very grippy tyre with plenty or resistance. Rates at B for the wet too and handles fine. Done about 12k miles in mine currently, plenty of tread left too. They look pretty sweet on too

If I was in same position again I'd go for them, if I had more cash i'd look for something a bit better but who knows. If it aint broke don't fix it!

Must admit I did look at the Maxxis tyres, I had them on my Carrera mountain bike lol! Decisions decisions...

Pirelli P Zero Nero.

Dom

Manufacturers have been barred since Nov 2012 by EU 1222/2009 from type approval of grades G rolling resistance & F wet braking – hence all the tyre whining from the pro-T1R brigade. Later this year the G & F grades will be banned from sale - leaving F rolling resistance & E wet braking as the new minimum grades.

The good(?) news is, you may want to put the above points to your tyre shop to get a better discount on tyres that fail to meet the old minimum levels before they get banned.

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Caravadossi said:

Manufacturers have been barred since Nov 2012 by EU 1222/2009 from type approval of grades G rolling resistance & F wet braking – hence all the tyre whining from the pro-T1R brigade. Later this year the G & F grades will be banned from sale - leaving F rolling resistance & E wet braking as the new minimum grades.

The good(?) news is, you may want to put the above points to your tyre shop to get a better discount on tyres that fail to meet the old minimum levels before they get banned.

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True, but this only works if the tyre shop have them in stock though and then have to sell cheap to get rid of them. In my experience if you're after a specific tyre in a specific size and profile they'll have to order it in, so if you're bargaining against a base price which the wholesaler sets and they have no say over they won't make profit and wouldn't get the tyres for you.

I have Toyo T1Rs all round in the same size (40 however) and have done for 18 months. Lasted 25000 miles but recently replaced the fronts at Demon Tweeks in Wrexham (Excellent service BTW) for £70 a piece fitted.

In addition, I was amazed at the instant difference two new fronts make! Ha

I don't like Bridgestone's there too hard (compound) so tend to be rubbish in the wet, personally I like continentals mid range tyre the barium bravis 2. They are conti's 100% with same tread and compound properties! there good for high millage and are brilliant in wet! I've had them since my mk2 punto and I love them.

They are well over budget at £125 but my Conti sport contact 5s have 4.5mm left after about 14k miles on the front of a t-jet. They should be good for 22k which means they might work out cheaper than an £80 tyre in the long run. The added bonus is your getting a tyre with A rated wet grip, C rated rolling resistance and several group test wins under its belt.

Oh, and they come in the correct 88 load index which most tyres don't.

Too much choice lol... Still haven't decided what to go for!

i run 16's on my gp not 17's.. after the original bridgestones everything seemed like an upgrade so when i fitted light alloys i bought contisports. very grippy initially but on my country's bumpy roads (I live in Malta), they really did not last very long and soon had sidewall bubbles all over.

My best luck was with bridgestone Turanza's.. comfy ride, quiet, and have amazing grip both in the dry and wet. Do not go for Potenza's, they are far too hard and never even warm up with normal driving, the Turanza's are a wiser choice for the GP. My size is 205/50/16.

They are a bit pricey, in fact here they retail for about €140 a corner, but they're well worth the money.

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... My size is 205/50/16.

They are a bit pricey, in fact here they retail for about €140 a corner, but they're well worth the money.

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If you’re not constrained by authorities to stay within the approved tyre options – then what made you prefer 205/50R16 over 205/55R16?

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