Tyres

[Guest taylpa1]

Hi All

Hoping for a little advice (again I know).

I have an S7 - any tips on the best tyres to get for it? Or at least - has anyone got any that they are particularly pleased with?

cheers Paul

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Hi Paul

 

Try searching on here for your subject , loads of stuff recently about tyre choice and some good web links.

 

Grippy race type track day tyre, or comfy road type tyre.

 

Thats your first decision.

 

HTHs

 

Ian J

[Mitch]

good quality softish tyres, dont go for the cheap own brand stuff, i know two hoods that had them fitted and came to a non sticky end in hedges,

 

i like toyo proxes cheap and wear quite well,

 

try mytyres.com

blackcircles

camskill for prices

 

HTH

 

Mitch

[Guest salty_monk]

+1 on the Toyo proxies for the money. I have Yoko's on mine at the mo but I don't find them all that grippy. (A539's I think).

 

Dan

[Guest chris brown]

I have Yoko 539's which I find very good in the dry but a bit skittish in the wet but they do ware well. Expect 10 to 15 k out of them unless you do allot of track days.

I agree DON’T go for economy tyres

[Guest pwlcarz]

I have a pair of budget Nexan unidirectional tyres on the front of my S7 and find they have a tendency to lock up too easily under hard'ish (panic?) breaking. A couple of times I've come to a halt in an embarrassing cloud of blue smoke!

I thought it might be the brake balance at fault but from the comments I take it that a softer stickier compound is needed?

[Snapperpaul]

Budget tyres always have that hard plastic feel to them, don't like the feel of them, i always think they feel like they are looking for a ditch just so they can have an early rest.

Also check your pressures, 18 to 20 on the front normaly

[Guest zoomzoom]

Hi

Go for goodyear f1 gsd3 in an assymmetric tread pattern very good in wet or dry and not too bad on the pocket either

 

Try my firm etyres

 

Marcus