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Need sticky tyres quick, which are the best?
Sizes are 255-40-17 and 205-50-17.
Are the sizes ok?
Wots the best all rounder?
Thanks.

i personally would go 215\45 up front, but its personal choice...

when you say sticky, do you mean track sticky, or just good road....

if the first, then i'd go for R888's like i have, but rain makes them interesting, i'll be trying the R1R when these scrub out.

As for road - the 3.2 now has GYear Eagle GSD 3's, seems pretty good from reports.

If you want sticky then Toyo or Goodyear Eagles. Not cheap & limited life.
I just got Avon ZZ3 & they are sticky. Better than my Conti sport conatacts when they were good.
New Falkens good too & sold out until March!
Even sticky tyres will let go. The important thing is that they talk to you & let you know when your on the limit! My old Contis' were drift Kings. Last thing you want is to snap into oversteer without warning. I never fit cheap tyres on a sports car now. Last time I did I had to reshell it. Lucky to be alive really Took me 18mths of free time & when I'd finished I had to sell it as I couldn't pay for the insurance
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You could alway swap for a Porsche with perfect weight ditribution

964russ wrote:Need sticky tyres quick, which are the best?
Sizes are 255-40-17 and 205-50-17.
Are the sizes ok?
Wots the best all rounder?
Thanks.

Cant tell if sizes are OK without the wheels sizes.

Toyo Proxes are very sticky at a good price try http://www.camskill.co.uk

Avoid Avons and Pirelli P6000's at all costs - recognised as "unsticky" as they come.

Rich

Just ordered a set of bridgestone so-2,s £440 from elite tyres.
There supposed to be very good
Ill find out on saturday.

964russ wrote:Just ordered a set of bridgestone so-2,s £440 from elite tyres.
There supposed to be very good
Ill find out on saturday.

I am in the market for a set of 993 tyres and SO2s were going to be my choice. Let me know how you get on with them???

I have SO2's on the Speedster.

How are the so2,s on the speedster?

964russ wrote:How are the so2,s on the speedster?

I've had no issues when I push on hard, plenty of grip and feel.

Different car but I have them on the 68, no complaints whatsoever in the corners but can tramline a bit on worn road surfaces

After much research and talking to a few specialist tyre guys i am going for Toyo Proxes T1R's - seperate recommendations both for these beasts.

Plus although they may be subject to slightly less life time, the price is so much better that £ per mile they still add up.

I had those on the GTI, lasted 8000 miles.

Avoid Avons and Pirelli P6000's at all costs - recognised as "unsticky" as they come.

Rich


Tonight it was bouncing down driving home. Level of grip was the same as in the dry. Nothing wrong with ZZ3's except that they are a bit more expensive than Falkens for similar performance. If you believe the tyre tests they last a bit longer. I used to have to be very careful in the wet with the Conti's.

Agree with your comments on the Conti's had them on a Celica, lease company spec'd them.

It was raining when I had them put on, the car felt a lot worse than the wore out Michellins they replaced.

Took it straight back and had them swopped.

So 2,s are on and miles better than the dunlops.
Feels more stable at speed and it hasnt spun a wheel or kicked out yet.
The best thing ive done to the flash.