Frankthered Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Hi there! So, here's my first question for the WiM forum. I have a Minari kit car that is finally about to hit the road after a very long (and professionally completed) build. I'm collecting the car on Tuesday. So what the problem? Well, I have a nice set of alloys that suit the car really well (IMHO) that currently have a set of (probably really old) mix & match tyres fitted. I'm going to keep these on for a couple of weeks while the suspension settles. (I'll take it easy on the old rubber.) After that, I will need new boots, so I'm wondering what to get - as you might have guessed the alloys are 14" and the stock size is 185/60/14 and as you probably know, there’s not much around that suits sports cars in this size. After extensive internet research, I’ve narrowed it down to: Uniroyal Rainexpert Dunlop SP Sport Fast Response Bridgestone ER300 Not much between these pricewise. The Bridgestone usually performs best in magazine tests, but might not suit a light car, Dunlop’s marketing suggests that would be the best one, but does it reflect reality and the Uniroyal might work best as it’s directional, but how good a tyre is it, really? I could up the spend a little (well ok, quite a bit) and get some Michelin PE2s, although a bloke I spoke to about them at Costco told me Michelin have stopped making them in 14â€, or some Toyo T1Rs in 195/55/14 but availability of both these is patchy and maybe neither will be around for too much longer. I know I could get track day tyres or 15†wheels but I don’t really want to do either of those at the moment. I really would appreciate any thoughts on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Have you tried http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk I've only had experience with the Toyo's and I loved them, very grippy. The Uniroyal are also ones that I've looked at getting cos the reviews were so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 I would go for Yokohama C-Drive, their a proper sticky tyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 I would go for Yokohama C-Drive, their a proper sticky tyre. Even for rd use Tony?....i used to use super sticky tyres for the R1 in the summer but they dont last long, well not the way i use to ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankthered Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 I would go for Yokohama C-Drive, their a proper sticky tyre. Thanks ER - yes, I've seen Tyrereviews (and Tyretest.com) and have even added a couple of my own reviews to the site. Thanks for the shout Tony - did you mean C-Drives, or C-Drive 2s, or are they pretty similar? I'm a little surprised by the suggestion TBH - would you say the Yokos are stickier than the Toyos? Cheers for the shout though! FTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Not sure.... I asked the team on the best sticky tyre in your size and C-Drive was the winner albeit CD1 or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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