Tyres Upgrade

[Rallye Sport]

My FG sedan is on its third set of Bridgestone RE003's I'm getting 50-60k kms out of them with regular pressure checks and rotation. They see a bit of time on unsealed roads, pea gravel and quite abrasive limestone.
Only downside is that they are a little noisy.
IMO not a fan of the Michelins I've used in the past, my experience was that they went off and started to loose performance in the second half of their life. The Bridgestones hang on to the bitter end and get changed due to being worn out not going off.

[PooDog]

Only problem I find with the RE003,s is there is less tread on the outside which has grooves that run 90 degrees to the usual tread direction to drain water in the wet (good grip in the wet ) .....if you give it Sh!t around corners they tend to wear the outside edge off

But much better value than Michelin IMO , they're actually a wider tyre than some brands too if you run a tape over them size for size.....Kumho etc

[hackney]

Originally Posted by PooDog

Only problem I find with the RE003,s is there is less tread on the outside which has grooves that run 90 degrees to the usual tread direction to drain water in the wet (good grip in the wet ) .....if you give it Sh!t around corners they tend to wear the outside edge off

But much better value than Michelin IMO , they're actually a wider tyre than some brands too if you run a tape over them size for size.....Kumho etc

Go & watch ‘Tyre Reviews’(YT). Certainly not ‘better value’ than Michelin,Goodyear Eagle asymmetric 6 is another their brilliant tyre.Goodyear are now manufacturing some brilliant tyres.Continental also.Three of the best tyres around.

[PooDog]

Originally Posted by hackney

Go & watch ‘Tyre Reviews’(YT). Certainly not ‘better value’ than Michelin,Goodyear Eagle asymmetric 6 is another their brilliant tyre.Goodyear are now manufacturing some brilliant tyres.Continental also.Three of the best tyres around.

Michelin are really expensive over here , I take a lot of these Tyre reviews as just a guide, and would rather trust real world experience but I do agree the Goodyear eagles are a great Tyre, as for Continental not sure about car tyres but I've just taken a set of super single steer tyres that came on a MAN 640 brand new 77k worn out , Goodyear and Bridgestone 120k .....big difference and my own real world experience

[Mulva]

Originally Posted by Rallye Sport

My FG sedan is on its third set of Bridgestone RE003's I'm getting 50-60k kms out of them with regular pressure checks and rotation. They see a bit of time on unsealed roads, pea gravel and quite abrasive limestone.
Only downside is that they are a little noisy.
IMO not a fan of the Michelins I've used in the past, my experience was that they went off and started to loose performance in the second half of their life. The Bridgestones hang on to the bitter end and get changed due to being worn out not going off.

I found 100% the opposite. RE003s were my go-to - 4 for the price of 3, could not go wrong. Have gone through 5 sets across 3 cars, I found every set on every car to lose performance very noticeably when they got to about 40% tread left - not just in the wet, but dry too - and very noticeable, not gradual.

I've now gone through a set of Michelin PS4 on my car, literally now on the wear bars, and about to replace them with another set of PS4 but might see what PS5 is like. Wife's car has a set of RE003 with easily 25% tread left, but we're replacing them with PS4 or PS5 because RE003 with 25% tread left is almost like being on the wear bars.

Don't get me wrong, I love the RE003 for that first 60%, and always get a good deal on them too, but the PS4 has same grip/performance as RE003 and in my experience does not 'go-off' like the RE003 do. Granted I have only been through one set of Michelins.

One thing the RE003 has over the PS4 is a harder sidewall, which depending on your tastes is either a pro or a con.