Grippy tires

[v8ian]

Quick question time, I'm swapping up from13s to 15s, so I'm going to need new tires, I had 008s on my old cortina, and I loved them, As I have a sleeper, I'm wanting something a bit more subtle than Trackday Slicks, I'm looking for something thats really grippy, not bothered about wear or noise, but dosent scream RACER .... Suggestions please.

[welshpug]

Michelin pilot sport 3

[kevins]

I tend to go for ones with the highest wet grip rating, seems to have worked well so far particularly on light cars.

[ballbagbagins]

I think the ps4 starts in 16 inch

[homersimpson]

Sept 22, 2023 16:11:22 GMT kevins said:

I tend to go for ones with the highest wet grip rating, seems to have worked well so far particularly on light cars.

I do this, get the ones with the best wet grip rating from a known brand and you won't go far wrong if its a road car.

I've tended to find that some of the top brands are not all they are cracked up to be and some of the mid range brands (Falken and Avon for example) are really good and give an A for wet grip.

[bricol]

Uniroyal Rainexpert.

Won't break the bank, and grip really well. Running them on three of my cars - Caterham, Pug 106 and Lancia integrale.

[stealthstylz]

I've just swapped from Uniroyal Rainsport 5 to Michelin Pilot Sport 3's on my daily. They both very good, but I think on something older with a live axle etc the Rainsports would probably be better. They're a bit softer on the sidewalls and even though outright grip is a bit lower they're a lot more forgiving, and feel like they'd suit a old car quite well.

[Dez]

I find a lot of people big up rainsports but all my experiences of them have been terrible. Poor grip and fast wearing. 3 different sets across quite different cars.

I’ve currently got toyo proxies tr1 on the panda. They’re not really sold as a super high performance tyres but grip as well as the conti ecocontact it came on, but don’t wear anywhere near as quick. Plus they’re half the price. 3rd car I’ve had them on and they consistently impressed me for what is essentially a midrange tyre.

[vitesseefi]

I’ve been putting Falken SN832s on the Triumphs. Excellent in the wet, including very wet, and not bad in the dry, if a bit squirmy on the limit when newish. They do scrub down nicely though. As tested on track and all over the Alps….

This in 13”. Not sure how big they go. They were also very reasonably priced when I first discovered them - bit less so now but still hood value.

[bricol]

I used to use Michelin sports on my integrale when it was a daily driver - went through quite a number of sets. Fantastic tyre everywhere other than snow. I would have fitted them again, but now it's not a daily, spending 100 quid a corner vs 50 quid a corner for a slighty worse dry performance . . .

With the rainsports, I found they needed time to scuff in, then play with pressures. Having them at the rear of the Caterham, with nearly new tyres of my previous best choice at the front, I arrived at a corner I'd gone round hundreds of times on my work commute . . . and ended up understeering across the road . . . it got rainsports at the front too within a day.

I've got some American Goodyears on my Dodge . . . your granny in a linglonglang shod 950 Fiesta will be able to go around a wet roundabout faster than me . . . but at over a grand for a full set of replacement decent tyres, I'm slowing down for a while . . .

[truckdoctor]

These are noisy and have very little grip in puddles (great for aquaplaning) but very grippy in mud. So much choice.

[Darkspeed]

Sept 20, 2023 11:27:41 GMT v8ian said:

....I had 008s on my old cortina, and I loved them, .....

Go for A008's again - Just in Advan HF-Type D A008 flavour

[slipngripross]

If you are looking for loads of grip the Yokohama AO52 as almost road looking tread. If you want a grippy road tyre really has to be Michelin PS4 or PS5 for a reasonable budget.