View Full Version : Tyres, Whats the Best?
What are the best tarmac tyres you can buy.
I see alot buying Kumho's, I here they are good in the wet but not as good as the michelins in the dry.
I use michelins myself but they are a bit pricey:P
Kumhos give great grip and are very easy to heat but there is not a massive amount of milage with them.
I use dunlops and the grip is pretty good but it is hard to get the heat into them and they dont really start to work until a few miles in but i find there is very good mileage with them. You are talking at least €300 a pair for them (thats after pleading for ages on how you can hardly afford to go rallying)
Its a case of weighing it up... Kumhos: Great grip, not so good mileage
Dunlops: Good drip, good mileage.
Michelins??
Pierce Doheny Jnr.
28-03-2006, 13:14
Dunlop mate, the only way to go.......
Nigel Green is good to deal with too and always willing to give info and advice if ur not sure about what compound to use.......
Kumho supposed to be good too but have never used them and would find it hard to move away from Dunlop anyway......
Michelin....Nah!!!!
Hankook offering good deals at the moment i hear,bit like Pirellis without the huge prices
realdriversdoitloose
28-03-2006, 14:19
Kuhmo's are the only way 2 go wet r dry.
i used dunlops for years and would not have confidence on anything else, also dunlop give great support and advice so its hard to beat that, pirelli dont always have 14" or 15" tyres at rallies at least they had no 15" in west cork anyway!!!
i have dunlops that I got with my car when I bought them.. i find good grip in them, but kumhos are supposed to be good gripping, the C03 are anyway.. but with the price of them. its maddness..
rossgamble1987
29-03-2006, 19:04
What about rims ??
Compomotives
Revolotions<sp
Speedlines
ect ect !!!
fatboymotorsport
31-03-2006, 23:41
revoultion are not great ross the dont have the clearence for the big calipers go speed line or compomotive bill adair used to be the best man to buy rims off
as for tyres dunlop are very good and nigel and jenny are really helpful the dont care if you have a wrc or a micra the will look after you.
matador are a good cheaper tyre the would be fairly soft not much life in them compaired to dunlops but the are worth a look all the same
i wont mention kumho as last time i did i was told to watch it by a person representing kumho in ireland :headache:
dont know much about pirelli the dont seem to be intrested in the smaller cars and are a bit expensive
michelin seem to be the best i have used them but not enuff to comment also the are fairly expensive look at the msport tyres site.
go for dunlop you wont regret it
half bull half hiefer
31-03-2006, 23:57
dunlop dunlop dunlop dunlop
kumho are not the pineapple they are made out to be :P
[Edited on 1-4-0606 by ral.ly]
rossgamble1987
01-04-2006, 09:52
Contact for bill adair Trev??
Does he sell rims new/2nd hand ??
Ross
fatboymotorsport
01-04-2006, 16:09
this is the no i have for him 00447831717798 he has 2nd hand rims but i used to buy new ones off him
give him a call he is good value on tyres as well
rossgamble1987
01-04-2006, 16:40
Thanks Trev
who is the dealer for dunlop in ireland? they work on their own or does some company deal them instead?
Dunlop ireland are the only agents 01-6238500
buzzlenny
22-04-2006, 13:19
:o:Well i would belive that the Kumos are the best for grip.
Think Jerry murphy ( Owens father) "R&R Tyres" in ballincollig Deals in Dunlops also.Aswell as the yokohamas. Well he used to anyway..
fatboymotorsport
24-04-2006, 06:20
anyone use the new hankook tyres the seem to be a copy of pirelli and dunlop the slick looks like the dunlop and the wet looks like the pirelli would be intrested to see how the compair to matador :help:
Graham Quinn using the HANKOOKS on the Evo6 and seems happy with them, If you did more on event servicing Trevor you could chat with him,:drink:
fatboymotorsport
24-04-2006, 19:18
i know fidgy i have to try to get away to more events working every sunday but in a few weeks that will change so hope to get to a few more.
was talking to him b4 mayo hav'nt seem him since when are ye out again ???
Carlow on may7th, hoping for a good seed and a good run.No entry for monaghan and could have moved up the points the way things turned out,if only we got the entry
[Edited on 02102005 by fidgy]
fatboymotorsport
25-04-2006, 19:17
yeah monaghan was lacking in grpN shame ye didnt get a run
carlow should be a good run for ye didnt he win grpN in a 7 a few years back
anyone used MaxSport tyres ? any good? what about Colway tyres ?
fatboymotorsport
26-04-2006, 05:39
two words for you one is ****** and the other is shi!e the are not worth tinking about unless maybe the forestry ones but as for tarmac the are a joke i had some colways that were susposed to be soft couldnt heat them for love nor money and that was on a 205
you would be better off on road tyres
if you are struggling to find tyres cheap consider road tyres when we built our first 205 we ran on road tyres now that was 10 years ago but still it did the job and the were'nt great road tyres either.
look into any of the lads doing the one make championships as the only do one or two stages on a tyre i used to buy tyres off gary jennings and rory galligan the were the best of tyres and only did 2 stages max as the used new tyres all the time
realdriversdoitloose
26-04-2006, 13:53
Colways are a good steering tyre in the woods but are still only a remould.......
stonemad
30-04-2006, 13:10
why not try Silverstone!! the times are coming on the gravel and the tarmac tyres are good to!! look at phil collins!!
rossgamble1987
30-04-2006, 13:20
Theres bound to be other well priced tyres out there which would stand and grip well in small events ?
fatboymotorsport
30-04-2006, 14:33
Originally posted by stonemad
why not try Silverstone!! the times are coming on the gravel and the tarmac tyres are good to!! look at phil collins!!
whats the range like what compounds are available and do you carry them in stock and most important whats the price like ????
stonemad
08-05-2006, 20:41
Originally posted by fatboymotorsport
Originally posted by stonemad
why not try Silverstone!! the times are coming on the gravel and the tarmac tyres are good to!! look at phil collins!!
whats the range like what compounds are available and do you carry them in stock and most important whats the price like ???? all the fia sizes are there (gravel) 13s,14s,15s all in stock and all with good results 13s with lloyd huchinson,14s with conor Kelly and the 15s (185)with paul barrett and the (195s) are fantastic winning all over the world now with alister mcrea on them too ,The tarmac sizes are 13s,14s,15s,16s,17s,and 18s all in stock and the price so far is around 15% cheaper than anything out there at the moment phil collins uses them on his mk2 in 16 and 17 inch and now terence o shaughnessy is using them on his carolla! so have a look at his times on the last few stages in carlow at the weekend when he got a clean run!! savage times in a 1600! So give them a try!! THEY WONT SLOW ANY ONE DOWN! Thats for sure!
Mesandras
27-02-2008, 16:43
Hi guys, looking for the best choice for new season. Can you rank them for FWD with 180hp:
- Michelin
- BF Goodrich
- Pirelli (new models)
- Kumho
- Matador
No Dunlop involve please.
Civic EG6
27-02-2008, 17:36
Why no Dunlop?
Hi guys, looking for the best choice for new season. Can you rank them for FWD with 180hp:
- Michelin
- BF Goodrich
- Pirelli (new models)
- Kumho
- Matador
No Dunlop involve please.
BfGoodrich & Michelin are the same tyre. I would either pick these or Kumho.
Derek Brennan
27-02-2008, 18:15
What are the best tarmac tyres you can buy.
I see alot buying Kumho's, I here they are good in the wet but not as good as the michelins in the dry.
I use michelins myself but they are a bit pricey:P
Dunlop im using them for years http://www.rallyforums.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif , get x12 and x16 compound ya wont go to far wrong, they vary from x4 which is hard hard , all they way up to x22 soft , about €155 a shot !! for 13inch that is
Michelin/ BF Goodrich, best tyre available with Pirelli a close 2nd.
Dunlop im using them for years http://www.rallyforums.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif , get x12 and x16 compound ya wont go to far wrong, they vary from x4 which is hard hard , all they way up to x22 soft , about €155 a shot !! for 13inch that is
170 with vat :confused:
Derek Brennan
27-02-2008, 19:40
170 with vat :confused:
WHAT IS VAT :(
Tyres are purely a personal choice and what confidence you have in them, wether it is listening to somebody saying they are a great tyre, or trying them out for yourself which ever gives you the confidence??
I have tried Dunlop, kumho and even the matadors for sligo last year, couldn't warm the matadors???.
Me personally think Dunlops are best if you get the cuts and compound right for the conditions.
Rememeber for every tyre there are numerous compounds and it may not be that the tyres are sh!t it may be that your compounds are wrong
just my 5 pence worth.
Mesandras
28-02-2008, 14:39
How would you rate these tyres (I mean GRAVEL ones) I mentioned before if the price doesn't matter? I have been using some old Michelin's (they were great but got worn) and Silverstone (NOT - no grip).
What do you think about new Pirelli? It didn't look enough reliable for me a year ago, but now when they're in WRC maybe they tighten their pants?
As I understood Kumho heat's up good and grip well, but wears very quickly?
p.s. Impossible to buy Dunlop here. You all guys talking about SP85 model of Dunlops?
p.p.s. VAT - Value Added Tax.
colways are fine for sprints etc
matador the same
i have used both and they are useless on proper tarmac stages,they go off after a few miles
a quick car is no good without grip !!!!!!!!!!!!
jmsport101
28-02-2008, 21:05
Did colway not go bust?
demon tweeks still sell them
better off giving them away !!!!!!!!!!!