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    Question best tires for fast road car

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    They are going on lotus steels and i would like them to last. Ive heard Uniroyal rain experts are good on classic road cars. But i was thinking of investing in a good brand. I wont be racing it just road driving. i wont be driving it every day just a weekend drive but i want them to last. so tires that work best on dry hot days. but also be suitable all rounders.
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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    It's a very open ended question, and you havent stated any size restrictions.

    But buying reputable brand names etc you'd hardly go wrong if it's just normal road use.
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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    If it's a weekend car then you're not going to be doing thousands and thousands of miles a year. I'd go something a bit sportier and stickier in that case as any increased wear rate is going to be more than offset by how infrequently you drive it compared to something used every day of the week.

    Case in point; I used Toyo Proxes T1-R (reasonably priced, quite grippy, sporty tyre) on my old Alfa 147, which was my everyday transport; I think I got 15, maybe 20k miles out of a set. I expect the same model of tyre as now fitted to my mk1 to last for several years as I'll likely be only doing a few thousand miles a year at max and it's much lighter (although well over 2x the power of course...).

    Got a budget and size in mind?

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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    I run ao21's by yoko and i used to run ao48's in a soft compound when they made them and i they were brilliant. They do wear quickly and they are expensive but it is the price i pay to keep my pride and joy on the road. On the othere hand my mrs runs the yokohama bluearth ae01 one the front of her 100bhp capri and uniroyal rain experts on the rear and they are great tyres too. The orice is better along with better wear.

    It depends how powerful you car is,how hard you push it and if you drive her come rain or shine really. We both use ours what ever the weather.

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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    Thanks for the replays I'm not sure what size to get they are only fitting under standard arches and on 13x 5.5j steels. I want a good all rounders really I don't intend to take it out too often but I think I will find myself doing far distance runs when I do get it out. As I live in stoke it's a good long drive to any shows like 1 hour plus so a lot of sensible road driving rather than thrashing it down back lanes
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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    When I brought my car it came with a set of minilites with Pirelli p2000 tyres fitted
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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    I've run all sorts of tyres on a lot of diffrent fast road / track cars,

    I used to run Yokohama a539's on my daily and they were good alround, there used as a control tyre in caterham racing so carnt be that bad, I did run toyo t1-r for abit of time but found they where very soft and wore out quickly.

    My next track car I used uni Royal rain sport 2's every day and in summer or track days I used Yokohama AO48 uniroyal was a good wearing tyre and was predictable. Ao48's where very good in the dry and were OK on damp roads or track OF THEY WERE WARM,

    Also had a set of Avon cr500 tyres very good alround but soft but lasted better than toyo t1-r

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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    Get some Yoko a539's mate good all round tyre and last well carnt fault them and I've given them a good hammering on track days and road , have been running some cheapo nankangs of late though just cos of there cost and have to say I've been very impressed cost me a 1/3 of the price of the Yokos and carnt fault them so all down to tyre size you want and budget

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    best tires for fast road car

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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    Round ones :-)

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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    just bought some Toyo 888 for £208 fitted ,they have quite a lot tread on them to start with,not a bad tyre, some of the others are about slick before you start as they are track tyres.
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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    Is that 208 each or for a set?

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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    that would be a set.

    888's are very good, just avoid puddles or standing water.
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    Re: best tires for fast road car

    true, be honest there loads of decent tyres out there that are good enough for what you want,why go for these sort of tyres, mine are on mag wheels for the odd motorsport day and show,i have a set of cheap but decent set on alloys plenty good enough for all but the demanding stuff.
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