MK6 Wheel / Rim / Tyre Thread

[Parky]

What do you think of the Continental ExtremeContact DW ? Anyone have experiences with them? It actually beat both the F1's and PS2's in the Tirerack.com comparo. Link here http://bit.ly/hH6yP1

They're well priced too..

[brad]

What do you think of the Continental ExtremeContact DW ? Anyone have experiences with them? It actually beat both the F1's and PS2's. They're well priced too..

i think you could pick any of the top 5 tyres in that list & be pretty happy unless you drive around like Fangio all the time. I've even run the Kumho KU31 & it was more than adequate for tearing around the suburbs.

[team_v]

i think you could pick any of the top 5 tyres in that list & be pretty happy unless you drive around like Fangio all the time. I've even run the Kumho KU31 & it was more than adequate for tearing around the suburbs.

I would go Kumho's for normal use and PS3's / Eagle F1's if i was doing some serious driving.

[teodeh]

I have some KU31's on my pug gti (Currently 4 months into an 8 month wait for my R...) and although they are excellent value they are nowhere near the performance of the stock Bridgestone RE050A tyres.

Can't complain about $145/rim fitted (v.s. around $300 quoted for the PS3s)

Wet grip is verging on dangerous compared to the excellent bridgestones.

Unless you're on a budget I'd advise staying away from the KU31s.

[Corey_R]

Wow... it was only going to cost $300 a corner for the PS3's ?!?!
Do you mind confirming the tyre size and where this deal was from?

[rs73]

my MK6 GTI ('09 build) came with Dunlop SP 225/45/17

[teodeh]

Wow... it was only going to cost $300 a corner for the PS3's ?!?!
Do you mind confirming the tyre size and where this deal was from?

205/45/R17, tempe tyres (and this was 12 months ago, so there is some chance my memory is faulty)

[brad]

205/45/R17, tempe tyres (and this was 12 months ago, so there is some chance my memory is faulty)

Probably faulty. PS3s weren't available 12 months ago AFAIK. It was probably PS2 & that price sounds about right for that size at TT

[MkVIGTI]

Just bought the Jan issue of Wheels and it has the 2010 tyre test. Street tyres that were tested include:

Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT
Goodyear Eagle F1
Maxxis Victra I-Pro
Toyo Proxes T1 Sport
Continental Contisportcontact 3
Bridestone Potenza 001 Adrenaline
Toyo Proxes R1R

And the overall winner was the Goodyear F1, followed by Toyo R1R.

[Ideo]

I run goodyear eagle F1's and would buy them again without a moments doubt.

Excellent tyres - came second in this years Evo test as well - which is good considering it was up against new tyres and it has been around a few years.