The Official Polo Tyre Thread

[pog]

Not sure mate... I'd think that with the 35 offset but 8" width you'd be sitting pretty wide...

According to the 1010 wheel offset calc, you have 3mm more poke, 8mm less inside clearance for the rim...

Doubt you'd get 215's to fit without rubbing on the H&R's, but I'm not experienced in this area... The H&R's sit a little higher, but seem to allow more travel than my setup. I think the 205's would look sweet, slight stretch but still inside normal wheel - tyre fitting spec.

Hey Ben, do you mean 30mm? I don't get it when it says 8mm less inside clearance for the rim.. what are they referring to? Any pictures to illustrate this besides the pic on 1010.. lol

[noone]

your rim is 8", which is 1/2" wider than mine and 1" wider than stock.

The lower offset makes the wheel sit further out, but as its a wider wheel, will also extend furter in.

[seangti]

Does anyone have experience running on Kumho KU 36's as their daily tyre? Not sure the KU 31's will be up to the regualr track assualt, but at that price I'm really not too fazed.

[noone]

Don't know if anyone here is runnig them on the Polo. 31's are a decent tyre, in 3 weeks I'll know how they handle some track abuse.

My 31's are showing wear on the outside edge, but I do tend to give them abuse, so not suprised...

[seangti]

Don't know if anyone here is runnig them on the Polo. 31's are a decent tyre, in 3 weeks I'll know how they handle some track abuse.

My 31's are showing wear on the outside edge, but I do tend to give them abuse, so not suprised...

A mate has the 31's on his clio sport and had done one track day and wasn't impressed with them. But I wonder whether it's mixed expectations that the car should be doing something miraculous as it's on a race track.

Just crank your tire pressure up, on reflection I should probably have ran greater pressure on the conti's last week as I ruined one, the internal belt let go, tread block has warped and also has 4 holes which look like little explosion indents. I'll take pictures one day and post em, I've never seen a tyre do this. Was talking to a friend who's a tyre expert and he mentioned it'd likely taken a hit in the past (pothole) that had weakened it, and with the temperature generated it now let go.

[noone]

generally you drop the tyre pressure as the heat from track use increases the tyre pressure.

Like you said, it all depends on what you are expecting. When I went for my last track day, the contis were awfull with the H&R springs and rear sway. Now i've got coilovers, f/r sway and some other toys I'm expecting better grip. My rear sway is set to soft for normal driving, think it will be on hard for the track.

[seangti]

generally you drop the tyre pressure as the heat from track use increases the tyre pressure.

We might be going too far off topic, though while increasing tyre pressures technically means less grip (decreased surface area), without doing so on a street tyre you'll flog out the shoulders, increased wear and make the car less predictable on the limit, also if you slide off track you increase the risk of the tyre coming off the rim or being "tripped" if you hit a hole. I run 42-44psi when on the track, ~36 on the street. Wear to the centre of the tyre is irrelevent as the braking and cornering forces far exceed the time its rolling in the centre of the tyre. Perhaps give it a shot for a session.

Drags are obviously a totally different story.

[robihe]

anyone know where i can pick up a set of these tyres in Melbourne anywhere?
- Marangoni Zeta Linea
- Yokohama AD07 or 08

called up 'Tyrepower' and the assistant told me the Marangoni's are more of a lower budget/cheap set of tyres, and recommended to go for the Toyo's. HOwever reading through the thread there seems to be a few good reviews on the Marangoni's and not so much the Toyo's. Marangoni's quoted $170-180 fitted.
Also got a quote for the Yokohama's for $280 a corner fitted.

Tyrepower seems like the only place that can order in these tyres. Tried Beaurepaires, Bridgestone and The tyres Factory but no luck!

[DarkCloudNebulae]

Hi Guys and Gals,
Can anyone tell me if they have run 215/45R16s or 215/40R16s on the front of the Polo GTI (stock suspension)? If so can you tell me which brand/size and/or how you have got them to fit (if you needed to), as I have heard that there can be some rubbing issues?!

Cheers!!
DCN

[philthy]

Does anyone have experience running on Kumho KU 36's as their daily tyre? Not sure the KU 31's will be up to the regualr track assualt, but at that price I'm really not too fazed.

Hi Sean. Did you end up getting your hands on some KU-36's? I rang Option 1 today and they said they should be in in a couple of weeks.


To DCN: I'm planning on buying KU-36's in 215/45/16 (if I can get them).

-Phil