What Tyres???

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Rye

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Need to buy some new rears at the min as mine are down to the threads on inside edge! woops! tyres are the standard 255 40 18 on my Z4MC

Just wondering what people would recomend buying, currently running conti sports and dont know wheather to go for the same again or change to something else?

prices on camskill are varying from roughly 150 to 200+ so im not too fussed on price or have a specific budget, just after a great tyre.

experiences or recomendations on the following would be helpful:

falken fk52
conti sports
dunlop sports
vreds
pirelli pzero

cheers
 
Conti Sport 5P's if you can afford them. Not sure if they do Z4M size tyres yet though. If they don't Conti Sport 3's.
 
I have PS2 on mine, but I'm running 19". Interested to hear what the M owners have to say as I suspect I'll be looking soon
 
thanks for the replies guys..

what do you make of the PS2 on yours then stuart? any good in wet, dry, corners etc?

ill keep on looking and ring around for prices too
 
I have Falken FK452s on my M5 and have been very happy with them. They were the best bang-for-the-buck when I was buying, and after 12,000 miles there's still 4mm on the rears and 6mm on the fronts. They give good grip in both wet and dry and seem to be pretty predictable (they've never scared me!)

I believe that they have recently been replaced by the FK453s. When the Bridgestone RE050As that are currently on the Z4M need replacing (soon - they are at 3mm now) then I'll probably go for the Falkens.
 
Ah nice, thanks for the advice on the falkens!

Was wondering what people thought about them on here and with them being on the rears I was wondering how long they would last, but 12k miles sounds good to me!

I did have fk452's on my golf anniversary and they didnt dissapoint and were surprisingly grippy and predictable aswell, especially for the price :thumbsup:
 
just seen this thread in the M specific section and seems a couple of guys are running slightly larger widths with lower profiles....

if this seems to be a good option then i could go for the Michelin PS3's at £200 each?? they are 265 35. Any one running same widths on the rears and have had any issues at all? Or have pics with some larger diameter tyres on would be helpful? :oops:
 
Hankook S1's will be my next purchase. Check the test results...

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Hankook/Ventus-S1-evo.htm
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Hankook/Ventus-S1-evo2.htm

And only £485.20 for all four corners on Camskill. :thumbsup:
 
peddy said:
Hankook S1's will be my next purchase. Check the test results...
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Unfortunately the S1 Evo 2 is not available in the ///M's sizes, so not much use for the OP :poke:

Just watch out for their high wear rate - as you'll still save over the bigger brands, but by not as much if you have to change them 30% earlier. The Goodyear F1 Asymmetric 2 get good reviews everywhere in almost all performance areas - although are about £100 more expensive for a set (for a non-///M).
 
peddy said:
OK sorry Mr. Clever Clogs... :roll: At least your speed will be more accurate! :P
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If the ///M owner downsizes to non-///M tyres then the speedo inaccuracy will increase.

Mine is more accurate with 265/40 rear than with OEM sizes.
 
mmm-five said:
peddy said:
OK sorry Mr. Clever Clogs... :roll: At least your speed will be more accurate! :P
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If the ///M owner downsizes to non-///M tyres then the speedo inaccuracy will increase.

Mine is more accurate with 265/40 rear than with OEM sizes.
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have you had any problems running slightly bigger widths on the rears and would you recomend going for some 265's ? And what tyres are you running ? :)
 
I'd like to throw in my vote for the Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas (stock rims). Just put a set on mine and they make the Z fun to drive again! They were even scrubbed in (mostly) after a few days of ... enthusiasm.

Cheap, seem like less tramlining than with the stock RFTs, very grippy and look cool as all hell. Only question is how long they will last. I have a history of going through tyres quickly. :D
 
going from 255/40 to 255/35 will mean when the speedo says 70mph it's actually be 67.24mph, so if car manufactures put the speedo out by what is suggested to be around 3mph then the speed will be more accurate?

I checked on the following site: http://www.alloywheels.com/Tyre_Calculator
 
peddy said:
going from 255/40 to 255/35 will mean when the speedo says 70mph it's actually be 67.24mph, so if car manufactures put the speedo out by what is suggested to be around 3mph then the speed will be more accurate?

I checked on the following site: http://www.alloywheels.com/Tyre_Calculator
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Your assumption for using the tool is that 70mph on the clock is 70mph on the road - which we know it isn't - so the original speed in your calculation needs to take that into account.

So original speed (70mph) minus error factor (5%) equals road speed (67mph) for a standard 255/40r18 tyre.

Fit a smaller (255/35r18) tyre and it's reduced by 2.5%, so you get a speedo showing 70mph when you're actually doing 65mph.

Fit a larger (265/40r18) tyre and it's increased by 1%, so you get a speedo showing 70mph when you're actually doing 68mph.

However, you also have to take into account that the tyre sizes are 'approximate' and the Michelin SuperSport is a wider/taller tyre than the claimed dimensions - I did have a thread on here where I'd researched the actual size vs the claimed sizes - so mine is about 2% extra, which makes my 70mph actually 69mph.

All approximately of course :P
 
Rye said:
have you had any problems running slightly bigger widths on the rears and would you recomend going for some 265's ? And what tyres are you running ? :)
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I'm running Michelin Pilot SuperSports - would have them in the OEM size, but they're not available in the UK...yet.

Done about 15k on the rears, and 17k on the fronts, and they have about 5mm left.

Only issue is on track, where the offside rear rubs slightly on hard left hand cornering (cornering you wouldn't do on the public road) :oops:

If you don't want to risk any rubbing then go for one of the new Conti/Goodyear in the 265 size, as they're slightly narrower than the Michelin.
 
mmm-five said:
peddy said:
going from 255/40 to 255/35 will mean when the speedo says 70mph it's actually be 67.24mph, so if car manufactures put the speedo out by what is suggested to be around 3mph then the speed will be more accurate?

I checked on the following site: http://www.alloywheels.com/Tyre_Calculator
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Your assumption for using the tool is that 70mph on the clock is 70mph on the road - which we know it isn't - so the original speed in your calculation needs to take that into account.

So original speed (70mph) minus error factor (5%) equals road speed (67mph) for a standard 255/40r18 tyre.

Fit a smaller (255/35r18) tyre and it's reduced by 2.5%, so you get a speedo showing 70mph when you're actually doing 65mph.

Fit a larger (265/40r18) tyre and it's increased by 1%, so you get a speedo showing 70mph when you're actually doing 68mph.

However, you also have to take into account that the tyre sizes are 'approximate' and the Michelin SuperSport is a wider/taller tyre than the claimed dimensions - I did have a thread on here where I'd researched the actual size vs the claimed sizes - so mine is about 2% extra, which makes my 70mph actually 69mph.

All approximately of course :P
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Just testing you...
 
think i have decided to go for the new michelin pilot super sports after reading and hearing nothing but great things about them

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b0s3715p69433/MICHELIN_TYRES_CAR_MICHELIN_PILOT_SUPER_SPORT_MICHELIN_PILOT_SUPERSPORT_-_265_40R18_%28101Y%29_XL_TL_

going for 265 40 18

£245 a piece seems about the best price i can find them for :?
 
Rye said:
£245 a piece seems about the best price i can find them for :?
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That's about £30 cheaper than I paid last August, but I guess that's a combination of higher availability and the 10% increase in the £:€ rate.

Camskill also seem to be the cheapest - although I try to get mine when Costco have a 20/25% discount on 4 tyres (don't have to be same size). Mine were £1000 (£220 and £280 respectively) as I missed out on a 20% off offer. Don't know what their current price is though - but it you could get them supplied & fitted for about £800 all in.
 
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