R36 Tyre Suggestions

[snerlo]

Hi guys,
Had a bit of a rude shock yesterday when I was advised that my tyres are cactus. Currently I have Bridgestone S001's which came on the car when I bought it but I would like some opinions on options from you guys. To be honest, I really don't want to spend a huge amount so the high performance option really is out of the question. I can't spend the usual $1,200 like I used to. I have a couple of options so far, replace with the same tyres or I was considering the Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetric 2's. I was also shown some Pirelli Dragon Sports which seem to get reasonable reviews and are quite cheap. Also shown some Yokohama C-Drive 2's at $271 a corner as well as Continental Conti CMaxC5's at $188 a corner (these have a buy 4 get one free special too). Anyone care to share the recent experiences. Thanks a million.

[Gbranca1]

Not sure if helpful or not but just replaced the tires on my passat cc and ended up going with Michelin pilot sport 3. So far very impressed with them considering the last few days of rain and they set me back $175 per tyre ( mates rates) I think they are around the $200 a tyre range.

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[snerlo]

Thanks mate. Yeah I'm familiar with the MPS3's as I had them on my former turbo Jetta and I was happy with them. Just gotta find a tyre joint that stocks them to get a quote. Going to start a ring around in about two weeks time and hoping here will be some end of financial year specials on. I was doing some reading last night and I think the conti MC5's might be dropped from the list.

[Gbranca1]

Best of luck to you.. I know most places should sell the Michelin (even Costco) so I doubt youl have too much trouble with it..

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[SMOKEY]

I've got a a set of wheels with Goodyear AS2's and another with a set of MPS3.

Both are excellent tyres, and would recommend them to anyone.

I will say though that the Goodyears are probably slightly grippier, they feel a bit softer and more performance oriented. They also have a nice sidewall protection feature that helps keep your rims off gutters. The cons are they are a bit noisier that the MPS3. In my sizes, they were also significantly more expensive than the MPS3.

If you're not going for all out performance, I think you'd be perfectly happy with the MPS3.


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[tigger73]

Speak to Rubal at Goodyear Croydon (Melbourne) for pricing on F1A2's. He does forum/online specials ;)

He can freight these to your door and then pay $20-$25 a corner for fitting/balancing and disposal.

I've bought from him a couple of times.

[Passat R36]

PS3 on mine，no complaints.

[revivor]

same here. Michelin PS3s...no complains.

[shakespeare]

Hi snerlo, I had the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's on my R36 for about a year before I sold it and can recommend them. Good grip and feel, relatively quiet and wear seemed reasonably (put about 18,000kms on them and I reckon that would go to almost 35,000kms I drove it spiritedly too)

Also had the Conti MC5 on my wife's Jetta Turbo and these were good though the Goodyear's seemed grippier.

[kamold]

I'm a Pilot Sport fan myself also. Have used Conti Sport Contact 2/3/5s and Pirelli P-Zeros, Pilot Sport2/3 have been the best all-round for me.

[snerlo]

Cheers guys. Might look into the MPS3's for a price. Hopefully they shouldn't be too bad for pricing although that is a consideration at the moment unfortunately!

[kamold]

You can get them for a good price, just shop around.
I'm not familiar with the Brisvegas tyre scene but here in Sin City you can get them for circa $220 a corner.

[OilBurna]

+1 for the ps3's


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[revivor]

I bought my PS3s at Costco. Ard $235ea bout 2 yrs back. Tyre lifetime rotation + nitrogen fills.

[OilBurna]

JAX usually have reasonable prices as well


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[saint70]

1+ for ps3's ;-)

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[snerlo]

Thanks guys. I think the MPS3's are the goer. I can get them for $188 a corner. Might hit the go button on that.

[kamold]

For sure that's a great price for an excellent all round tyre.

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[Gbranca1]

Nice choice let us know what you think...

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[prn31]

I went to Jax and paid $160 a tyre for a set of PS3s last year. They have been great so far, much better than the Bridgestone RE050s on it before.

[jimmy jonkers]

I'm running ps3's they are great and I can get them for $179* per tyre minutes once again mates rates. Re003's are good but won't last as long as the ps3's

[Cossor]

Have been offered PS3 from country dealer for $189, Bridgestone REO50? for $265 (Supplies police cars)
or Kumho KU22 for $155.
I subscribe to Choice, who have recently made a tyre test for 215/60R16 for tyres suited to Toyota Aurion amongst others (Toyota supplied a test vehicle, but Choice does not spec which model)
Kumho scored second from top! 85 in dry, and 85 in wet. Top performer was Bridgestone Turanza T001 75 in dry, 90 in wet.
Michelin Energy XM2 scored 90 in dry, and 60 in wet.
Test was carried out on a race track with the TCS disabled.
OK, NOT semi low profile tyres as fitted to my Passat. But it does seem as if rubber used by Kumho has good grip
My main requirements are LOW NOISE on coarse chip country roads, plus Grip/ braking on tight corners.
I just want a comfortable safe quiet drive with a good level of safety over indifferent country roads.
Happy to pay for PS3 But wondering if Kumho is an overlooked performer.

[kamold]

PS3.

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[Amalgam]

I subscribe to Choice

Have a look at Choice Dec2015/Jan2016 in which they tested 225/45/17

and here

2016 ADAC Tyre Test 225 45 R17 - Tyre Reviews (http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2016-ADAC-Tyre-Test-225-45-R17.htm)

[Passat my07]

I think the 16 inch tyre test was aimed at family car tyres. Kumho says the ku22 is a comfort tyre. I put kumho ku39's on our old Passat as they were a close third on the Wheels magazine tyre test a few years ago. They were only $140 for 235/40/18 each compared to $220 for the assametric 2. They are also a Y rated tyre.

[snerlo]

So I ended up putting the MPS3's on the R36. Very happy so far. Quiet, comfortable and look quite sporty as well. I couldn't honestly tell you what the grip is like as I mostly potter around town at the moment given it has rained on and off up here in Brisbane recently they performed very well and I didn't feel them lose grip at all. I can highly recommend them. Got them for $188 a corner with $100 cashback so it was within the budget.

[Feng20]

I have been using Goodyear F1 D5 for my R36 and pervious Jetta. No complaints what so ever. What I have also found is although most of the performance tyre do provide enough grip and Goodyear F1 family do seems to last a lot longer than the others I had. E.g RE001, Dunlop sports maxxTT etc. may be due to harder tread? Also do buy them when it is buy three get one free. Makes them heaps cheaper.

[dportaz]

Ive got a set of AS2's on my Octavia RS and they are super grippy, but life is poor.. I drive with spirit and only got 25,000kms on them unfortunately so it might have even been a bad batch as plenty of people are getting 35-40kms...

Just got a V6 B7 Wagon also for the wife and getting both cars done with PS3's... $162/corner for the 235's with a $100 cashback so works out to be $548 for 4 tyres fitted and balanced... Chuck an extra $60 for alignment and just over $600... Very happy with that..

Just hope the tyre is as good as everyone says which im sure will be the case..