What tyres are you all running ?

[Stants]

So I need new set of boots for my sf foz, I've gone from a 16" wheel to 17" this year, and the tyres are due a change,
Had Goodyear effecient grips on before and quite liked them, but I'm guessing alot of the comfort was down to a bigger sidewall,

So what are people using on your subaru?

I'm looking at
conti premium 5's
Good year efficient grip performance
michilen cross climates

Any others people have been happy with that I may have overlooked ?

[Stants]

Hi mate thanks for the reply,


Goodyears are A or B rated depending on size for wet grip and b/c for economy

Think the conti's are around the same but wear faster, I got nearly 20k out the Goodyears,

The cross climates have excellent reviews from the motoring press but real world reviews aren't as good,

And obviously there's uniroyal rs3 to consider now,

[Stants]

Is there a tyres section on ph ? I had a search but couldn't find it, admittedly I have to browse on my phone at work so that may have hindered matters,

I'm mainly after good wet grip as you'd have to be doing something really silly or traveling at many leptons to loose it in the dry on anything half decent

[Stants]

I wanted to go up to a 4pot set up at the front so had to go to a 17" for clearance, loved the ride on the 16'' nice and comfy as i'm also on a pedders lowering kit, the 17"s don't seem much different, I picked the xt rims up cheap with part worn pirelli p7's on which feel horrible and wooden, not much communication, I'm hoping a new set will feel much nicer

[Stants]

Been on the tyre review sites, but that's just thrown up more options,

Budget wise I'm not fussed how much 'premium' tyres cost i'm a firm beleiver in buying the best i can get seeing its only the contact the car has with the road, and skimping on tyres seems a bit daft to me,

How many miles are you getting out of the rs3's ?

The Goodyears wore quite quickly but manage nearly 20k with rotation

[Stants]

They will be going on the foz needing 215/55/17

[Stants]

225's would be a bit much I've offered a set up before, oem states 205 or 215,

M.o.t in the morning so after its passed I'll make a decision,

Thanks for all the input

[Stants]

Flew through mot with just and advisory on the tyres, gone for the rainsport 3's fitting and alignment on weds

[Stants]

I think the cross climates were about 143 a corner, know someone who was complaining about the amount of stones that were being picked up by the tread pattern he had a couple of punctures aparrently,

Anyway done a couple thousand miles on the rainsports in the last 2 months and more than happy with the wet weather performance,

I've not run into any issues that other users have in the rainsport thread,
Burning though them in 4 months ?

Wear seems OK so far

Edited by Stants on Sunday 29th January 18:44

[Stants]

Mdma what pressures do you have on the leggy ?

With the 16's I used to use the manufacturer specifications 29/26 with the 17's I've gone to 30/28 as it felt a bit squishy.