tyre recomendation for monaro vxr
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Had Conti Sport Contact 2s on the rear when I got the car and found the sidewalls a bit flexible under high speed cornering. I replaced them with Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta XL which are much better with stronger sidewalls. I can't really say much about wear though as they only have a few thousand miles. Good grip in the dry and especially the wet, but I really struggled in the snow (hardly Monaro weather though)!
Edited by Glyn84 on Saturday 13th February 20:00
Wolfracer said:
crisisjez said:
Just don`t be tempted to get Falken 452`s
"Ooooohhhhhhh...errrrrrrrrrr...ohshiiiiiiiit - I want my mummy - f*ck, that was unnverving..."
Hehe... Be Sensible in the wet. Ace in the dry though. I drove all year round with them. Takes absolutely ducking ages for them to wear in.. I mean 3-4k miles. I can't guarantee the upmost grip at high cornering stress but at normal hard driving they are good. There is a nasty stigma about these here but I think as a tyre goes they're good for the money. I've had ONE pants soiling moment with them...ONE. And that was with them full of mud. Tyres will only be as good as the conditions you use them in. Mine will last as long as my ability to drive them will. If you push your car beyond 12 inches of rubber, you will crash. End of.
I have always rated michelin on any car. i have had driven on most tyres and they have alway been the best all rounder. I did like goodyear as well but since transferring their factory to china the qualitys gone to pot 
i have recently gone to dunlops on mine and wished id stuck with the michelins they are just rolling out the pilot sport 3 which im hearing lots of good things about.
i have recently gone to dunlops on mine and wished id stuck with the michelins they are just rolling out the pilot sport 3 which im hearing lots of good things about.stigmundfreud said:
crisisjez said:
Just don`t be tempted to get Falken 452`s
ssssssssssssssssssssh or has wormus now come around?
I still think they are fine on low power, NA cars but lose grip quickly as they become worn and ar shite in the wet. I have Goodyear Eagles on now and they work pretty well. They will probably last the next 10 years with mileage I'm doing.
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 14th February 09:02
hard enough imho 
ARAF said:
Are Bridgestones no good? They're OE on the VXR8, and I like them.
To be fair ran bridgestone on a couple of bmws i had and were good tyres especially in the dry, the only trouble i and customers ive had seem to share is no matter how well the suspension is set up they alway seem to wear unevenly, either losing the edges or going 50p shape have also seen bike tyres that have done the same so i assume its something common in all their tyres 
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