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Tyres for daily driver?
shades - 8/7/06 at 08:46 AM

Time to buy 4 new tyres for my subaru. It needs 215/45R17s.

Price so far:
Budget £55
Kumo £77
Avon £87
Toyo £94
Dunlop £97.64
Goodyear £107

Any reccomendations, Drawn to the Kumo based on price alone... Any thoughts?


Gazza - 8/7/06 at 08:48 AM

I always ran TOYO T1.....then changed and ran TOYO 888's on my STI.....lasted well and excellent grip......

[Edited on 8/7/06 by Gazza]


chriscook - 8/7/06 at 09:24 AM

Have heard good reports of Falken tyres and cheap too. Not used them myself though. www.falkentyres.co.uk


graememk - 8/7/06 at 09:26 AM

i have Kumo 215/45/17 on my 3L diesel vectra, good not to noisy but only do 12k ish when the michelin did 22k


ned - 8/7/06 at 09:42 AM

had toyo t1-r's and falken ze512's on my 16" rim tintop and both seem to perform very well. also heard very good things from multiple sources about bridgestone potenza re720 which i might try out next time

Ned.


shades - 9/7/06 at 09:48 PM

have gone for 4 new Toyos...