Now that the SO3's have been discontinued, what's everyone using now??
17 June 2005, 06:13 PM
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Now that the SO3's have been discontinued, what's everyone using now??
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Benn using Bridgestones for the past 5 years, SO2's and SO3's (215/40/17) fantastic tyres IMHO.
Now that they have decided to axe the SO3's i am somewhat torn as what to get. I love the way the old stones felt on the road and i don't want a lesser all round tyre.
I am swinging towards the F1GSD3's or the Michi Pilot Sports. Anyone else done that same move care to comment??
Cheers
Iain
Benn using Bridgestones for the past 5 years, SO2's and SO3's (215/40/17) fantastic tyres IMHO.
Now that they have decided to axe the SO3's i am somewhat torn as what to get. I love the way the old stones felt on the road and i don't want a lesser all round tyre.
I am swinging towards the F1GSD3's or the Michi Pilot Sports. Anyone else done that same move care to comment??
Cheers
Iain
17 June 2005, 11:09 PM
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Used to have Toyo T1-S but didn't rate them in the wet. So far I can't complain about my new Michelin Pilot Sport 2's. Never tried Goodyear's, other than that had RE050 OEM fit which I didn't think were that bad either.
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17 June 2005, 11:36 PM
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Now on my second set of F1s (after trying a few of the other popular chocies) and rate them very highly all round. Good value, too.
But just for a change, and see if the Michelins were really that good, I thought I'd give Pilot Sport PS2s a go, even at a price. Couldn't get them in 215/40x17, though
Richard.
But just for a change, and see if the Michelins were really that good, I thought I'd give Pilot Sport PS2s a go, even at a price. Couldn't get them in 215/40x17, though
Richard.
18 June 2005, 04:28 PM
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Cheers guys
I read your responses and went to get some F1's fitted, just got back. Tyres seem much quieter and side walls appear to be quite rigid (not quite as much as S03's, but close).
One downer though, when they removed the tyres they found a small 1cm long crack on the inside edge of one of my ST2's. Been told that Forge Motorsport can repair and weld it, just got to find out the cost now
Cheers peeps
Iain
I read your responses and went to get some F1's fitted, just got back. Tyres seem much quieter and side walls appear to be quite rigid (not quite as much as S03's, but close).
One downer though, when they removed the tyres they found a small 1cm long crack on the inside edge of one of my ST2's. Been told that Forge Motorsport can repair and weld it, just got to find out the cost now
Cheers peeps
Iain
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I must admit that i wasn't enthralled with much confidence with regard to the 050's, don't ask me why, it was just one of those gut feelings.
Regarding the crack, it's just on the beading part of the inner edge, so apparently totally repairable if done properly by someone like Forge. Luckily theyre only 20miles from me and i'm gonna try and get it done tomorrow, so it'll be a slow drive on a space saver to gloucester lol. It must have been there for a while as when i looked at it properly at home (removed the wheel etc) there was a tiny amount of corrosion around the crack.
Davyboy,
It was news to me too, aparently this was announced about a month or so ago.
Iain
I must admit that i wasn't enthralled with much confidence with regard to the 050's, don't ask me why, it was just one of those gut feelings.
Regarding the crack, it's just on the beading part of the inner edge, so apparently totally repairable if done properly by someone like Forge. Luckily theyre only 20miles from me and i'm gonna try and get it done tomorrow, so it'll be a slow drive on a space saver to gloucester lol. It must have been there for a while as when i looked at it properly at home (removed the wheel etc) there was a tiny amount of corrosion around the crack.
Davyboy,
It was news to me too, aparently this was announced about a month or so ago.
Iain
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