Best Tyre Compromise For Grip, Life And Noise In 245/40/18

[Under-Pants]

I have heard great things about Mytho's & KU31's with regards to quality for price...

A bit of personal feedback for ya...

My current tyres are stock original fronts which cost over $500 each in a 245/35/19 and are slippery noisy bits of sh*t...

My rears are $150 "Durun's" in the above size and Id rate them better than the Dunlop's in every way for less than a third of the price - except the Dunlop's performed better as they got to - then past the treadwear indicator.

I was able to run a 1.9 60 foot without launch control on said Durun's... (half worn)

So I guess I'm saying in my expierence you don't always get what you pay for with tyres. My next set will be Kumho KU31's as they were on special from a dealer in Queensland for about the same price as the Durun's, so I'm giving them a go...

Don't buy the overpriced Dunlop's is my best suggestion

Cheers, Kael

[The_Bogan]

Falken FK452's are the go mate!!!

good traction, wet or dry and quiet as!!!!

[squidlips]

Just fitted a set of 245/40/18 Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalins to the FG (13,000km saw the Dunslops to the wear bars); super quiet, better grip and much improved steering feel into and out of corners. It feels like a new car again. They go for about $400 a corner so they dont give them away but well worth it when compared to the price of std Dunslops.

[straughsberry]

Had Falken 452's previous to my current Toyo Proxes T1R. The Falkens are a good cornering tyre, reasonable grip in the dry and decent in the wet. They have a stiff sidewall and I'd say that's what gives them that response and precise feel. Mine lasted about 22,000k with 315-369 rwkw.

I've had the Toyo Proxes T1R for about 6 weeks now. They start very squirmy but after 3 or 4 weeks, that goes away mostly. Straight line grip is very good. Noticeably better than the Falken 452's. Wet grip is also a lot better than the 452's. However, the 452's win in cornering and precision. The Proxes are very quite. A little quieter than the 452's which are a quiet tyre themselves.

I don't think I will be getting as good wear as the 452's but the straight line grip in both dry and wet is very very good. Apart from a cold night when the tyre is cold and the car is hammering, they will not turn with 369rwkw. Of course, get a little stall up and it's Wheelspinsville, Tennessee.

Call Ray from Tyrepower in Reservoir, Victoria. He's the man for Toyo.

BTW, the Falkens are about 360 a corner and the Toyo around 340 a corner.

Edited 04/04/09 04:05 PM by straughsberry

[John K]

Thanks a lot everyone for your input.

Did I tell you I was on a budget?

I will have to check out the Kumho KU31 - their reviews look excellent! - My local K Mart should be able to give me a info and prices.

I'll also find out who to buy Marangoni and Maxxi from in Sydney.

Michelin, Bridgestone, Falken, Toyo may all be out of my price range. I'll check on that also.

[01txr]

I run 19's

Found Toyo Proxy 4's to be very good, a little bit noisier than the Maxis Mav1's I just fitted to my front.

grip was orsm with the Proxy 4's on the rear before I did my upgrade to Plazmaman Plenum,

Deka injectors, HDI Cooler etc.

I was running over 275rwkw and they would only turn a small amount in first coming on boost

and grip all gears after.

Cornering stability was also great as well as wet weather.

I had dropped clutch at 4500rpm at the strip and got a fair bit of wheel spin in first but hooked up

and kept traction into 2nd.

Downside is cost at $465 each.

the Maxis at front replaced my Yoko advan's which where orsm but also a costly tyre.

I have noticed the Maxis to be quiter than the yoko's and wet weather seems as good so far.

havn't done any hard turn ins as yet to report on that.

Bob jane told me they wont perform as good as the advan's but I will get more miles from them.

I got like 20 000 plus from the advan's.

the Maxis where on special for $249 for 245x35x19. I purchased on Tuesday just past.

Also had some maxis on a 351w V8 Cortina back in 2000 and found them to out perform the previous

Yoko A4's as well last twice as long.

Bang for buck, I would go Maxis.

Want to spin top gear buy Nangkangs.

[dule]

Did I tell you I was on a budget?

Michelin, Bridgestone, Falken, Toyo may all be out of my price range. I'll check on that also.

For Falkens check out aaa tyre factoy in Guildford, I have a feeling you will be pleasantly surprised. FK 453 is my next set of tyres. Haven't seen a bad review on them yet.

[Russ F6]

I just found some Kumho KU 31's on ebay for $450 a pair. Not a bad price, how does it compare to everyone else? They are 255/35/R19.

They can't be half bad as they come standard on the new M3.

Russ

[01txr]

my brother has just bought a set of Ku 31's for his standard FG XR6T 6Auto and his last launch

at willowbank saw him turn them for the 60ft from lock to lock.

I would not buy them after seeing him turn them on the strip that easy in a standard T.

Also some guy was selling some tyres on ebay and he had a list of a tyre comparisment of ten tyres

and the Kumho Ecsta KU 31's came 9th.

I have had my Maxxis on the front now for a week, and cant fault them for a front steer tyre, I have driven them in

pooring down rain where others had slowed to 70 - 80 k and they didnt aqua plane in the slightest.

I even ran through near rivers going across the motorway, only response was you could feel the rolling

resistance increase.

I have had to also brake & swerve to miss a car in front of me the other day as some idiot who decided to

stop at a green light as approaching at 70k.

After doing so I found that the tyre's where well up to it and I would have not even had to swerve,

I was just being causious not knowing how well these maxis work.

Also had another idiot run a red light and I had to slam the brakes on to avoid him.

I am very happy with the maxis so far especially after having one of the best steer tyres on the front in the way

of Yokohama advan's.

One thing that really amazed me was with the Advan's even being just off the legal depth indicators, in pouring

rain on the motorway they still did not aqua plane, Just hope the Maxxis can near perform like them as the tread

wears.

One bugger was I just found out today that maxxis dont do a bigger than 245x19 in a 30 series 19,

I was going to try them on the rear when the Toyo Proxy 4's wore out.

Looks like Advan's will go on the rear when required for a try. $580 a piece.

that's my opinion, do some searching for tyre comparo's and make your decissions from there.

[BOOSTINXR6]

Had Falken 452's previous to my current Toyo Proxes T1R. The Falkens are a good cornering tyre, reasonable grip in the dry and decent in the wet. They have a stiff sidewall and I'd say that's what gives them that response and precise feel. Mine lasted about 22,000k with 315-369 rwkw.

I've had the Toyo Proxes T1R for about 6 weeks now. They start very squirmy but after 3 or 4 weeks, that goes away mostly. Straight line grip is very good. Noticeably better than the Falken 452's. Wet grip is also a lot better than the 452's. However, the 452's win in cornering and precision. The Proxes are very quite. A little quieter than the 452's which are a quiet tyre themselves.

I don't think I will be getting as good wear as the 452's but the straight line grip in both dry and wet is very very good. Apart from a cold night when the tyre is cold and the car is hammering, they will not turn with 369rwkw. Of course, get a little stall up and it's Wheelspinsville, Tennessee.

Call Ray from Tyrepower in Reservoir, Victoria. He's the man for Toyo.

BTW, the Falkens are about 360 a corner and the Toyo around 340 a corner.

Hey there mate, im very close to going out and getting my hands on a set of Toyo Proxy 4's, what did these tyres cost you from tyre power in Resevior... These T1R's are the semi slick yeah?