What you got, where you got them and how much.

corners · Postby **corners** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:48 am

You could try the BF Goodrich G-force sports...

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:56 am

what's the going price for the goodriches jcs?

corners · Postby **corners** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:58 am

From memory I paid $120 per corner fitted and balanced for 14s

philz · Postby **philz** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:21 am

Get Bridgestone Re001, probably the best bang for buck street tyre.

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:07 pm

jcs86 wrote:From memory I paid $120 per corner fitted and balanced for 14s

just got quoted 242 - 257 for these in 205/45/16

philz · Postby **philz** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:15 pm

How much are u getting quoted for 205/45/r16, also Bridgstone re001 in 205/45 and 205/50 aren't Australian made, so you won't have the problems which are faced by some other people.

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:22 pm

philz wrote:How much are u getting quoted for 205/45/r16

for which rubbers?

philz · Postby **philz** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:25 pm

re001?

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:02 pm

nah. its out of my range

philz · Postby **philz** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:45 pm

Is it because it's low profile 45?

Why not run 205/50?

corners · Postby **corners** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:37 pm

sliq wrote:
jcs86 wrote:From memory I paid $120 per corner fitted and balanced for 14s

just got quoted 242 - 257 for these in 205/45/16

Sounds right for 16s as they are such an odd and not mass produced size

doogle · Postby **doogle** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:13 pm

sliq wrote:has anyone here used Maxxis MA-V's? my local bob jane bloke said they are excellent value, but after reading a few reviews, they have a helluva road noise

i bought some secondhand wheels with MA-V1s and lets just say i'll look for something else when the time comes to change... road noise is awful! i dont really push my car around corners all that much but the grip in the dry has been sufficient, in fairly wet conditions i can swing the rear out which is fun

Wivvix · Postby **Wivvix** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:05 am

This one is a little late from me, but that's because I hardly been driving my 5.

Type - Pirelli Dragons
Size - 195 / 50 / 15
Price - $150 corner, fitted and balanced.
Dry grip - 3.5/5
Wet grip - 2/5 (being generous...)
Tyre life - 3/5

They're quiet on the road and they grip decently in the dry, but so far i'm not impressed with their wet performance at all. In fact i'm sh*t scared to drive around corners at anything over 30km/hr in the wet, because the back end just lets go.
They're not a predictable tyre when they let go, and reining it back in is a mission.
In short you can't go as fast around corners as on Aussie Adrenalins (

), and they let go much sooner.

doogle · Postby **doogle** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:07 pm

I am buying some rims which are 15x6.5 ... Just wondering for 6.5" rims, is the 195 option the way to go? I got quoted $150 for RE001s in 195/50/15, that's what most people seem to have...