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Hi Peoples,

I have been broswing the forums trying the gather some info on a good brand of new tyres to buy... So far I seem to keep seeing the following sets being mentioned...

Kumho Supra Ecsta

Bridgestone RE540/RE55TT

Falken - FK 451

I am looking at spending somewhere in the vicinity of $200 - $250 per tyre and I want something that is going to do a reasonable job of holding my car to the road in both the wet and dry.

What have people heard of these threee options/brands... good bad... indifferent... have I missed a good buy?

Let me know :)

Thanks

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Falken RT215 are cheap for the level of grip they provide ...but they are street compound tyres, with semi-slick design, not 'R' compound tyres. I used to run Dunlop D01J Formula-R, and the grip level is totally different!

The RT215 may not be ideal if you're concerned about wet roads tho... I suggest the Falken ST115. Great all around street tyre, decent price too, and very quiet.

Dunlop 3000A

I had them on my 16" GTR wheels.

Excellent grip in the dry, and sensational in the wet too, i was surpised how good they were, and they were only 225's aswell. Very impressed.

I had 200rwkw at the time and i had very mininal traction problems unless i launched hard.

They should slot into 200-300 mark, or they might be a tad more.

I cant remember as i paid wholesale for mine and it was $340 odd for a pair.

I would have to recommend the Falken GRB's FK451...

I have an R33 gts-t with 180 rwkw's and I was fairly happy with the grip level (dry & wet) for the price $240 (255x40x17)..

It will still brake traction in first gear (some times).

With cornering, they are a very forgiving and give plenty of notice.

Infact I ended up getting them put on the front as well. Very quiet too.

Regards

Rob

Just put Dunlop 3000A's 235/45/17 on the front of my 33 @ $234 each ,as good as the continentals that were on it (contisport2's) if you have camber issues get a tyre that is not aysmmetric tread so you can swap them from right to left (directional) to wear tread on either side of the tyre. 235/45/17's give you 0.0% difference in overall circumference, so speedo is correct.

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