Best tyres for 3MPS's

[Jeev]

225/45R18 KU-36 from option1garage for me. Picking them up tomorrow - $235 ea
Bargain.

Yeah, Option1 is just down the road from Hornibrook Motorsport, where I got mine. Hence the slight markup. $260ea F&B, but definitely worth it.

[MaN|aC]

$220 fitted/balanced if they are in good supply, but there hard to come by atm.....

i still like the RT 615 better but a tad more exxy

[Nexus]

They sound like a swarm of angry bees at 60km/h, but haven't noticed excessive noise otherwise. Probably a bit louder, and definitely not white noise like the Sumitomo.

Already impressed with the dry cornering grip and I haven't even tried to push them. Feel great. The sidewall, on 7.5" rims, sits square with the rim, and doesn't bulge at the side like the sumitomo or potenzas. Notably different shape.

[YOU LOSE]

the best performing tyres in my opinion are yokohama advan sport drive for 3mps 225x40x18 on 8in rims wet or dry /quiet / no tramlining / rated to 370 ks /these are yokos premium flagship performance road tyre and are used at le mans 24 hr price $395ea bob jane tmarts wear 15/20ks front i have larger tyres on the rear (no rotation w fronts) 50ks 2/3rds worn originals fastaz /col 2

[TD]

Hi Col - There's no way a road tyre such as the Advan Sport (V103 in your case) is used on race cars at Le Mans...sorry...Yokohama are using a branding link between their race rubber and road rubber here.

Advan is a brand name for Yokohama just like Potenza is for Bridgestone which you see on the rubber for the F1 cars.

[Jeev]

Hi Col - There's no way a road tyre such as the Advan Sport (V103 in your case) is used on race cars at Le Mans...sorry...Yokohama are using a branding link between their race rubber and road rubber here.

Advan is a brand name for Yokohama just like Potenza is for Bridgestone which you see on the rubber for the F1 cars.

I lol'ed.

I put ADVAN V103s high up on my "Tyres to never buy again" list ages ago.

[YOU LOSE]

Hi Col - There's no way a road tyre such as the Advan Sport (V103 in your case) is used on race cars at Le Mans...sorry...Yokohama are using a branding link between their race rubber and road rubber here.

Advan is a brand name for Yokohama just like Potenza is for Bridgestone which you see on the rubber for the F1 cars.

you may well be right im going of the imformation on yokohamas webb site i will follow this up because its misleading thanks dan

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I lol'ed.

I put ADVAN V103s high up on my "Tyres to never buy again" list ages ago.

i hope we are talking about the same tyre mine have s/drive on the tyre wall interested to now why u canned them if its only that they dont wear that well then for money reasons i understand however if u are gauging a tyre on actual performance under all road conditions you are wrong i buy and recomend tyres based on perfomance and safety u are entiteled to your opinion as i am mine the only differance is i wont laugh at yours fastaz

[Jeev]

i hope we are talking about the same tyre mine have s/drive on the tyre wall interested to now why u canned them if its only that they dont wear that well then for money reasons i understand however if u are gauging a tyre on actual performance under all road conditions you are wrong i buy and recomend tyres based on perfomance and safety u are entiteled to your opinion as i am mine the only differance is i wont laugh at yours fastaz

Not only do they not wear well, but they were loud, had average grip (Wet and dry), had poor feel/feedback and were expensive. Anyway the ADVAN V103 and the S.Drive are different tyres. Similar compounds, but very different tread patterns.

[TD]

Ahh so Col doesn't have V103's....my bad.

[Jeev]

Ahh so Col doesn't have V103's....my bad.

I hear the S.Drives are marginally better than the V103s, but given the price difference and poor performance of the latter, I wasn't even really willing to give them a try. Especially not with tyres like the KU36 or RT-615 on the market.