C6 Replacement Tyres

[GW65]

The Goodyear Supercars on my C6 are fast wearing out, unlikely to last much more than 10K miles front and rear. I want to stay with runflats, but certainly don't want to keep forking out for a set of tyres every 10K miles! Having said that, I'm not sure what options are available in the UK.

Anybody fitted anything other the GY Supercars (e.g.other GY run-on-flat or Michelin Pilot ZP)? How did they compare for performance and wear?

[Rob LM]

There was a video promo clip on one of the US sites of Ron Fellows testing the new Michelins back to back with the Goodyears around Road Atlanta and the Michelins produced a better lap.
Don't know if they're for sale here yet.

[mitch_]

10,000 miles is pretty good by my thinking. TVRs were lucky to ever achieve half of that.......

[GW65]

mitch_ said:

10,000 miles is pretty good by my thinking. TVRs were lucky to ever achieve half of that.......

Yeah, but I drive like an old fart

I just remember getting 20K+ miles on my C5's Goodyears, and the consensus on the US forum is that the C6 non-Z51 tyres get 20K+ miles versus the 10K miles of the C6 Z51 tyres. Of course, being a US forum a lot of what they talk about doesn't translate across the pond (e.g. Firestone Wide Oval run-flats)... I'd be happy to trade a small amount of tyre performance for double the mileage (but not to the extent of fitting Bridgestone RE050A's RFTs which have all the grip of a wet bar of soap!).

[mitch_]

Tarmac has a great deal to do with it. If you're not careful you can sacrifice your grip and confidence which allows you to use your 438Bhp for some ebony rubbish that could barely handle a corsa. You shouldn't let it worry you too much!

[ian_uk1975]

I use Michelin Pilot Sports (not runflats). Better grip, better handling and quieter than runflats. Having said that, the improvement wasn't as drastic as it was with the 1st-gen runflats I had on the C5.

[anonymous-user]

Do Bridgestone do a runflat in C6 sizes? They certainly do them to fit a C5 but I don't know anyone using them.

[ZR1cliff]

I've used this company recently and found them to be first class with reasonable prices.

http://www.camskill.co.uk/

[JimexPL]

GW65 said:

mitch_ said:

10,000 miles is pretty good by my thinking. TVRs were lucky to ever achieve half of that.......

Yeah, but I drive like an old fart

I just remember getting 20K+ miles on my C5's Goodyears, and the consensus on the US forum is that the C6 non-Z51 tyres get 20K+ miles versus the 10K miles of the C6 Z51 tyres. Of course, being a US forum a lot of what they talk about doesn't translate across the pond (e.g. Firestone Wide Oval run-flats)... I'd be happy to trade a small amount of tyre performance for double the mileage (but not to the extent of fitting Bridgestone RE050A's RFTs which have all the grip of a wet bar of soap!).

If you wanted the non Z51 spec Goodyear F1 EMT tyres you'd have to import them as I could never find a source for them in the UK. They've got about double the tread depth (from new) when compared with the Z51 supercar tyres, which probably explains the longevity. Having said that, if a US buyer decided to have the poorer handling Vette model then It's likely that they don't drive it as hard as a Z51 owner...

[Vet Guru]

James is right the Z51 which all euro cars have as standard have different tyres to a base Vette, I would rather stick with the original but I know how much these can be!