WRX new tyres - any recommendations

[Brinyan]

Our 5 door WRX needs new tyres all round. Had the car from new & every time I've had tyres replaced, have always had Bridgestone Potenza.
Out of interest, just looked at an online tyre supplier/fitting service & am faced with many options of varying £'s.
Any recommendations?

[TEKNOPUG]

Brinyan said:

Our 5 door WRX needs new tyres all round. Had the car from new & every time I've had tyres replaced, have always had Bridgestone Potenza.
Out of interest, just looked at an online tyre supplier/fitting service & am faced with many options of varying £'s.
Any recommendations?

Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S

[rossub]

I have the Pilot Sport 4 (not S) and they are fantastic. Decent price on 17s as well.

[LFB531]

I've got Uniroyal Rainsport 3's on. Once they've been scrubbed a little, excellent.

[Cambs_Stuart]

I've got goodyear eagle asymmetric 8tric 3's on my wagon and they are perfect.
This site is pretty useful:
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyres_For/Subaru/Impr...

[Brinyan]

Thanks all. Will look into all these options & get this sorted next week.

[Konan]

They like a stiff sidewall - XL is a must.

Bridgestone 050a and Yoko v105 did me well.

[texaxile]

I'm borderline getting a set for mine. Considered RS3's but I've heard thay have a soft sidewall though, so don't suit the car as well as they might.

Seriously considering the Michelin Pilots though, average of £100 per corner inc balance etc. Not bad at all.

[LFB531]

texaxile said:

I'm borderline getting a set for mine. Considered RS3's but I've heard thay have a soft sidewall though, so don't suit the car as well as they might.

Seriously considering the Michelin Pilots though, average of £100 per corner inc balance etc. Not bad at all.

Used mine as a course car on a 120 mile club rally with the RS3's on, no problem at all in the lanes at..er enthusiastic velocity. I did tear a sidewall on a forest section but to be honest, no normal road tyre would have coped with the rock I sideswiped.

Choices choices!

[Konan]

Hot days on track can be harsh on most things.

[TEKNOPUG]

Konan said:

Hot days on track can be harsh on most things.

Did you drive it through the sea to cool it down?

[Konan]

TEKNOPUG said:

Did you drive it through the sea to cool it down?

Not knocking the high quality paint on the whiteline kit are you?

[TEKNOPUG]

Konan said:

TEKNOPUG said:

Did you drive it through the sea to cool it down?

Not knocking the high quality paint on the whiteline kit are you?

I smothered mine in Hammerite before fitting for just that reason.

[Konan]

TEKNOPUG said:

Konan said:

TEKNOPUG said:

Did you drive it through the sea to cool it down?

Not knocking the high quality paint on the whiteline kit are you?

I smothered mine in Hammerite before fitting for just that reason.

It came on the car in this case. I only know it's whiteline because the sticker with their name on is the only thing that gave enough protection to stop it rusting!.

[speedking31]

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3's for me. Cheaper than £100 each.

[My Evil Twin]

I had T1R's on my Superleggera 18's and hated it, tramlined all over the place.
replaced with Eagle F1 asymetric on the stock 17's and it was great, a real transformation, even better when I replaced the tired old dampers with KYB orignals, whiteline ALK, ARB's and max castor mod on STI aloy wishbones.

I then got 18" (45 profile i think) Rainsport 3 onto my facelift Gev IV JDM legacy with Bilsteins and hard STI springs and again they were great,
I even put them on the wifes child transportation device as they feel that predicable in the rain and not very ££, but that might not be such a recomendation.

Summary 17, I would have the F1's again, 18" and the Uniroyals were vey nice. I will never suggest T1Rs from my experiance.

[Konan]

My first Impreza came with T1Rs on it. They were awful!