Tyre recommendations - Civic FN2 Type R

[bmv6197]

So I had an unexpected encounter with a sharp stone which took out a piece of the sidewall of one of my front tyres - unrepairable. So as an emergency “get-back-on-the-road-on-a-Saturday”, I had to get a local tyre shop to fit a new cheap tyre, but now I’ve got a decision to make around a permanent replacement.

So I’m left with three Avon ZV5s all with plenty of tread. And I am also now the proud owner of one new cheap Turkish replacement (Lassa Driveways Sport - after a few miles driving on it, I can confirm it is not sporty at all, but it does work on my driveway, so the name is 50% accurate…). Size is 225/40R18 for all of them.

Preference is of course just to buy one new Avon and swap out the Lassa. However I can’t find anywhere still selling the Avons, so I guess I have to either replace the Lassa and one of the Avons, with 2 new quality tyres, or bin them all and get 4 new ones (which seems like a huge waste and cost). Either way I need a recommendation on a new quality tyre for a FN2 Type R in the size above. The Avons have been awesome so something as grippy, quiet and durable as them is what I’m looking for.

Any ideas?

[Heathwood]

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[Pebbles167]

If you're just driving it about normally it'll be fine with the Lassa but if you drive hard I'd buy two decent tyres as replacement.

The fact you have ZV5 in the first place would suggest you don't need the peak of performance. Ive used them, and a comparable tyre I feel would be a Toyo TR1, and fortunately they are pretty cheap.

[RichFN2]

I use Pilot Sport 4 on mine, overall a very good everyday tyre.

[Matt_3]

I don't see any reason to replace all 4 tyres, it's a 2wd car after all. What I would do is replace the 2 tyres with whatever the equivalent Avon tyre is so at least they are all the same brand.

[Matt_3]

Ahhh... I see the problem! Avon don't do any of their tyres in that size anymore.

Ignore my previous post then!