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Just a shame that money talks so much and that they're losing the Brawn branding. It would've been nice to at least have kept the team as Brawn Mercedes rather than just plain ol' Mercedes GP. Button and Hamilton in the same team would be disastrous IMHO. Have McLaren learnt nothing from when Alonso was there with Lewis?

Black ones. Definitely get the black ones.

You're kidding?! Ah man, that is a real PITA.

Ah well, I was close Been a while since I did mine, I must admit.

Straight away if you go to a DVLA office and do it there, putting the plate on retention is £80 IIRC.

Sorry, didn't mean it to come out like that, I just presumed that the only tyres you'd tried on the Zed were the ones you listed: I didn't realise you'd tried the good stuff on the car, I apologise for that. This is what I was getting at more than anything. The T1-Rs would suit something like an MX-5 very well, but you wouldn't necessarily put them on a higher performance car where levels of expected performance are that much greater. For instance, and to stretch the point somewhat, I'd see it as something like this: Nankang ditchfinders = Chuck 'em on a 107 or something. T1-Rs = Great for budget performance cars, like the MX-5. MPS/Eagle F1 Assy = 911 onwards would suit these very well. It's all about what you expect to find on a performance level from the tyre in comparison to what car it's on. The mk3 MR2 came with RE040s on as OEM and they were horribly vague, but on the 350Z (in the dry only) they were very good, so it would seem that those tyres work best with a bit of weight on them. Stock for stock, a Zed is capable of much more than an MX-5 which is why I would always go for a better tyre to make the most of that. If I were doing 20K miles a year in the Zed then possibly I wouldn't be running PS2s as that would prove an expensive way to go about it, but as I only do about 8K fun miles a year it makes sense for me to use something that allows the exploiting of the car's performance. Truth be told though there's only the perfect tyre for the individual and their own car, not one size fits all.

Good lord man, there's more than enough info on this thread never mind on the forum to be able to make an informed choice! If your budget stretches then the Vredesteins, if it doesn't then the T1-Rs would suit you but they're far from the 'acknowledged best tyres for the 350Z' you were asking for in your first post.

I ran T1-Rs on my VXR220 for a while, absolutely hated them. No feel, marginal grip compared to the chassis, and melted so very quickly on track. Changing back to the OEM A048s was the best thing I ever did on that car. On the Zed, out of the tyres you've tried I'd be sticking with the T1-Rs too, but they're still at the lower end of the quality spectrum even if you disregard price. If you ever get a chance to drive a car fitted with some proper quality rubber I can guarantee you'll be able to feel the difference instantly: I didn't expect the PS2s to be that much better than the RE040s, but they really are worth the extra.

No issues with that at all. Looks perfectly normal and doesn't really try too hard to spell anything: If I didn't know any better I'd say that probably LDS are your initials. Go for it

That doesn't mean he has to inflict it on the rest of us

A set of Ditchfinders all round is still better than mixing tyres front and rear I'd love to pick up a set of these crappy things and run them on track with the intention of just killing them, I can imagine I'd probably have just as much fun as when on gripper rubber.

As I already said

Sooooo... The front looks like a snow plough The rear looks like it's not been finished The wheels look horribly cheap The interior has a stuck-on lump of grey plastic on the console The boot is full of crap so you can't use it The bonnet looks fine I think that just about covers it. Shame PH screwed the price up for him, as at £15.95 I think it's probably worth a punt. Just.

Price vs grip & wear level. On something cheaper like, say, an MX-5 they'd be a bit higher up the range, but on something as powerful as the Zed they're definitely on the budget side. They last for ages, they have average grip in the dry and above average in the wet, but they melt like anything if you start putting serious heat into them. Just my opinion mind, but when you've got a car costing £30K new I wouldn't be putting cheap rubber on it as you'll distort the performance available. Nissan almost got it right with the RE040s (dry grip on those far exceeds the T1-Rs), it's just a shame they're so useless in the wet which is why they made the RE050A OEM on the HR models.

My last three companies didn't give a hoot either way. One of them didn't even care if you had 6pts, but would rape your face off once you got to 9pts.

If you want the best then you need to be prepared for the cost Personally I think they're worth every penny, and given that the tyres are the only thing in contact with the road why scrimp on them? That said, if you really can't afford them then try the Vredesteins (the RE050As will be about the same as the MPS2s).

You're after Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tyres, and if you can I'd get them from the interweb and have a local place fit. You should expect to pay anywhere between £700 - £900 for all four, and you want 225/45/18 on the front and 245/45/18 on the back, assuming yours is a UK car.

I'd do the same, but you do realise that your insurance won't go up at all even if you did have 3pts for an SP30? Well, if it does then I'd be moving companies very quickly, as most don't give a damn any more.

Then I'd go for the MPS2, if you can. They're a billion times better than T1-Rs in the wet, and about a hundred times better in the dry. Not cheap, but if you really want the best then that's what I'd go for. Alternatively the Vredesteins mentioned earlier in the thread would be my close second choice, followed by the Bridgestone RE050As. Don't bother with the Toyos or Falkens, they're good for the money but they're still just budget tyres for a car like the Zed.

And this is why the car simply isn't the performance bargain it so desperately wants to be. That is utterly ridiculous money for that little lot.

Utterly, utterly fantastic site. Chavvy plates are one of my pet hates, and that site just about has them all (I recognise a few from round my way!). Top find, you're my new forum hero

Ah, gotcha. All the detail will be on there matey

Have you actually received the NIP then? Should tell you on there what you're getting, which at 7mph over the limit in a 30 will be £60 and 3pts.

A Gatso camera can only get you from behind. A Truvelo (or copper in a van) or SPECS average camera can have you from the front.

CS4 installed on mine perfectly. Legit copy? 32 or 64 version? No other programs running at the same time?