AndyC Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Firstly, a massive hello to all you Z heads!! Its good to find a site that brings together lovers of what is quite frankly 1 of the best cars on the road!! Just wondering if any of you out there could give me a bit of advice, I've come to the point in my poor Z's life when its time for some new boots, unsurprisingly the rears need attention more than the fronts! Anyway, I've been looking around at prices for the standard fit Bridgestone's and for roughly the same money theres options like Pzero corsas or pilot sports. Just wondering if anyone has fitted anything else to theirs and what your thoughts are?? I find that the Bridgestone's are ok but give up far too easily in the wet. Good on the track mind. If anyone out there could give me some pointers it'd be much appreciated. Need to make a decision quick before Mr Dibble gets hold of me!!! Quote
laguna seca Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 hi Andy unless you are changing all of your rubber stick with the bridges mixing brands buggers up the esp ie traction control. if you do fancy i change toyos or Goodyear seem to be the fave at the moment. personally i like the stones but i only drive it at weekends when its dry.. Quote
Gus Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Assuming you're going to have the change the fronts reasonably soon, then just bite the bullet and get 4 decent tyres - Toyo T1-R or Pzeros are the most popular alternatives in the stock sizes I think. You can get a set of 4 Toyos for about £550 I'm sure Gus Quote
steve_b Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Andy, Agree with Gus, that you need Toyo's I started with the Bridgestones as per factory fit, then went Dunlop and now ahve Toyo. Toyo have been 100% better than the others. Steve Quote
lomoto Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Also have a look at Falken 452,s ...just fitted them to mine and they seem to really suit the Z..no tyre noise and 1000% more grip than the rubbish Bridgestones....Oh yes and they were extremely good value to Quote
AndyC Posted March 22, 2006 Author Posted March 22, 2006 Cool, sounds like Toyo's or Falken's are the way forward - thanks for your help all, much appreciated!! Quote
Removed Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 I have Toyos too, RE040 are really really bad, I don't like them one bit...... HARDWEARING though! not sure I'll ever manage to get rid of them on my oem wheels! Quote
Zedman Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 How many miles do you think you will get form the Toyo's then. Assuming fairly hard driving. Quote
Removed Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 not too sure mate, but the rears seem to beapproaching changing time very fast I think I've done about 7-8k on them up to now... Quote
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