the choo Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hi Guys im sure this has been posted before so appoligies in advance hope you can help with some advice and supply on some bridgestone tyres ive got the RE40 on the z and its MOT time the fronts are ok but one or both of the rears will need replacing ive heared the RE50 is better so i need any advice on which to go for and best place to get them at the best cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Check out Camskill bud. The 50s are getting good feedback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xStric9x Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I have the RE050's on the rear bud and they are completely fine A big improvement over the 40's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the choo Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 ive found the RE40 a bit slippery in the wet i think i will go with the RE50 is there any problems with keeping the re40 on the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 PM replied to bud… A friend of mine had these on offer for me before Christmas, they were £130.00 fitted, I will ask him what the 2009 price is… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matth76 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 The re050's have a couple of varieties I believe. RE050A "Pole position" is one if I remember and are for ultra high performance with very good grip but as a downside will have a high wear rate, whereas I think there is also another variety but just called the re050A (not Pole Position), and there is also the RE050 (without the "A"), which I think doesn't quite give as much grip as the pole positions but has better wear rate but better grip than the oem re040's (which have the best wear rate as they are harder compound) but not quite as good a grip. I've heard the re050's have a softer sidewall meaning you would lose a bit of feedback but not sure on this. Will be interested to know how you find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 The above is correct. I'm not sure you can get the Pole position variants of the RE050 in this country, which is a shame but you'll still find the RE050A's a fair upgrade in both ride comfort and wet grip over the stock RE040A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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