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Tire provides the only contact between the car and road surface.
Make sure to choose pairs of rubber that suit the car, driving style, preference and road condition / terrain.

No compromise in safety!

This post has been edited by yngwie: Jul 27 2011, 07:27 PM

ecsta ku-31 but size is quite limited. continental comfort contact 5 is selling below 200 bucks but its not suitable for spirited driving. if you could up your budget, there are ps3, c.drive2, ziex 912 and few others.

as far as i know, 595 evo is not a semi slick tires. their slicks range usually labelled in fz.
anyway, some batch of 595 evo does suffer from quality problem. i've seen a crack appear
on sidewall.
directional tread tires sometimes does have an issue on alignment. but in some, case, it could be corrected
with swapping tire position.

ahsam1212@
ecsta ku31?
like dunlop d01 which is more like a hard rubber, certain offering from silverstone does made from hard rubber, thus, giving a 'feel' their sidewall is harder.
btw, tires usually start showing their true potential once the run-in mileage, which could be from as low as 500km covered.
and most of the directional tread tend to be noisy in nature.

kobe10@
anything not exceed the 3% range should be fine. 15" wheel and tires is lighter, so, it could even compensate for the different.
ps3 has a good grip. no worry.

arshad@
if you're on 17", goodyear f1 asymmetric, hankook s1 evo or even v12 is worth a try,

xDjWanNabex@
limited choice at your budget but you could try nexen or even maxxis victra series. quite a number of lowyat fnf regular are using it.

indonesian made tires usually a bit of a letdown. i've had try the likes of accelera and atr sports,
gt champiro, milanza hero and even falken 522 which is made in indonesia.
i'd rather go for similar price range in silverstone evol. but the silverstone m series is again a big letdown.
can't complaint much because they're cheaper.
again, bf goodrich and nexen worth a look.

xDjWanNabex@
fair deal.
fyi, those colourful china made valve cap that being sold around 20 bucks by tires shop can be bought at
any rm2 shop

there is one somewhere around the market in assunta hopsital area.
also, try jalan 201 or tekming in sunyway.

next to sunway lagoon, pj.
click HERE
btw, t1r is more suitable for daily usage. being a semi slick, r1r does not offer more confident in wet.
also, treadwear rating is lower.

falken 522(made in indonesia) is one of the worst tire around. grip sux' big time, especially in wet.
ze912 fared better but tread too soft it tend to peel of when driven on rough surface.
you can use ps3, s1, v12 or the cheaper kumho, dunlop d01.
our lives depend on the tire choice. no compromise in safety.

for dry only tire, you can go for semi slick toyo r888 or r1r. also, yokohama a048.
but they are almost hopeless in wet. another option is re001 and ad08.
for 205/45/15, kumho ecsta ku-31 or yokohama s.drive.

btw, there is a google map link for tekming in previous page.

checked last year, the smallest is 16". not sure if they already come out with 15" now. but there is a v2 with
different tread characteristic.
s1 evo is a good tire. based on experience, i'll easily rated it above v12. only problem was not widely available compare to other hankook variant.

its a tear. and tire will expand after a long drive (heat up) thus caused pressure leaked out from the tear.
get a new replacement. your life doesn't worth 300 bucks.
if you're tight on budget, go for a reliable used tire.

just trade in your tire...

if ps3 is available at that size, why not? as long as it wasn't nct5.
since it was quite a rare size, other option is yokohama s.drive and kumho ecsta or xs series.
much depend on your driving preference / style.

well, it depend on. once, i was on 522 which is of japan made( older 522 is quite okay. check out the rebadged firenza too). but after i changed to a new set of 522 made in indonesia, turn out there is a different in performance. sidewall aside, compare to the japan made, the indonesian made 522 does not offer sufficient grip in wet driving. also, further braking distance.
pp2 is fine. so does s.drive. in fact, i was drawn into s.drive due to the availability of odd sizes and wet performance.
again, i will be very much depend on the car and driving style.
btw, which bridgestone are you on back then? my-01?

i used to be a yokohama fan. from my experience, the ps3 is slightly ahead of the s.drive in performance.
different is negligible thou. choices down to lower noise of ps3.
the only moment the s.drive come out top was during heavy downpour drive.
how i wish the ps3's sidewall could be a little stiffer thou.

mADmAN@
to start with, st115 is a rung above the 522 whereby the 522 is almost on par with 322.
fitted to daily ride. at first, i thought it was. but car was driven and trashed on the same road everyday.
weather, speed, tread wear and pressure aside, the indonesian made require more steering correction at the same part of the corners. also require lower speed going into the fast corner in intermediate road condition.

fazron80@
ps3 is definitely fine at higher pressure. if sidewall is the priority, might as well settled for re-001. sidewall
is even stiffer than ad07

in wet and intermediate road condition, it beat the gsd3 and s.drive.
but during downpour or heavy rain, grip is much lesser than gsd3.
at least, it doesn't caused wheels lock.

standard price for tire of your size. except the direzza, harder d-01 and the noisy / bulky fm901(with flange shield like your lm703), i never trashed other dunlop.
perhaps, less noise but the excessive flange shield will caused a floating sensation in fast corner and aquaplanning (like the fm901).

direzza is more towards very spirited driving style. not sure about latest pricing thou.
ze912's rubber is too soft for some people liking. but grip is fine and sidewall stiffer than lm703.

perhaps you need to wait until the new tires fully run in. usually there is a slight compromise in comfort and noise on uhp class tires. but the ps3 is still quieter than a lot of uhp class tires out there.

10 - 30 kpa more than manufacturer's recommendation is fine.
ie; manufacturer's recommendation for front is 210kpa, anywhere within 230 kpa is fine.
a lot of performance car owner are pumping their lower profile tires with 240kpa.

if you noticed the tire had more wear in the middle or less comfort, you can lower the pressure.
likewise, if you fee the tires is flexing way too much in corner, increasing the pressure is okay.