Actually cheaper tire do not directly mean higher chance of aqua-planning.

The width and type of tire, depth of water pool, speed and others affect more on ur chances of aquaplaning.

Imo, a kancil with achilles/linglong 155 width tire can go through water much faster than cars with michelins 245 width tires. A slimmer tires cut through water, fatter tires need huge water channel to cut the tire contact into patches to cut through the water. Bigger contact patch = higher chances of aquaplaning

But that said, a reputable tire brand definitely handle better with shorter braking distance and it get to operating temperature faster than those cheap tires compound that last forever

I had tried using premium as well as cheaper brands such as rovelo, achilles, nankang... to be honest, it work well as long as u dun push it to the extreme like u would push on a re003, ps4, fleva etc etc.

This post has been edited by drewn123: Jun 13 2020, 05:06 PM

Don't do it please. Even my friend's dad who uses semi slicks on his Porsche would get the driver to come pick him up wherever he is when it rains. It's really suicide to run semi slicks when the roads are wet even after it has stopped raining.

Some of the best all weather tires are GY F1 Asy2 and F1D5

baguslah contribute more aksiden

Achilles is really rubbish, used it before. Should take a look at Kumho PS31...for the price it's not too bad both in dry and rain.

when near accident u are always on the edge. That small edge is life or death.

So I rather spend more on Tyre since this is the most critical part of the car.

All the tyres mentioned are not semi-slick

This post has been edited by blaze_spirit: Jun 13 2020, 07:27 PM

16 inch? Lol. That size tyre like limited edition.

I dunno mang. The shop tire guy told me one. So these tires can use as daily?

Ya lor. But i got no choice...

semi slick bukan mcm r888r ke? below 180tw.

I didn't try 701... Next wanna try ad08r but they're not too suitable for my use (higher treadwear). Might go with 701 for a run next. I think my tyres will last me another 10k or so only.

Definitely noisier because of the thread design.

I've clocked more than 30k on them. I honestly forgot to record down the mileage properly because halfway through I swapped engines (including cluster). So I lost track of the mileage. But I'm sure more than 30k.

Engine swap: 123k miles. Now 143k miles. I have done, I believe, 2 oil change before engine swap, so that's about 14k miles.

Rotated the wheels in January. Mileage berapa that time I need to check back my log. But it was about 137k or so back then.

I also using. Don't quite like it. Went up genting, first corner after polis post terus understeer. Knn.

I say can use. Never meant it is good... haha

too noisy rite?
after 1.5 year i changed to cheaper tire coz want to sell the car, suddenly feel handling like shit, but very comfort no noise

U win some, u lose some

There are various driving behaviours, for those chill driver and never pushes to the limit. These cheaper options are good enough for them.

If u are the kind that barrel down the road at 110-120kmh regardless of the road conditions, definitely choose better tires la. Simple as that.

My friends operates tires shops and many ppl uses those cheap tires on their expensive cars. Like i said, it really depends on the person behind the wheel.

Do u believe that rovelo made better tires than silverstone or falken? Bridgestone with the batch issues where swelling happen. Michelins with the peeling issues after 1yr. Well, qc issues still happen even for the premium tires brand

This post has been edited by drewn123: Jun 13 2020, 09:49 PM

I also using. Don't quite like it. Went up genting, first corner after polis post terus understeer. Knn.

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I use almost 20k now. Naik genting no prob, Gua Musang no prob, Grik road no prob. During raining i didn't even notice the spedo is about 120km/h.

RE003 is not "semi slick" only the outside shoulder looks aggressive only. I m using it now, coming from PS4, I would say the dry performance of RE003 is better than PS4 and on top of that the sidewall of RE003 is harder than PS4, giving the sensation where the tyre don't flex as much as PS4 under hard cornering. But when it comes to wet, cannot compare with PS4, PS4 much much better in wet condition especially if there is water puddle. RE003 just can't give me the confidence on wet road.

RE001-003 = always is inclined towards dry road conditions

PS3/4 = more towards overall. (Comfort, grip, wet and dry)

P ZERO win all