For a daily car, not recommended to get semi slick due to our erratic weather as well as lousy drainage on most of our roads.

Just get UHP tires such as PS4, RE003, F1Asym is quite sufficient.

Using semi slick comes with many drawbacks such as noise, lousy FC, bumpy/harsh rides and the need to drive slow as heck during heavy rainfall.

Quoted from the official website;-

The Race Tire

The 651 Sport is Accelera’s street legal race compound tire with a semi-slick tread. With two main ribs, a water film breaker, and three directional grooves, the 651 Sport is engineered for precise handling and quick steering response, both on and off the track. The 651 Sport comes in both 100 treadwear and 200 treadwear, making it perfect for drift and track applications. It’s versatility also makes the 651 Sport a good choice for limited daily driving needs.


Somewhat same as using AD08 as daily use, dry condition very syok. You cannot expect much from these tires in wet condition. My suggestion if u really wanna try semi-slick out is JUST DO IT... Heck, i used AD07 and AD08 on my daily ride before but just go REAL SLOW on wet or raining days... really slow <50km/h on straight and even slower on corners when wet.

Furthermore the thread wear on semi-slick is around 180-200, so it'll finish fast and change back to all season UHP tires then. As long as you know the limitations and disciplined with your right foot.

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

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

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

RE001-003 = always is inclined towards dry road conditions

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