Uniroyal Rainsport 2's

5th December 2009, 21:12

Whos used these?

Id like to know what you thought of them and what other tyres you have used, or are comparing them to. And what sort of driving you did using them.

I dont care about wear rate and i dont care what your opinion of them are if you havnt used another other tyres.

5th December 2009, 21:41

my dad had these on his can and rated them

5th December 2009, 21:43

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Originally Posted by onepd

my dad had these on his can and rated them

sorry to spam, but nice and informative

5th December 2009, 21:46

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Originally Posted by raunchz

sorry to spam, but nice and informative

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Originally Posted by onepd

my dad had these on his can and rated them

..

Rate them...good or bad?
What car?
What driving style?
Pass the keybourd to your dad please.

5th December 2009, 21:49

well he was using them on his sierra cosworth Im told and held up well to the abuse he gave them ,great in the rain im told and fairly soft compound for fast road use and he was always a pirelli man prior to that ,hope this helps as sarcasm is a ugly thing

5th December 2009, 21:53

I would highly recommend these. Had them on my sax since buying new alloys, still have them on the back.

Wear rate is second to none, wet grip is superb and dry grip is just as good.

Check all tyre review sites and you'll see they're seriously underated on this forum.

Haven't had a lot of performance tyres to compare to, particular during the same conditions but I will definately buy them again

(I always recommend these tyres when people ask for some opinions)

5th December 2009, 21:59

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Originally Posted by Mr_P

I would highly recommend these. Had them on my sax since buying new alloys, still have them on the back.

Wear rate is second to none, wet grip is superb and dry grip is just as good.

Check all tyre review sites and you'll see they're seriously underated on this forum.

Haven't had a lot of performance tyres to compare to, particular during the same conditions but I will definately buy them again

(I always recommend these tyres when people ask for some opinions)

Cheers, good review

What tyres have you bought since these to have on the front? How do they compare?

Ive been reading alot about them and theres mixed reviews on here, saying either rediculously shit or really good. The review sites make them sound the best tyre out there in our size!

I used them on my first car, was the first tyre i had ever used. They were really good in the wet i could tell that and definatly lasted well, but they were worn and got replaced rather soon, also my driving expereince and tyre knowledge was basic back then.

So after a more dry weather review i guess.

Thanks again!

5th December 2009, 22:21

Hello mate.
Uniroyal rainsport 2's I had on my 306 1.9TD running a mild tune about 110hp ish.
Used for all sorts of driving from commuting on icy roads, through the wet and in the summer on dry roads.
I gave them tires some stick and never let me down. Would 100% recommend them to anyone wanting a tire you can really push in the wet. You get a great feeling of confidence and can really carry corner speed on these tires without feeling like they'll let go. Lovely tread pattern and great for water dispersion.. never aquaplaned on these

couldn't rate them higher mate, il defo get a set for the saxo

Just read what you said about dry weather, not a single problem in the dry, could really really push hard and never let go.

Oh, and other tires ive used, nexen something or other and some vredsteins

5th December 2009, 22:22

The fronts were replaced with what I had from my old alloys, seriously terrible in comparison. Even a worn rainsport was exceptional in comparison.

Their dry weather grip is surprisingly superb for a tyre with what seems to be such a hard compound and such a great wear rate.

They come highly recommended from me anyway fella

5th December 2009, 22:25

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Originally Posted by Mr_P

The fronts were replaced with what I had from my old alloys, seriously terrible in comparison. Even a worn rainsport was exceptional in comparison.

Their dry weather grip is surprisingly superb for a tyre with what seems to be such a hard tyre and such a great wear rate.

They come highly recommended from me anyway fella

Thanks again mate!

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Originally Posted by Lew_C

Hello mate.
Uniroyal rainsport 2's I had on my 306 1.9TD running a mild tune about 110hp ish.
Used for all sorts of driving from commuting on icy roads, through the wet and in the summer on dry roads.
I gave them tires some stick and never let me down. Would 100% recommend them to anyone wanting a tire you can really push in the wet. You get a great feeling of confidence and can really carry corner speed on these tires without feeling like they'll let go. Lovely tread pattern and great for water dispersion.. never aquaplaned on these

couldn't rate them higher mate, il defo get a set for the saxo

Just read what you said about dry weather, not a single problem in the dry, could really really push hard and never let go.

Good review again. I dont push hard at all in the wet tbh but its good to know just in case

Good to hear about dry use aswell. What other tyres have you used out of interest so i can see what your comparing them to.

cheers

5th December 2009, 22:27

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Originally Posted by db_sax

Thanks again mate!

Good review again. I dont push hard at all in the wet tbh but its good to know just in case

Good to hear about dry use aswell. What other tyres have you used out of interest so i can see what your comparing them to.

cheers

Sorry, edited since then mate.. look up!

but yeah, ive drove all different cars with all different types of tires (work for jaguar my mates have quite quick cars) and apart from the 306 being a great handling car the tires are really noticeably great.. couldn't praise them enough. Seriously underated

5th December 2009, 22:32

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Originally Posted by Lew_C

Sorry, edited since then mate.. look up!

but yeah, ive drove all different cars with all different types of tires (work for jaguar my mates have quite quick cars) and apart from the 306 being a great handling car the tires are really noticeably great.. couldn't praise them enough. Seriously underated

Thanks.

Its a tough decission. Ive got Eagle F1s GSD3's on all 4 at the moment and they have served me well, extreamly good in the wet and in the dry.

But looking at review sites the Rainsports are alot better. Its difficult though as ive got so much confidence in the F1's compared to other tyres ive used such as Proxes, Paradas, Sdrives, KHUMOS, Avons.

I think il take the gamble though and get some Rainsports, theyre £30 cheaper for a pair over the F1's aswell. Hope they live up to their reviews! Or i might have them for sale on here soon lol

5th December 2009, 22:35

If you've got them for sale well, you've got a buyer before you've started mate haha.
In comparasin to the RS2's ive never drove on eagle F1's but they are great tires and people do rate them highly.. i'd love to be able to have Proxes etc etc but wet weather grip is just dire when you are commuting just aren't up to the job

5th December 2009, 23:04

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=218054

few reviews on here also dude

5th December 2009, 23:08

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Originally Posted by Aaron

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=218054

few reviews on here also dude

Yeh thats one of the threads i found after a search. Im the first reviewer on there lol and asking for reviews now for them lol. I only used them in the wet back then though as related to my original post.

Did you end up buying any yourself?

5th December 2009, 23:15

yes i did matey
i did have them on a corsa xe on the front.
and it gripped ok in the wet(but was running 180bhp)
but they did very well by me in the dry espically on the corners(which is highly needed in a corsa.haha

id buy them again for the right price.
myself i swear by toyo(cheaper) as ive used them on most of my cars
as there just as good as the rainsports but not as good in the wet. but lets be honest who gives it the beans in the wet anyway?

8th December 2009, 11:20

I've got Proxe4's on mine at the moment and they are shocking in the wet. even going slowly round roundabouts, I can feel the car going sideway rather than the direction I want to go! I'm looking at changing to a tyre that is a better wet use tyre, along the lines of the Uniroyals. Looking at the reviews on here I feel I may try them and see how I get on.

Good thread, thanks guys

8th December 2009, 12:11

Defiently rate them well. Better then the normal Toyos, Goodyears, Bridgestones.

In the dry tyre they perform best, simpler to Parda spec 2s(in a different size) in grip/wear, not as much feedback but not the most imporant on road driving.

In the wet they are the best really.

Heard a few reviews on track but they will just do the normal road tyre thing and break up at high temperature. T1R would be better for track but for the price just do the clever thing and buy R888s.

8th December 2009, 12:13

I used to have these and they were very good in the Wet and equally impressive in the dry.

8th December 2009, 13:00

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Originally Posted by SaxoAL

I've got Proxe4's on mine at the moment and they are shocking in the wet. even going slowly round roundabouts, I can feel the car going sideway rather than the direction I want to go! I'm looking at changing to a tyre that is a better wet use tyre, along the lines of the Uniroyals. Looking at the reviews on here I feel I may try them and see how I get on.

Good thread, thanks guys

yeh i dont rate any toyos anymore tbh apart from the R888's of course

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Originally Posted by Aron

Defiently rate them well. Better then the normal Toyos, Goodyears, Bridgestones.

In the dry tyre they perform best, simpler to Parda spec 2s(in a different size) in grip/wear, not as much feedback but not the most imporant on road driving.

In the wet they are the best really.

Heard a few reviews on track but they will just do the normal road tyre thing and break up at high temperature. T1R would be better for track but for the price just do the clever thing and buy R888s.

Thanks mate, ive had the parada spec 2's and i thought they were ok... also the way they wear with the split tread pattern. But mainly it was the shoulders which gave way for me, as they just ripped apart. Once theyre heated up they melt down rapidly, too rapidly tbh. If thats how they perform in the dry then they should be pretty good, the parads were awfull in the wet!

I was going to order R888s last night but booked a ticket fro spain instead, here atm!

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Originally Posted by Scattle

I used to have these and they were very good in the Wet and equally impressive in the dry.

Good news then tbh. Will order R888s though now when i get back to england.

Cheers for the good reviews!!

8th December 2009, 13:04

i had these on my old sxi cora ( do apologise for the lack of inspiration by getting a corsa) the tyres were excellent.

Rate them...good or bad? extremely good in both wet and dry (wet expecially)
What car? corsa sxi
What driving style? fairly hard

as i side note i currently have new t1r's on my vts and the uniroyals are very similar but the wear rate of t1r's is worse

hope this helps
garry

8th December 2009, 13:05

I wouldnt use R888's on the road, prefer using my bridgestones as you do not get R888's all the way to temp. They kill petrol, very uncomfortable ride(and no that doesnt matter much but it affects the handling as you just have no give on bad surfaces)

20th December 2009, 23:16

I know this is a old thread, but im looking at replacing all 4 tyres soon, and i seen that F1's are coming up the most, and these Rainsport 2's?

What are the better tyre?

29th January 2010, 18:12

BUUUMPPPPP

Any more views on these tyres?

29th January 2010, 19:27

I know a few people who run these on their Redtops and they swear by them, they NEVER buy any other tyre accept these

They said they have used a range of other brands, toyo prexes, Michelin's, yoko's and they still say rainsport's are the best ...

29th January 2010, 19:33

i had the rain sport 1 on my saxo went back to have the fronts replaced and the had only had rain sport 2 there great in wet, dry and snow you name it its an all round tyre and for the price of these well worth it i can only speak for this make.... as never had anything diffrent.

i was told to go easy on them for the 1st 50 odd miles and they would last longer how true don't know but the seem to handle everything i chuck at it also they have rim protectors
10/10

30th January 2010, 20:24

Think I might have to get myself a set of these then!

31st January 2010, 01:03

ive had uniroyals before i got toyo tr1's all round. dont really notice a difference tbh but i dont drive too hard so probably wouldnt

31st January 2010, 09:29

Its mainly driving in the rain that I need something decent for. We get so much wet weather here, I feel I might aswell have tyres that are good to cope with it! lol

1st February 2010, 18:11

When i bought my C2 VTS it had Parada Spec2's all round, but i replaced them 3 months ago with Rainsport2's as i could get them cheaper

and i have to say the Rainsports are far better.
As many people have said they are very good in the wet compared to other tyres.
In the dry they grip just aswell as the Parada's did but they wear less than Parada's.
I also feel i can corner quicker and harder as the grip is always there.
Hope this helps

Dan.

1st February 2010, 18:14

Thanks for the extra reviews. Think il try and get some of these.

Ive had paradas before and they were good in the dry but warmed up too quickly imo and wore dodgy. I think anything can be betetr than them in the wet though haha.

Any mroe reviews still?

18th February 2010, 16:52

Well just bought and fitted these tyres. Only driven from the garage to my house so obviously not to their full potential yet. Couple hundred miles il start to abuse them.

Can now tell my tracking is FKED! So this will be done next week before my tyres wear uneven. Il review these in a month

18th February 2010, 17:07

They are great tyres
/Review done lol

18th February 2010, 19:43

I think they are sh@t always had problems with grip when i had them on my car. Prob dose not help that i was trying to put 240 hp down with them. Would rather use yoko or toyo any day.

18th February 2010, 19:50

Why do the bad opinions always come after youve bought them? lmao

18th February 2010, 19:54

All tyres have good and bad opinions, i think alot depends on what car they are one, what power the car is and how the car is driven.
T1-R's for example, alot of people love and and want to have their babies, yet others hate them so very much

18th February 2010, 19:55

i had RSport 1s on my honda a while ago... wanted them again as they were great! i now have marangoni tyres..... http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.p...d=m53b580s92p0

good tyre also

18th February 2010, 20:00

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Originally Posted by Bickerton

All tyres have good and bad opinions, i think alot depends on what car they are one, what power the car is and how the car is driven.
T1-R's for example, alot of people love and and want to have their babies, yet others hate them so very much

Yeh alot of poeple sound like they have intercourse with the T1Rs, i think theyre a good tyre but not the best.

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Originally Posted by WestyVTR

i had RSport 1s on my honda a while ago... wanted them again as they were great! i now have marangoni tyres..... http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.p...d=m53b580s92p0

good tyre also

Thanks for the input.

18th February 2010, 20:48

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Originally Posted by Bickerton

All tyres have good and bad opinions, i think alot depends on what car they are one, what power the car is and how the car is driven.
T1-R's for example, alot of people love and and want to have their babies, yet others hate them so very much

your right tyres are one of these things that every one has there own opinion.

18th February 2010, 21:05

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Originally Posted by db_sax

Whos used these?

Id like to know what you thought of them and what other tyres you have used, or are comparing them to. And what sort of driving you did using them.

I dont care about wear rate and i dont care what your opinion of them are if you havnt used another other tyres.

They get a great review, i have just got the honkook v12 evo which get very similar reviews to the uniroyals.

Not even scrubbed in yet and seem to be really good, plenty of wet grip in the EK.

£149 for 4 delivered.

So if the uniroyals get a slightly better review then what i have, they must be good

18th February 2010, 21:07

Steve where did you get your tyres from and what size were they?

18th February 2010, 21:32

I think this thread has just sold me a pair of these tyres!

At the moment I have S drives all around and couldn't fault them.

I do a lot of A road blasting on the way home from work in the early hours so I need good tyres.

My fronts are getting down towards the wear blocks. I was gonna swap them round with the rears but think I'll buy two of these rain sports now!

18th February 2010, 21:33

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Originally Posted by Steve

They get a great review, i have just got the honkook v12 evo which get very similar reviews to the uniroyals.

Not even scrubbed in yet and seem to be really good, plenty of wet grip in the EK.

£149 for 4 delivered.

So if the uniroyals get a slightly better review then what i have, they must be good

Good price that, your in 50 profile now with your EK though aint you?

I didnt know about these Hankooks, i remember you talking about these rainsports and how they got the good reviews which are better than Eagle F1s etc, so hopefully they do proove good.

I dont know why hardly anyone on here uses them and breaks the T1r mould. Tbh though, even at the tyre place they said what made you go for these tyres as they hardly sell any. I rekon poeple just assume a shitty budget tyre, uniroyal hardly sounds upper market..

18th February 2010, 21:35

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Originally Posted by RAFkev

I think this thread has just sold me a pair of these tyres!

At the moment I have S drives all around and couldn't fault them.

I do a lot of A road blasting on the way home from work in the early hours so I need good tyres.

My fronts are getting down towards the wear blocks. I was gonna swap them round with the rears but think I'll buy two of these rain sports now!

I hated the S drives! I dont have much good to say about them tbh.

18th February 2010, 21:39

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Originally Posted by db_sax

I hated the S drives! I dont have much good to say about them tbh.

I should love the rainsports then!

18th February 2010, 21:41

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Originally Posted by RAFkev

I should love the rainsports then!

Thats if theyre good! They get good reviews, but i havnt tested them yet!

18th February 2010, 21:49

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Originally Posted by db_sax

Thats if theyre good! They get good reviews, but i havnt tested them yet!

Lol. Then I'll bookmark this thread and await your review!

18th February 2010, 22:00

Uniroyal Rainsport 2's 35 reviews 226k miles driven

Eagle F1s 76 Reviews 1,334,771 miles driven

T1r#s 59 reviews 879k miles driven

Pilot Exalto 12 reviews 388k miles driven

Parada Spec 2 19 reviews 254k miles driven

18th February 2010, 23:37

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=104
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...ay.jsp?ttid=54

19th February 2010, 14:31

Also , if after these tyres, contact local tyre places as the company that did mine are supplied by Continental in Rugby and i managed to get them for £45 a corner fitted (195/45r15) works out like £135ish just supplied for 4

19th February 2010, 15:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bickerton

Also , if after these tyres, contact local tyre places as the company that did mine are supplied by Continental in Rugby and i managed to get them for £45 a corner fitted (195/45r15) works out like £135ish just supplied for 4

I paid £210 all in

and thats including conning one tyre place by making a fake invoice for cheap tyres. They supplied them for £45 each, then i paid £30 for fitting. Was a bit gutted when they said they cant get my car on the ramps as its low.

25th February 2010, 11:18

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Originally Posted by db_sax

Thats if theyre good! They get good reviews, but i havnt tested them yet!

So what's the verdict fella? Had plenty of rain to test em out!

25th February 2010, 12:11

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Originally Posted by RAFkev

So what's the verdict fella? Had plenty of rain to test em out!

Ok, well i still havnt proper tested them out yet, still learning them sorta thing.

Ive thrown it into a few corners, and its hard to compare to the Eagle F1s which i would say is the alternative for these. Reason its hard is becouse the F1s were so worn out for the last few months so they were shit.

Anyway, i the wet they are definatly alot better than most tyres, BUT at the moment im still not sure how they compare to the F1s. They are significantly better the T1rs in the wet even though theyre meant to be an evolved tyre for wet use characteristics.

Ive thrown it round a few corners maintaining the RPM, not going flat out and holding a steady line and they were spot on, surprised the passenegr lol.

They definatly excell when the road is slushy from snow, they were amazing in that i couldnt get over them.

Also went round this roundabout and they held really well in the wet.

All what ive just said is wet use, its pathetic ways to say ive tested a tyre, but you asked for a review and thats all ive really done with the tyres. I havnt properly tested them yet.

At the moment, if your fine with spending an extra £15 a tyre id still get F1s BUT these Rainsports will last longer. Still my mind might change

25th February 2010, 12:56

Good to know these are the tyres that will be on my new OZ Super's.

25th February 2010, 13:00

Why do people analyse road tyres as if theyre something more?

"ive thrown it into some corners"

road tyres arent designed to be on cars that are thrown around.

surely if your buying a road tyre than durability, good quality product, VFM, decent tread, less stiffness in sidewalls, low road nosie etc etc

if you want something more than the above, then buying road tyres to be driven hard is the wrong way to go about things surely...

25th February 2010, 13:09

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Originally Posted by Ashleyp

Why do people analyse road tyres as if theyre something more?

"ive thrown it into some corners"

road tyres arent designed to be on cars that are thrown around.

surely if your buying a road tyre than durability, good quality product, VFM, decent tread, less stiffness in sidewalls, low road nosie etc etc

if you want something more than the above, then buying road tyres to be driven hard is the wrong way to go about things surely...

I didnt mean literally flinging it into a corner lol. Like you say chuck the egg mix into a frying pan you dont literally do that. Also i said afterwards holding the revs and steady line. By that i dont mean both sides of the road, and i dont mean on the limit of the car. I thought i made it more obvious by saying that to show i didnt literally mean throwing a car in as suddenly as i can or whatever you class as throwing, i tried to explain but obviously overlooked.

Ash, id rather have a decent road tyre. I dont want a track or semi slick. There is obviously a difference between some budget tyres and more mid range tyre. I aint like you, i drive the car pretty hard on back roads, thats my choice. Like i say though id rather have a good tyre than a shit one as i push the car more than just tootling around using the car for a to b. There is a very noticable difference between different road tyres.

Sorry for making a thread about road tyres, with some reviews anyway.

25th February 2010, 14:24

But if you wanted to do B road blasts theres a lot of tyres on the market designed like that - the hankook RS2 for example... good grippy compound, good tread pattern for wet weather, last reasonably long, stiff sidewalls etc etc...

25th February 2010, 14:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashleyp

surely if your buying a road tyre than durability, good quality product, VFM, decent tread, less stiffness in sidewalls, low road nosie etc etc

So you feel wet grip shouldn't be on that list and tyre life shouldn't be on that list?

People asked for his opinion on the tyres and he has given is based upon a few scenarios, stop trolling and picking what you believe to be faults with perfectly relevant and helpful posts.#

25th February 2010, 14:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bickerton

So you feel wet grip shouldn't be on that list and tyre life shouldn't be on that list?

People asked for his opinion on the tyres and he has given is based upon a few scenarios, stop trolling and picking what you believe to be faults with perfectly relevant and helpful posts.#

I did not say grip should not be on the list. i said that road tyres have fine levels of grip on the roads. obviously if you want more then you have to spend more

I never said his opinion was wrong, i meerly contributed a question to danny based upon my opinion, to which he replied with his experience of the tyres in question (it's called a conversation)

I think you've got the complete wrong end of the stick. and maybe YOU should stop acting the E-warrior

25th February 2010, 14:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashleyp

But if you wanted to do B road blasts theres a lot of tyres on the market designed like that - the hankook RS2 for example... good grippy compound, good tread pattern for wet weather, last reasonably long, stiff sidewalls etc etc...

Well thanks for your recommended tyre Ash, il have to try them sometime. They sound like a good tyre. Have you actually used these? If you have then what did you think, if you havnt than where have you read or what have you heard about them? Just curious btw not testing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bickerton

So you feel wet grip shouldn't be on that list and tyre life shouldn't be on that list?

People asked for his opinion on the tyres and he has given is based upon a few scenarios, stop trolling and picking what you believe to be faults with perfectly relevant and helpful posts.#

Thankyou bic

Like i said in my post i havnt tested them, (even though by what your saying ash i shouldnt be testing grip but just vfm and longevity). What i told the guy was a few scenarios as Bic said. I didnt deliberatly go out round a roundabout and drive in slush as my intricate road test lol.

As your saying a road tyre should be more vfm and longevity etc then i also gave a breif review on that, though i cant really say anything yet as ive only just got them. Just clearin that up incase you think im trying to test these as track tyre or whatever.

25th February 2010, 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashleyp

I did not say grip should not be on the list. i said that road tyres have fine levels of grip on the roads. obviously if you want more then you have to spend more

I never said his opinion was wrong, i meerly contributed a question to danny based upon my opinion, to which he replied with his experience of the tyres in question (it's called a conversation)

I think you've got the complete wrong end of the stick. and maybe YOU should stop acting the E-warrior

nono, once again it is what appears to be an attempt at belittling someone on here.
What are the hankooks like in your experience, ofc, with them being a 50 profile it may cause issues for some people depending upon their suspension setup but that's for another thread.

25th March 2010, 10:56

Where is the cheapest place to get these in 195/45/15?

25th March 2010, 10:58

Tanvic are cheapest at trade price £35 + VAT. Maybe see if you can buy as a customer from them.

25th March 2010, 11:08

They're £70.88 each on their website!

Black circles are the cheapest I've found so far at £43 delivered.

25th March 2010, 11:11

£43 is a very good price

I paid £45 i think it was each, after giving them a fake quote paper of £40 fully fited

wa originally charging me just over £50

25th March 2010, 11:18

i use hankook v12 evo atm which get a very similar review to these.

seem a good tyre so far, and in the wet.

Were only £146 delivered for 4 195/50/15

Not too bad on a track either.

25th March 2010, 11:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve

i use hankook v12 evo atm which get a very similar review to these.

seem a good tyre so far, and in the wet.

Were only £146 delivered for 4 195/50/15

Not too bad on a track either.

I asked you where you got them from but no reply.

25th March 2010, 11:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mieran

I asked you where you got them from but no reply.

He clearly hates you

25th March 2010, 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mieran

I asked you where you got them from but no reply.

google it fag!

Camskill - always cheapest, if not then he does price match.

19,000 posts.

25th March 2010, 14:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mieran

Where is the cheapest place to get these in 195/45/15?

£45 a corner fitted at my local tyre place

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve

google it fag!

Camskill - always cheapest, if not then he does price match.

19,000 posts.

Couldn't beat a price i sent them on some T1-R's

25th March 2010, 15:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bickerton

£45 a corner fitted at my local tyre place

Couldn't beat a price i sent them on some T1-R's

He would of matched the price though

25th March 2010, 15:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richie2104VTR

He would of matched the price though

I don't buy of people that can only match prices

25th March 2010, 18:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bickerton

£45 a corner fitted at my local tyre place

I'll ring a few local places and see how much they charge.

3rd April 2010, 15:03

Righty, an update on these tyres.

I spent the day yesterday at Llandow track for a track day, using my set of these on track

Weather was raining half the day, the grip was amazing for them also the tyre wear was very minimal considering it's such an abrasive track, also the rain will have helped with this

3rd April 2010, 15:14

Niceone for the update

Il be testing mine out in a week finally once i get the suspension and brakes setup and when its dry! At last

6th April 2010, 00:40

Ive had a look at it seems that these arent available in 185/55/14s. Which would be a good choice for standard vtr wheels?

Cheers

Danny

6th April 2010, 00:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1ntense

Ive had a look at it seems that these arent available in 185/55/14s. Which would be a good choice for standard vtr wheels?

Cheers

Danny

Toyo CF1s would be my choice.

6th April 2010, 10:09

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/

found this site quite helpful

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Un...ainsport-2.htm

look to be pretty good tyres

1st September 2010, 18:57

Thought this recent test may be of interest to some people

1st September 2010, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bickerton

Thought this recent test may be of interest to some people

Nice. Rainsports came 2nd over all compared to the Continental Contisportcontact 3 which aren't even made in 15's? Deffo getting these me thinks.

1st September 2010, 20:38

I liked them so much first off. And they lasted sooo long....

I decided another four were in order

Nice Yes?

1st September 2010, 22:38

i still stuck on tyres, my current ones are absolute wank, they slide everywhere in the wet and thats just driving normally/slow, and i have no confidence in the what so ever in the wet even damp i am very cautious

so the tyres ive been looking at are the rainsport 2's and eagle f1's, i have a great price on the f1's £54 tyre and including fitting from a very nice customer of mine through work, or do i save roughly £9 or £10 a corner and go for rainsport 2's

how are people finding the wear on both of them?
what are opinions on both?from what i read earlier on the thread, its kind of mixed on both, and are both rated well and as good as each other, obviously the downside on the eagle f1's is the price, but if you an afford it would it be more worth while getting the f1's

think thats all i hve to ask atm

1st September 2010, 22:41

Well after owning both now, id still go for the Rainsport 2's if i bought again. To start with i wernt so sure as it took ages before i gave them a proper test.

Rainsport 2's last HELL of alot longer than the eagle F1s. Personally prefer the F1s in the dry, but there isnt much in it and quite hard to compare imo. Rainsport 2's get my vote, slightly cheaper and last alot longer.

1st September 2010, 22:43

oh also what opinions do people have on conti sport contact 2's as i can get these the same price as eagle f1's and ive heard alot of good things about the conti's aswell

my dad ha these on his audi a3, i cant remember size off the top of my head a hes away atm, but he has said he really likes them, has a lot of confidence in them, and hes drives hundreds of miles a week, sometimes drives 400+ miles a day, so needs a tyre he caan trust, he doesnt hang around in the either

in all weather conditions, hesaid they are very good in the wet though

just wondered what other people thought of them?

1st September 2010, 22:46

I can't compare as I haven't had them both.

But the wear rate on Rainsport 2's is amazing. I still have 2 that are legal after 2 years. And I do quite a lot of milage and have a heavy right foot. Had them on my 1.1 for 8 months, my VTS for 12 and my rallye for 4. They were switched front to back occasionally.

As far as wet grip is concerned, you will gain soooooo much confidence. I pushed mine to their absolute limits when I first had them because I was so amazed at their grip in the wet. They were better in the wet than my original tyres in the dry. Standing water isn't a problem. Absolutely NO aqua planing on the motorway even when pushing it in the wet.

My advice would be to get them. Try them. And I seriously doubt you will be disappointed. If you are disappointed, I'll buy the fuckers off you and you can get F1's

1st September 2010, 22:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by db_sax

Well after owning both now, id still go for the Rainsport 2's if i bought again. To start with i wernt so sure as it took ages before i gave them a proper test.

Rainsport 2's last HELL of alot longer than the eagle F1s. Personally prefer the F1s in the dry, but there isnt much in it and quite hard to compare imo. Rainsport 2's get my vote, slightly cheaper and last alot longer.

really? i didnt realise they lasted that much longer lol
so you rate them highly i see then

i suppose alot of it is down to personal preffernce lik people have already mentioned in the thread,lie some people would have sex with t1r's but others would take a shit on them and dispise them lol
the other thing is, ive just noticed, saying its only like £10 a tyre cheaper when you add it up its quite alot really, that 40quid saving will pay for my brand new gti-6 calipers lol

the rainsport 2's certainly seem like a very good option then

1st September 2010, 22:52

I definatly recomend them. I was really unsure to start with as hardly anybody had them or gave reviews, but after checking a few links it gave me confidence to buy them and im definatly happy i did!

I really aint a fan of T1rs, theyre ok, but not as good as what poeple make out imo!

Yes the F1s i had didnt last long at all and that was with soft spax springs, the rainsport 2's ive had on 325lb springs and wear alot alot longer. Rears still look new and the fronts are 2mm off their wear markers. But Not sure how many miles thats on now, but mainly country lane driving.

The conti's are a good tyre too. I havnt had much experience in them but they last even longer than the rainsport 2's. Had a customer come in once that had 40 or 60k on them or somthing daft. Still not sure if he had alzeimers or had genuinly done that many miles lol

1st September 2010, 23:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr_P

I can't compare as I haven't had them both.

But the wear rate on Rainsport 2's is amazing. I still have 2 that are legal after 2 years. And I do quite a lot of milage and have a heavy right foot. Had them on my 1.1 for 8 months, my VTS for 12 and my rallye for 4. They were switched front to back occasionally.

As far as wet grip is concerned, you will gain soooooo much confidence. I pushed mine to their absolute limits when I first had them because I was so amazed at their grip in the wet. They were better in the wet than my original tyres in the dry. Standing water isn't a problem. Absolutely NO aqua planing on the motorway even when pushing it in the wet.

My advice would be to get them. Try them. And I seriously doubt you will be disappointed. If you are disappointed, I'll buy the fuckers off you and you can get F1's

so they last quite a while then haha

thats the main thing for me atm, i just want a tyre i can gain confidence in again, because mine currently on motorways in the wet i have to slower because of aqua planing, and in the lanes because of te recent hot weather weve had when its rained its been quite greasy which rreally hasnt helped at all, in the dry they are still bad but i actually have some confidence in the tbh enough to test my sus out though lol
but they seem to cover all my problems over my current tyres, so definatly seem like tyre worth getting

lol hahaha right ill get these then, if i dont like them expect to see a pm from me

Quote:

Originally Posted by db_sax

I definatly recomend them. I was really unsure to start with as hardly anybody had them or gave reviews, but after checking a few links it gave me confidence to buy them and im definatly happy i did!

I really aint a fan of T1rs, theyre ok, but not as good as what poeple make out imo!

Yes the F1s i had didnt last long at all and that was with soft spax springs, the rainsport 2's ive had on 325lb springs and wear alot alot longer. Rears still look new and the fronts are 2mm off their wear markers. But Not sure how many miles thats on now, but mainly country lane driving.

The conti's are a good tyre too. I havnt had much experience in them but they last even longer than the rainsport 2's. Had a customer come in once that had 40 or 60k on them or somthing daft. Still not sure if he had alzeimers or had genuinly done that many miles lol

ive never trid the t1r's tbh so i cant really comment on them, but i didnt really want t1r's and is it me or do they seem to have risen in price recently?

i havent seen many reviews on the wear with thef1's i tried looking the other day but couldnt find much where as theres loads on the rainsport 2's, alot of the comments on the f1's seemed to be just about how they handled and they were quite noisy too apparently, how do you fin the rainsport2's for noise?

yer from what ive read they seem good, plus from what my dad has said, plus being in the car with him when hes lost his temper and drives bit mental lol (hehas a short fuse on the road, typical of someone who drives soo many miles a day thinking they are better than anyone else hahaha) but they do grip very very well in both wet and dry, not sure how they would be on say a joyfull drive round the back roads maybe. lol thats crazy, i spose the extra mileage you can do on them kinda warrents the extra price tag then really?

hmmmm decisions decisions lol

1st September 2010, 23:28

I have the rainsport2's on my front wheels. They've been on a few months now and I can only echo the praise from other members. Brilliant in the wet and dry. So much confidence.

I'm doing Oulton Park on the 8th of sept so I'll report after that.

1st September 2010, 23:34

yer you will have to report back on them then

paul (bickerton) said they were excellent when he went llandow and it was quite a wet day when he went, so overall they do seem a very very good tyre in all areas

1st September 2010, 23:37

heres another i was looking at maxxis MA-Z1

again i got an extremly low price on these from a nice customer of mine at work, now these are £49 a tyre on mytyres.co.uk
but my customer has priced me up at £39-£40 a tyre including fitting, they are a maxis dealer so get great prices on maxxis tyres

was just another one i had in mind, but never really heard much at all on maxxis, and theres not many reivews from what i could find, and they were kind of 50/50 reviews aswell so didnt help lol

1st September 2010, 23:42

No idea about the maxxis mate. Never sold a single one and never got a request for any when i used to be a tyre fitter lol.

They make good bike tyres though for mountain bikes lol

2nd September 2010, 00:03

lol haha yer i know, there bike tyres are amazing

i mean my customer said they are very good, and she has them on her range rover sport, which ok is completly different to a saxo/106 and so cant relly relate to them, but her opinion is kinda bias too i think

so was just seeing if any one else had ever had them

think i am going to go with the rainsport 2s though tbh

2nd September 2010, 09:21

I've done 2 track days in mine, one was on a very warm day and i stioll have alot of life left in them