For my Focus - which tyres? NLC

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:30 am

lo
needing tyres on me focus.
i dunno which is good these days!

anyone had any good experience with rubber recently?

tuscan_thunder · Post by **tuscan_thunder** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:43 am

Goodyear Eagle F1s are excellent, bit expensive but you get what you pay for. They seem to walk every tyre test - wet performance is supposed to be the best - as we're in sunny Ecosse, that's a big plus.

I have experience with the previous generation on a Focus and they were excellent.

Sister's boyfriend has the current ones on his Focus RS.

Toyo T1-Rs are decent too - bit cheaper. You could try the BF Goodrich Gforce Profiler thingys too - sister has them on her Mini and a lot of guys like them on their Elises.

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:15 am

looks like the eagles dont come in the focus size i have...

195/60 R15 88v rating

the mich pilot primacy i have on the front were noisy and have only lasted 17k.
the conti eco contact i have on the back have lasted 41k (the fronts lasted 24k.

tuscan_thunder · Post by **tuscan_thunder** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:32 am

goodyear hydragrip.

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:28 pm

they better than the NCT?

tuscan_thunder · Post by **tuscan_thunder** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:35 pm

yup. I had nct 5s on a focus and mini. (runflats on the mini) not bad, but not great

dr al · Post by **dr al** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:52 pm

I've been running toyos (t1-s, and now t1-r) for a few years now on my wife's mazda 323 (same kind of size as a focus, 130bhp fwd)

they're fab, cheap, work brilliantly in the wet, grip like buggery on the country roads, and actually last for ages! - with a fron to back swap half way through, i got 30K out of a set of T1-Ss!

A.