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For my Focus - which tyres? NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:30 am
by PhilA
lo
needing tyres on me focus.
i dunno which is good these days!
anyone had any good experience with rubber recently?
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:43 am
by tuscan_thunder
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:15 am
by PhilA
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:32 am
by tuscan_thunder
goodyear hydragrip.
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:28 pm
by PhilA
they better than the NCT?
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:35 pm
by tuscan_thunder
yup. I had nct 5s on a focus and mini. (runflats on the mini) not bad, but not great
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:52 pm
by dr al
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!
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