Tyre Recommendation thread

Goodyear GSD3 gives good grip all the way down to the treadwear indicator, grooves stay sharp thus good in greasy condition as it breaks the water tension on the surface. The thinish vertical tread has plenty of tread flex to make it a forgiving tyre, but on the downside the vertical tread pattern generate a lot of noise which may or may not bother you. Goodyear tyre centres over here in perth often do pretty good deals on them, not sure if it's the same case over East in Q for you but worth an enquiry.

BF Goodrich G force sport pretty much middle of the road in all areas, and worth a shot if on special, otherwise they may only be $10-20 a tyre cheaper than say the ultimate re001 which has just won the product of the year award with the Autosalon mag.

Let us know what prices you manage for different tyres KFM, I'll be interested to see the price diff between the above and the wide ovals ( good tyre btw, actually great tyre for the price. roars a bit but grips well ) and the MA-Z1's.

I've just bought Goodyear F1 GS-D3s for my Euro Lux in 225/45R17. They were $309ea from KMart Auto in Mt Ommaney. They did want $7 for "premium ballancing" tho... which is obviously a sham, who wants shit ballancing?

Anyways, I've only had them for two days, and I got them fitted to the car the day I picked it up, but they do seem a bit noisy.

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Quick update. I couldn't live with 40psi. My pillowball mounts (especially the rears) were knocking over every little imperfection in the road. Basically, it was "knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock" all the way and after 15 minutes, I pulled into the nearest petrol station and let some air out. Now I'm on 38psi front and 36 psi rear... My sanity is coming back.

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Begs the question; what is actually causing the knock-knock-knock? Is it actually the pillowballs? It shouldn't make knocking sounds just because the tyres are pumped up a few psi, though this might make a given problem more obvious.

I don't recall your car offhand, does it have Mac struts or LSA (i.e. 'long/short/arm', AKA 'double wishbone')? If Mac struts it might be the upper bearing among other things? If LSA could be 'other things'?

Aaron's car is an Accord Euro if that helps lol

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Originally Posted by DreadAngel

Aaron's car is an Accord Euro if that helps lol

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Of course, with a pillowball it would have to be a Mac strut set up, brain fade on my part! (never write posts when you're tired!).

If its knocking badly then this might indicate wear? Are pillowballs adjustable for wear ? (never owned nor worked with them). Or are they just noisy by nature?

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Originally Posted by JohnL

Of course, with a pillowball it would have to be a Mac strut set up, brain fade on my part! (never write posts when you're tired!).

If its knocking badly then this might indicate wear? Are pillowballs adjustable for wear ? (never owned nor worked with them). Or are they just noisy by nature?

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I think it depends on the brand and materials used. Some manufacturers, like Tein use a stainless pillowball. I get a slight knock when hitting bumps with Tein Flex.

found some re001's in 195/50/15 for $140. ordered em in and get them fitted 2moro. im going from toyo transas 14's to the adrenalines so i cant wait to take em through some twisties

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Originally Posted by JohnL

Begs the question; what is actually causing the knock-knock-knock? Is it actually the pillowballs?

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It IS the pillowball mount. It's a little worn.

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Originally Posted by JohnL

It shouldn't make knocking sounds just because the tyres are pumped up a few psi, though this might make a given problem more obvious.

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So have you decided if you are for or against knocking sounds? Your sentence is contradicting itself.

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Originally Posted by JohnL

Of course, with a pillowball it would have to be a Mac strut set up, brain fade on my part! (never write posts when you're tired!).

If its knocking badly then this might indicate wear? Are pillowballs adjustable for wear ? (never owned nor worked with them). Or are they just noisy by nature?

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It is a "feature" of pillowball mounts. The pillowball is made of hard material (polyurethane in my case) and when you go over small imperfections on the road, it will rattle against the upper mount. The stock mounts are rubber and doesn't make a sound. You can't adjust for wear and they are noisy by nature (even warranty is only 6 months on it).

And... no, my car has double wishbone fronts and multilink rears.

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Originally Posted by aaronng

So have you decided if you are for or against knocking sounds? Your sentence is contradicting itself.

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I'm not for or against, depends on whether the 'knock' is indicative of a clearance that shouldn't exist or is excessive, which I'd expect to be the case with 99% of 'knocking' sounds on a car! One case where some sort of 'knocking' might be expected would be in tappets that require a largish clearance, or another might be metal to metal 'rose' type suspension joints that are more than a couple of race meetings old.

I'm not sure how my sentence is self contradictory, re-read it a few times, seems clear to me...? What I mean is that there could possibly be a clearance that is for all intents and purposes silent with tyre pressures below a certain point because the tyres aren't transmitting enough road shock into the suspension for the clearance to 'knock' hard enough to hear it, but when the tyres are a little more highly inflated they may transnmit more shock and the knock becaomes audible(?).

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Originally Posted by aaronng

It is a "feature" of pillowball mounts. The pillowball is made of hard material (polyurethane in my case) and when you go over small imperfections on the road, it will rattle against the upper mount. The stock mounts are rubber and doesn't make a sound. You can't adjust for wear and they are noisy by nature (even warranty is only 6 months on it).

And... no, my car has double wishbone fronts and multilink rears.

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Forgive my ignorance of later model Accords (well, 'later' relative to my old girl!). I'd thought the double wishbone front end was last fitted to the CD5, obviously I've been labouring under a misapprehension!

My understanding of pillowballs may also be in error? I thought they were to replace the big floppy lump of rubber typically found at the top of Mac struts. What you describe sounds to me more like the stock damper upper rubber bushes (common fitment on many dampers, like little rubber doughnuts fitted over the stud like projection on the end of the damper, similar in appearance to the bushes often found on the ends of ARBs and their linkages) replaced with poly bushes?

holy crap, couldnt be botherd goin through 85 pages to find the tyres im after lol

i'm in need of some new tyres for my 99 prelude 205 50 16

i called up St george tyres:

and they have Dunlops for 600 made in japan.

and i also called up bridgestone who recomended:

bridgestone super cat

$145 each

65 for wheel alignment

which means $645 free tyre rotational and free repair if you get a puncture.


ok just called up bob jane t mart and they said the supercat is shit >_<" they recomended the firestone for:

$169 each

and for all four plus wheel alignment and balance plus free roation of tyres every 5000k:

$690

what would you guys recomend, you think bridgestone is the way to go? can anyone comment on their tyre?