ive asked this before but cant find the old post.

i have a bmw m5 and am looking to replace the tyres.

at the mo it has continentals on the front and one conti and one fulda on the rear.

im thinking this isnt the best for any up and coming track days
im fucked if im buying a spare set of wheels and tyres just for track days so i need a some road tyres that will perform well on track.

rears are 275/35x18! fronts are slighty thinner.

 

I know of an M3 and he likes Toyo T1R's, as seen him at several track days.
tabetha

 

R888s, Dunlop D02J, Some Kumho Ecsta track tyres.

Pretty much nothing else if you're keen on track, F1s etc will be destroyed in no time with a heavy car and lots of power.

Si

 

Pilot sport 2's are a good all round tyre for road and occasional track use ,or pilot sport cups work well but only in the dry and when warmed up

 

I wouldnt have any other road tyre on my Beemer now Jay.

 

nangkangs or cheeper copys of nankangs

kidding, i use continentals as they tend to be harder wearing in my experinence and ive had a few spares from when i worked at volvo and customers with 4x4 V70's had to change em 4 at a time

 

Jay.....here ya go mate - your old post....

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...asc&highlight=

Told you your rears where 275s!!!

 

as neil said

go for the michelin pilot sport cups great on the heavyer cars belive it or not the rest of the roadlegal slicks jay will wear out in no time due to the weight of the m5 trust me all the info is from a top guy who i get my tryes of

cheers marco

 

pirelli all day long for me

 

the michelins are Ł210 each for the rears

they are the pilot sports.....

 

and if you got a costco near you they can usuall suppply and fit about 20 quid a tyre cheaper than my tyre can deliver them only for

and thats edited to add they were 20 quid a tyre cheaper on the 205/50/15's and ever more on my 17s so would imagine a better saving on your ones.there usually so cheap as they only stock michellin
and they all come fitted balanced and new valves etc and none of the pish of trying to charge you more

 

toyo t1R's

 

r888's? or just the cheap shitty toyos?
fook putting them on 400bhp+ rwd cars

 

i have eagle fi gsd3 goodyears on my m5,s, i know a few lads with m5,s all using the goodyears, great in the wet great in the dry, hard wearing also

 

eagle F1 hard wearing ???


fuck me what do you class as quick wearing,,, 300 miles ?

my f1 eagles lasted about 6k miles on road,,,,,, i im sure the paper sticker is harder wearing than the actual tyres

THOUGH,in the wet they ARE the bollox,,,,,, the conti's i got now do ok to be fair but getting my bm sideways in the wet was still a challenge with em

 

the Ł80 each ones

i dont have a 400bhp+ rwd car so im good

 

Eagle NCT5's are my personal favourite, I actually felt they where quicker in the wet than the dry. My 1.6 ford focus was quicker than a focus RS coming out of corners because of my tire specification. Don't expect them to last long though, as you can't have everything.

Benni.

 

Toyo T1Rs are absolutely crap on track, they hardly have any grip on bends and it felt like the car was constantly rolling on to the tyre sidewalls and sliding all the time. They also squeal like a stuck pig all the time. Worst set of tyres I've ever had the misfortune to use.

I have always found Eagle F1s to be far superior and hard-wearing too. Had no probs with them on my escos from doing 30 + trackdays... only had to replace 2 tyres from excessive wear on the edges in all that time.

For a road tyre on the Evo, I have F1s but on my track wheels it's the T1Rs, but they will be binned soon for a set of something decent.

MLR THREAD ON T1Rs