good 18" tyres

[Troy711]

although im not due for tyres for (hopefully) another 15,000 kays, im just wondering what a good brand of tyres to buy would be. i wanna get something that isnt gunna cost an arm, leg and testicle... but i still want something that has good grip in the wet and a reasonable life span.

dont suggest falkens, cos ill give you negative feed back. ive got falkens on it now and this morning as i was going to work i had a little slippy-slidey. i was going through a round-a-bout after a bit of misty rain and the back of my ute just stepped out. i totally wasnt expecting it cos i didnt give it any stick! next thing i know im sideways so far that i cant pull it back. what happened next isnt as bad as it seems... but my front right hit the gutter (there was a median strip). im lucky it was an angled gutter and not a square one and it didnt do any damage.

with the old wheels/tyres (brigdestone 15s) i couldnt get it sideways in the wet unless i planted the foot. now, it does it without trying. damn falkens, ill never buy them again!

 

[Baldric]

i'll agree with you with the falkens, i accelerate and change and i it slides and there is 85% tread left, but my fronts are Dunlop formulas. and id reccomend them to anyone..... they are some serious piece of rubber....

 

[Bax]

I've got Hankook K104's.. I'll recommend them to anyone, mind you after a 20 thousand k's they seemed to have lost their silica benefits, still grip extremely well and have a fantastic tread pattern. I struggled to spin them in the wet when I first got it.. And they rarely spin in the dry unless its a deliberate effort.

Handles like rails through corners aswell..Don't know the price of them on 18's.

 

[StormLord]

ive got gt radials on the front, they have a good pattern and seem to handle really well.

 

[4WDriftr]

Hey, if you want good reasonable tyres that will last long and affordable to anyones budget, go for the Nexen N3000 directional tyres. People have been very happy with this brand.

 

[SpaceYam]

I've got Goodyear Eagle Formula F1s.

When compared to the worn-down Bridgstone RE95s (? maybe?) I used to have along with the 15"x6" stock wheels, these ones were (and still are) phenominal, especially in the wet! When I was on the old tyres, I didn't have to try to slide the car, in fact it was hard NOT to slide the car. When I got the wheels with the near new tyres, I took it out for a drive in the rain to see how far I could push it and I was completely blown away.

 

[Raggyman]

I have got Toyo's and actually pretty impressed with them, especially in the Wet here in the UK. (Always rains in this bloody place). Good grip too.

 

[VYSS346]

I've just bought recently some 18 inch rims and 235/40/18 tyres.. They're called Nankang Ultra sport NSII's and are very good in the wet on my VH V8 and wear wise after 2000ks i can still see the writing on the centre strip of the tyre! handles really well too nice comfortable ride! and at around $196 per tyre a good price i can afford at a later date if and when these need replacing..

nankang ns2

 

[253@7k]

I use semi-cheap sava intensa's. They were on the car when I got it and I have done about 50k since then and they have got another 50k left in them easy.

Not too bad in the wet, if I plant it they break out somewhat easy but a hard corner wont bother them.

 

[minux]

Sava's arent, bad, very road noisey though and i flat spotted one quite easily :s

I suggest nothing but


Dunlop SP Maxx(providing price isnt an option)