Achilles ATR Sport tyres

[VS 5.0]

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has run these tyres and what they were like, i.e. noise, wear and ride. Cheers

 

[sweefu]

Wear pretty good, dry grip good, wet grip acceptable, noise not great. Bit of a trade off .. noisy for a decent-ish cheap tyre. I've bought them before and will buy them again.

 

[DLFHUB666]

what he said ^^^ for a cheap tyre they perform well, i found the wet grip/road noise to be better than the maxxis ma-z1's that i took off an they were $350 a tyre, take from that what you will.

 

[calais06]

Wear pretty good, dry grip good, wet grip acceptable, noise not great. Bit of a trade off .. noisy for a decent-ish cheap tyre. I've bought them before and will buy them again.

Thanks for the info.

Getting theses on my new wheels. I have 17" Bridgestone Turanza ER300's atm and getting the Achilles ATR Sport tyres on 20" wheels will I notice much of a difference between the two?

 

[sweefu]

It really depends on how you drive. Probably you will notice a difference, if you drive just normally (casually, not constantly taking quick corners etc) you won't notice much of a difference in grip, but in noise you will. Also don't confuse the change in tyre with the change in size for ride quality, the 20" wheels will ride a lot worse than the 17" you have now.

As a plus, the Achilles have the correct load rating for commodores, provided you get them in the correct size. Not a lot of tyres (especially in this price range) have the correct legal load rating.

 

[phat_6ltr]

Hey I find these to be a great tyre I'm running a 245 35 20 on a VE SS and never had any trouble, grip great and are a nice compound

 

[vnathanx]

i've got em on my car and they are a great tyre, wear is pretty good so far and grip is a lot better than my kumho's i had before hand. would deffinately buy them again

 

[calais06]

Hey I find these to be a great tyre I'm running a 245 35 20 on a VE SS and never had any trouble, grip great and are a nice compound

Thanks the size i've ordered, so will be wider, thinner and larger than my last ones

Cant wait to test them out.

 

[VS 5.0]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

what he said ^^^ for a cheap tyre they perform well, i found the wet grip/road noise to be better than the maxxis ma-z1's that i took off an they were $350 a tyre, take from that what you will.

I have Maxxis MA-V1s at the moment and while they have good grip and wear, I don't like the way they feel.

 

[GEN3RATD]

For a cheap range tyre i prefer Nankang NS-II, but haters gon hate.