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Tyres - Yokohama S221 or Bridestone RE050

Discussion in 'VE Holden Commodore (2006 - 2013)' started by The X Man, Jan 12, 2011.

  1. The X Man

    The X Man Donating Member

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    Guys,

    It seems that two of my tyres are out of round and causing alot of road noise and tramliming issues and like usual the dealer is blaming the wheel aligners and blaming me for not forcing them to rotate the tyres as they should of done when it was serviced 3000kms ago.

    In any case i have decided to replace all 4 tyres and keep one of my exisiting good tyres and mount it on my spare rim as the spare.

    I have been offered a set of 4 x S221's or 4 x RE050 however i don't know which ones to choose. The S221 were quite loud but i have no idea what the RE050 are like in the noise and ride department.

    Any comments welcome.
     
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    UFO I Believe

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    apparently the S221's are low resistance tyres.... good for fuel economy but not as good for grip and road noise.
    the potenza's (RE050) are a decent tyre, but in my opinion dont last very long. they are however, comfortable, quieter, and give good grip.

    i guess it's a matter of personal preferences..... both are decent brands, but one is longer lasting, noisier, and rates less performance wise.... while the other is better performance wise and quieter, but wont last as long. its soft tyre compound vs hard tyre compound.

    my absolute favourite tyre is the falken 452, so my first suggestion would be to see if you can get a credit towards a set of those! but if I was to pick from the 2 above, I'd go the potenzas. they arent unreal by any stretch... but i prefer performance at the expense of km usage.
     
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    Thanks. I actually purchase some Falken FK452's for my earlier car VRX Magna AWD and they were extremley noisy. We then tried them on a BF Falcon and the owner couldn't wait to take them off as they made a racket, especially when pulling up.
     
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    +1, got the falken452s on my car. Very noisy when slowing down etc although it's negligable on freeway speeds. They are ,however, a very good tyre performance wise. Good grip in the wet and last for ages.
     
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    We had RE050 on our 350Z only lasted 30K. Held the road well as they are soft. A bit noisey but have changed to Zumitomo HTR ZIII. Much quieter, hold well, only been on for 3K. Cheaper than the Bridgestone as well
     
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    Jarp Surely You Jest

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    I've found the 221 tyres real good. They grip well in both the wet and the dry and I've put 17000 on them now and wearing well. I've not noticed any bad road noise and would get them again if priced OK.
     
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    Another +1 for Falken FK452s up front and find them great for grip. Haven't found them noisy at all compared to the REA50s. Have Yokohama AES1000s on rear and cannot fault them. Mind you they've only been on for 2500ks. But the REA50s are a quality tyre sadly only downside is the price
     
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    I would lean towards the RE050s.

    I think that is a load of bollocks about rotating however. When mine was in for a service with Holden + wheel alignment/balance/rotation special, they wouldn't rotate them because of uneven wear. Confused me greatly as this was Holden not recommending a rotation.
     
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    Yet another one for 452's. If you want road noise get some Khumo KU25s. My parents have them in 225/35/20s on their Forrester and they are the second worst I've ever heard (behind Firenza ST-08s).
     
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    I had the head mechanic come out with me for a drive and the first question he asked was if i rotated the tyres. The guys at a tyre shop i went to today said the same thing. Apparantly the wheel alignment specs from factory is very ordinary and they tend to chew out rear tires quickly however as my car was in an accident and repaired i trusted the wheel alignment which was done but it seemed to be way out and now i have two ####ed tyres!
     
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    TinSnips Polish all the things...

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    RE050s lasted me less than 16,000 - and definitely wasn't thrashed.. Kumhos I have now have lasted longer than that (rears are dying fast now though). Will be sampling the FK452s in the near future.
     
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    i have 52000 on mine and proberly another 5000 left on my re050's, and my dad has gotten around 57000 out of his re050's on a ve sv6 ute, apart from a bit of road noise they are a great tyre.
     
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    Go the bridgies. Mine have 48000km on them so far with probably another 10000km in them, and they aren't babied at all. I rotate them every 7500km when i service it. They grip well, are quiet and, for me at least, last.
     
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    I got 57,000 out of my OEM Bridgestones. One tyre was at the limit and the other three probably had from 1,000 to 5,000 left.

    I replaced them all with Goodyear LS2, the OEM tyre for the Pontiac G8. Got four of them in Sydney fitted for $760. I have put about 6,000 Km on them now, and am at least as happy as with the OEM tyres.

    They seem to have a slightly larger rolling diameter, as my odometer over-read by 1.7% new compared with 0.6% with the LS2.

    at $290 per tyre in Melbourne. I am not aware of them being available in other locations.
     
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    Thanks guys, all comments taken onboard.
     
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    my ss has scrubbed out the fronts, not the backs, replaced all four with federals last week
     
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    +1 on the RE050s, they were on special late last year for $349 each.

    The RE050s seem to hang on better than the S221s.
     
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    Bob Jane still have the RE050 for $349 till the end of January
     
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    Theyve got the Falken 452's for $289 each too... either would be good.

    I cant understand getting 40,000 + k's out of a set! Best I have done was 26000 and they were the fronts!
     
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    from my experience... anything is better than RE050 ... horrible wet performance
     

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