Best tyres for wet grip

SpannerMonkey

ok i need to change the tyres on my car the ones i have on it are trying to kill me in the wet . so what do you recommend im hearing great things about Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta ??

tyres needed are 275/35/19

Bonito

Hancook V12 evo's.

SV

Vredstein are supposedly very good alright.

A very good alternative would be Uniroyal rain expert..

shedweller

SV wrote: »

A very good alternative would be Uniroyal rain expert..

I second that motion! Had a set a few years ago and they were fairly good in the wet. Although dry performance felt not as good as the pirellis i replaced. Mind you, it was at the edge of the envelope!

SpannerMonkey

Tbh they sound too good to be true what are they like to live with noisy ?? Hard ??

Plug

Davy are driving an M5 or something?

Matt Simis

Falken 452, great mix of price and performance.

Plug wrote: »

Davy are driving an M5 or something?

645Ci afaik.

pcardin

Michelin Eagle F1

SpannerMonkey

Plug wrote: »

Davy are driving an M5 or something?

BMW 645ci

pcardin wrote: »

Michelin Eagle F1

Is there such a thing ?? Thought its Goodyear eagle F1 or Michelin pilot sport
Tbh I can't get the eagle F-1 in the size only old style f-1 which is whats on it but they aren't that great thing is Michelin in that size are nearly 400 each and they ain't that good in the wet ,savage in dry absolutely unbeatable but wet grip only average and it's wet a lot in Ireland so thinking of vredestein at about 240 each had bridgestones they were crap they about 300 same goodyears as whats on it are about 200 but with all the rave reviews I'm thinking vredestein only nervous because there not considered a premium tyre brand

CarMuppet

This is a great post!!

I assume before you vote you need to have used all these tyres on your cars? I didn't vote becaue I haven't.

I see no one is voting for Perillis. I've used Perilli P-zero neros for 4 years on one family car.... great grip IMO but only lasted 8k miles . Now changed to Dunlop sports maxx on similar car type and the same grip in dry and wet.

mickdw

I have Vredestein ultrac sessantas on rear of my car - 245/40/18 and find them stunning in the wet. They are pretty equal in dry conditions to michelin pilot sport II which I had previously but in the wet, they hold on very well indeed when sent into a bend and need to stick. Dont know what they are like on driven wheels though traction wise

bazzachazza

I see no one is voting for Perillis

Thats because no one has heard of them !

I have the Conti's and they are great. A recent Autocar report did a load of them and the Conti's and Vredestein were by far the best. They were well clear of the opposition. Pirelli's weren't in the test as the supplied one's differed too much from tyre to tyre they had also just changed the compound used.

VeVeX

davy_b wrote: »

BMW 645ci



Is there such a thing ?? Thought its Goodyear eagle F1 or Michelin pilot sport
Tbh I can't get the eagle F-1 in the size only old style f-1 which is whats on it but they aren't that great thing is Michelin in that size are nearly 400 each and they ain't that good in the wet ,savage in dry absolutely unbeatable but wet grip only average and it's wet a lot in Ireland so thinking of vredestein at about 240 each had bridgestones they were crap they about 300 same goodyears as whats on it are about 200 but with all the rave reviews I'm thinking vredestein only nervous because there not considered a premium tyre brand

If you take internet rave reviews into account you should be driving a ford focus and not a 6 series.

Get the reviewers to post a high performance car that comes with vredestein from the factory.

Michelin are on alot of these high performance cars and its not because they are cheap is it?

SpannerMonkey

VeVeX wrote: »

If you take internet rave reviews into account you should be driving a ford focus and not a 6 series.

Get the reviewers to post a high performance car that comes with vredestein from the factory.

Michelin are on alot of these high performance cars and its not because they are cheap is it?

No but they are poor in the wet I've had them, they are amazing in dry but equal to kumho in the wet not very impressive at all especially at the price so much so that Michelin now offer a pilot sport 3 designed to improve what they themselves admit to be poor wet grip but I can't get the Michelin pilot sport 3 they don't make them in my size

Mc Love

Have Pirelli's and Conti's on mine

Jimmy Garlic

Bridgestone Potenza RE050s or Yokohama C drives.

tossy

Goodyear F1 asymmetrics phenomenal in the wet.

kerten

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Bridgestone Potenza RE050s or Yokohama C drives.

I have used C drives (185/60/15) for 25k miles. They are great tyres for dry grip, road noise and feedback but wet grip is average. IMO, Wet grip is good enough for daily driving but it can't compete tyres recommended in other posts.

Mr.David

Make sure you get a set of directional arrowhead tyres if you want to prioritise wet weather performance!

SpannerMonkey

tossy wrote: »

Goodyear F1 asymmetrics phenomenal in the wet.

Agreed they are the best I have ever used truely miles ahead of anything else but they don't make them in the size I need 275/35/19 they make the older Eagle F1 Gs-D3 but they are nowhere near as good