I stuck with the staggered set up as I thought the whole benefit of it was combating understeer..
Audi rs3 best tyres
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Goodyear do a higher performance tyre now. Don't think it comes in the 255/30 R19 size, though.
https://www.goodyear.eu/en_gb/consumer/tires/eagle_f1_supersport.EAGF1SUPSP.html
Going square allows you to rotate for more even wear. The 245/35 ps4s are wider than the 255 Pirelli so you will get more grip up front with the Michelin
I am about to order a new set of SportContact 6 245/35 for my FL RS3.
I had a set of new PS4S on my previous Focus RS (gen 3, 4WD) and although they had very good grip, they killed the fun in the car. From tail happy it became prone for understeer. So I think they will make the RS3 more prone to understeer than it already is.
I had a set of new PS4S on my previous Focus RS (gen 3, 4WD) and although they had very good grip, they killed the fun in the car. From tail happy it became prone for understeer. So I think they will make the RS3 more prone to understeer than it already is.
At the end of the day both are regarded as great tyres and there's not much between them, the SC6 slightly edge the overall grip but PS4S do have the wear advantage. I went off a review by someone who tests tyres for a living and tests them back to back, even though in the review he was driving an M3 and said he'd choose PS4S with a rear wheel drive car but if it wasn't he'd choose the SC6. I went for the SC6 because of a few people saying they had traction control issues with PS4S, another reason was tyre sizes having the staggered set up. The PS4S are wider than other tyres of the same spec so I wasn't sure whether i should go a size down or not, the SC6 also have rim protection. This is the review I watched https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/Michelin-Pilot-Super-Sport-VS-Continental-Sport-Contact-6.htm
Had them on my Civic Type R. Lasted 6000 miles, put apparently can go as soon as 3000.
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I've just put the PS4S on mine, contis were on prior. Fronts were down to 2.5mm after 6000 miles, rears were down to 4mm so wear isn't great. Not driven hard enough yet to comment on handling of the Michelins, contis were good in the dry but not great in the wet from my experience.
Thanks for sharing, will be great if you can post your thoughts after a few trips in the car. I had noticeably more understeer with the PS4S on Focus RS MK3.
I've had a few hard drives now since getting my brakes sorted and the PS4S are noticeably better than the conti's in my opinion. Much more grip when cornering in the dry. Definitely shown that the rear needs stiffening so I'm getting a rear ARB fitted soon.
I actually had the Continental SportContact 6 RO2 (245/35-19 all around) fitted a month ago, and now have driven about 1000 KM with them. In my opinion these are superior to the Michelins. Much better grip on dry or wet. Where the Michelin's gave up and the car started to understeer, the Contis just hold and hold like being glued to the tarmac. I also think they are quieter than the Michelin's.
They are great, very grippy and actually a little 'sticky' in my experience, they love to collect little bits of gravel. But in my experience will wear at the same rate as tracing paper!
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I had no complaints about the grip of the contis and I had the same experience with wear, the fronts only lasted 6k miles!
Had them on the type-r from factory on 20inch rims and a rubber band thin profile, yes good grip but did not last long managed just under 6k on the fronts, swapped the lot out to 19 inch rims and went Pilot sport 4s. They were still good 7k later when i sold it.
