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| I'm sure a lot of GP owners could tell you whether the ride is better or worse going from 205/40-18 runflats, to 215/35-18 regular tyres . There will be plenty who have the experience.Alternatively you could consider getting the new Yokohama S Drive tyre in the same 205/40-18 size you have now. |
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| Unfortunately the Yokohama S Drive's have been slagged off pretty badly in a few reviews I've just read. Read EVO tyre test here.... Tyre Yokohama S Drive reviews - hundreds of tyre reviews and ratings for car and track tyres Paul. |
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| I've considered the 215/35 option, but this size is minus 5mm in the radius compared to the original 205/40. There's already a lot of daylight between the tyre and the wheelarch on an R56 and I don't want to increase this and I don't want to lower the car either due to the ridiculous amount of speed bumps in St.Albans! The 215/40 option is only plus 4mm in the radius compared to the original 205/40. I recently saw an R56 Cooper with a set of 215/40 R18 after market wheels at R Tec near Hatfield. The car was driven away by a young lady, tyres didn't seem to be rubbing? ![]() P. |
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| "T&P, I'd be interested in hearing what you find out as I'm thinking of changing my 205 40 18s soon too. I don't want to go to 215 35 for the same reasons..." Not much help, but me too and i have the same thoughts on profile/wheelarch daylight. Will watch this thread with interest. PS there are soooooo many opinions on the safety aspect of changing r/f tyres to non r/f tyres on r/f rims and which rims to go for if you do change them...... hugely confused here. Guess I just need to have the gnads and go for it. Flinty |
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| well since ditching my dunlop run-flats last year.... I put some nice non-runflats on ![]() Like the rest of you i was not liking the 35 profile and so spent ages looking for 40 profiles. I can tell you there are not many available on the market. My JCW R105 black are now wrapped in 205/40/18 Michelin pilot sport 2 ![]() ![]() They are nice and grippy in the dry and wet, so no complaints there. I have just completed about 10,000 miles in them...the fronts are quite worn 4mm left, but then i do work the fronts quite hard. The rears are like new still. I would think you could get more miles out of them if driven more conservatively...hehe ![]() hope this helps. ![]() JCW Black R105 - JCW Strut - More Mods Soon... |
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| price wise £487 fitted, but that was discounted. Compared to dunlop runflat, they give a softer ride and feels more planted to the road. Around corners they grip better and in the damp they just transfer the power to the road easily. I did find the mitchelins a bit too soft to start off with, but i think i had been so used to hard runflats i had forgot what real tyres are like. It took a while to find a tyre pressure that suited me but now i love them ![]() JCW Black R105 - JCW Strut - More Mods Soon... |
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| Here's the report... Had four new Yokohama Prada Spec 2 tyres fitted this morning, the tyres are a 215/40 R18 size. The tyres fit, there is no rubbing anywhere, not even on full lock. I've driven the tyres for about thirty miles in the pouring rain and so far I've found that there is a MASSIVE improvement in ride comfort compared to the Bridgestone Potenza run-flats, bumps in the road now go bump instead of bang, road noise is reduced and there is more feel through the steering. And even though the tyres are brand new and it was seriously pouring with rain here today, the Prada's have far more grip than the Potenza's. Not sure if it's because the Prada's are AA traction rated or it's the tread design of the Prada's or the compound, but in my opinion they grip better than the Potenza's. As for the look of the tyres on the car, they fill out the arch a bit more giving the R56 a more chunky and squat look. I'm very happy with them, can't wait to drive the car in the dry!!! Paul. |
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