Comfortable, Quiet Tyres For The New Setup

[Felix]

Hi all,

1stly, it might be a "wrong" place to post this, but I found the "wheels & tyres" seems dead, no one replies.

anyway:

I need 4 new tyres for the IS200. I do the refurb 1st, then new tyres, then pay WIM a visit (that's the plan anyway)

I would like to buy the most comfortable, quiet tyres I can (215/45/17). Any suggestions or experience with which brands/patterns are quietest? Currently running something which are excellent in the wet, but do transmit some road noise and sharp bump shocks.

Cheers,

Felix

[kam05]

How much are you looking to spend per tyre? WIM can also supply tyres, so get a price from them as well.

No point in me recommending tyres which cost £100 each if you are only willing to spend £50 a corner.

[Felix]

75 ish would be good buy I think

Felix

P.S. I found a place do 5 wheels for 100 refurb, pro job in Birmingham

[kam05]

I'd go with Falken FK452's or Toyo T1R's at that price.

I had a set of Goodyear Eagle F1A's- they cost £104 each, just fitted a set of Yoko's (see my sig) in January, so far I'm happy with the Yoko's. Yoko's cost me £95 each.

I heard Laptab (off the M6 Birmingham) do decent wheel refurbs? Don't how much they charge.

[Felix]

Thanks Kam,

I read a few post re tyres, and notice the Falken FK452's are highly recommended here, but it's not really a "quiet" tyre, is it?

I enjoy comfortable smoooooth drive more than anything else.

Thanks anyway.....

Felix

[kenfoxy]

T1R's are a good choice, but they do wear out a bit. Read up in TYREREVIEWS. I wouldn't sacrifice wet weather grip for quietness with an IS200.

[Jay G]

Hi Felix

I got some Uniroyal Rainsport 2's as recommended by a friend and the place I ended up getting tires from. Not had car too long, it had 2 Rainsport 1's on the back and 2 Budgets on the front, the drive was quite noisy. Gettin all 4 done made a massive difference and ended up costing me £79 per tyre. Grip is awesome and the tread pattern is similar to the Goodyear F1 Eagles but only 75% of the price..

Jay