What tyres do you "tuned" GTI owners use?

[RandomX]

once you get a bit of heat in the stock dunlops they're alright...

get some nice wheel-spin going before you need the grip... i've currently got dunlop sprayed up the side of my car after a day of spirited driving...

[Kez]

I get esp cut in as soon as the turbo takes over when i give it a boot full in second, and that's in a straight line. Very measured coming out of corners and I'm only stage 1, I can't imagine what randomx has to deal with. How much power are you making with that rather impressive list of mods??? For the record as soon as they are shot I will be washing my hands of the dunlops, never had a tyre feel soo slidey with any sort of speed through corners

[BLN355]

What percentage would my speedo be out going from a 215/40/17 to a 215/45/17 or even a 225/45/17?
Im really liking the sounds of the Advan Noeva AD08's but looks like the above sizes are all they come in in a 17

Just about to order a set of 17x7.5 35p rims, would the 225's scrub do you think?

[alexz]

What percentage would my speedo be out going from a 215/40/17 to a 215/45/17 or even a 225/45/17?
Im really liking the sounds of the Advan Noeva AD08's but looks like the above sizes are all they come in in a 17

Just about to order a set of 17x7.5 35p rims, would the 225's scrub do you think?

67mm difference in total circumference

speedo when saying 100kph would be 96.4kph.

I am also thinking of doing this for my next set. would fill out the guards a bit more too.

[MackTheKnife]

I'm a big fan or Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE001 or RE002. Both the cars I ran the RE001's on did trackwork and the tyres coped very well.

I have the new RE002's on my Land Rover and it has tonnes more grip on Tarmac than the Yokohama's that were on there.

[Melon Head]

The Bridgestone Potenza RE002 are absolutely brilliant in both the wet and dry.
The best tyres I have come across so far.

[iigx]

Looking at the The Bridgestone Potenza RE002's - is $308 fitted a decent price? Just got a quote from a local Bob Jane store.

I dont really have any issues with the stock tyres at the moment, but its good to know the price to replace them in ~12 months time.

[Melon Head]

Another tyre I absolutely love is the Potenza RE050A. Not sure if they have the appropriate size for Polo Gti.
You can't go wrong with either RE050A or RE002, they are definitely better than the OEM tyres on the polo gti

[Gusman]

I've recently bought the RE002's for $300ea, not bad at all, obviously very grippy but let go progressively on the limit too. Still rate the RE050A's I had on my Liberty a number of years ago as the best tyre I've sampled, and I got nearly 50,000km out of that particular set! So as Melon Head says, you can't go wrong either way.

[Polo_GTI]

What's everyone's thoughts on the Continental Sport contact 5s?

My other options are Michelin Pilot Sport PS2s or Pirelli P Zero Neros

Size is 215/35/18 or 225/35/18

[kollateralkicker]

Costco in Canberra quoted me for the Bridgestone RE002 at just under $220 per tyre fitted in 215/40/17 which needed to be ordered. 215/45/17 were only $180 per tyre which they had in stock. I'm sure other Costcos will do around that price. sometimes they have promos on a set of tyres like $50 off a set. Bob Jane wanted $275 per tyre in 215/40/17.