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Any reason not to go for rainsport 3?

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Any reason not to go for rainsport 3?

Post by chapeau » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:57 pm

I had the RS3 tyres fitted today by kingswinford tyres. They did a brilliant job and even came to my home to fit them. Not bad at all for only £40 more than i could have bought only the tyres from camskill and then i would have had the trouble of finding somewhere to fit them and struggled to get 4 wheels and 4 tyres in a Z4 to get there.
K'ford tyres get a thumbs up from me :thumbsup:
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Any reason not to go for rainsport 3?

Post by kis » Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:23 am

chapeau wrote:I had the RS3 tyres fitted today by kingswinford tyres. They did a brilliant job and even came to my home to fit them. Not bad at all for only £40 more than i could have bought only the tyres from camskill and then i would have had the trouble of finding somewhere to fit them and struggled to get 4 wheels and 4 tyres in a Z4 to get there.
K'ford tyres get a thumbs up from me :thumbsup:
Here are the all important pics. Wheel colour may not be for everyone bit I like it.
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At first I thought you meant the colour of the tyres? :?
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I posted before but please do a review a few months in. Be nice to hear how the tread is holding up too :thumbsup:
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Post by chapeau » Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:37 am

Will do :thumbsup:
I'll keep track of how many miles i get out of them.
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Post by kis » Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:50 am

:thumbsup:
Cheers buddy
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Post by Geezah » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:56 am

kis wrote:
tuco wrote:The only complaint i have is wear rate, I've done just over 11,000 miles and the rears have under 2mm left before hitting the wear marker. My brothers TT 3.2 on Ultrac Vorti's are at a similar level but he has managed 23,000 miles out of his tyres, he rags his car alot more often than i do mine.
Depends on drive type as well. Had 104's on over the winter months while roads were at their shi*tiest. Running BM spec Potenza tyres. Must have done around 8k on them and they only wore down two mm or so (pretty evenly on front and rear). But then most of my driving is motorway. 75:25 motorway to twisties/town ratio. So may play a part in getting more miles out of the tyres...

My Vred Ultrac vortis also lasted 22,000 miles plus on the rears,. I'm a spirited driver.
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Post by kis » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:00 am

Geezah wrote:
kis wrote:
tuco wrote:The only complaint i have is wear rate, I've done just over 11,000 miles and the rears have under 2mm left before hitting the wear marker. My brothers TT 3.2 on Ultrac Vorti's are at a similar level but he has managed 23,000 miles out of his tyres, he rags his car alot more often than i do mine.
Depends on drive type as well. Had 104's on over the winter months while roads were at their shi*tiest. Running BM spec Potenza tyres. Must have done around 8k on them and they only wore down two mm or so (pretty evenly on front and rear). But then most of my driving is motorway. 75:25 motorway to twisties/town ratio. So may play a part in getting more miles out of the tyres...

My Vred Ultrac vortis also lasted 22,000 miles plus on the rears,. I'm a spirited driver.
Awesome! Did you stick with the Vreds? Or change tyre when you got a new set?
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1 Series - E87
3 Series - E46 Coupe, E46 M3, E90 (x3)
4 Series - F36, F82 M4
5 Series - E34 (x2), E39
7 Series - E32
X5 - E53, E70
X6 - E71

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Post by Geezah » Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:05 am

kis wrote:
Geezah wrote:
kis wrote:
Depends on drive type as well. Had 104's on over the winter months while roads were at their shi*tiest. Running BM spec Potenza tyres. Must have done around 8k on them and they only wore down two mm or so (pretty evenly on front and rear). But then most of my driving is motorway. 75:25 motorway to twisties/town ratio. So may play a part in getting more miles out of the tyres...

My Vred Ultrac vortis also lasted 22,000 miles plus on the rears,. I'm a spirited driver.
Awesome! Did you stick with the Vreds? Or change tyre when you got a new set?

Vreds vortis all the way. l put my new vreds on the rears last month.
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Post by tominator » Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:45 pm

I'm considering ditching the RF on my coupe, but can't decide whether to upgrade to 19" CLS's.
My wife has Uniroyal RS3's on her Golf tdi and to be honest I can't fault them at all. So if I do change I will probably go for the RS3's.
My local branch of Mr Tyre also recommended them and for around £360 , great value!

Did you go for the 245/40 on the rear or stick to the OEM size?

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Post by Neilc » Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:28 am

I'm just changing to these from my Bridgestone so will be interesting to see how I get on with them. Mine are 19's though.
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Post by Neilc » Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:30 am

It's a V701 sorry thought it was in the pic
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Post by RyanB88 » Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:58 am

My dad has them all round on his E91 330d, my two friends have used them for a long time on their 123ds, and I now have them on my E85 3.0 - no complaints from any of us, improved ride quality, better handling and really good all round grip. Can't fault them for the price.

The only tyre that I have experience with that handles better is the Michelin pilot super sports, but they are double the price!

RS3s are very good for their price and compete with the more expensive tyres IMO
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