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Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - MY95 - 07-01-2014
Anyone tried these before?
Most likely going to be buying 4 at £36 Each from Camskill soon
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - THE_Liam - 07-01-2014
Moved to right section.
Well, I've got RS2s and I'm a huge fan, got them fitted at Camskill too. Smooth ride, decent dry grip, amazing wet grip, bit noisy but amazing for the price
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Toms306 - 07-01-2014
The RS3's are pretty new, I don't know of anyone that's tried them yet. From their own write-up, they say they've improved the sidewall strength (or something to that effect) which is good as my main criticism of the RS2's is the soft sidewalls!!
If you go for them, let us know how they are.
Re: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - kentiiboii - 07-01-2014
I went for toyo proxies t1r which are great in the dry not so good in the wet. They was a extra £20 a corner. But after hearing so many good reviews about rs2 I'm deffently having a set after mot.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Daniel306 - 07-01-2014
Toyos are crap. rainsport2 are far better but still not great, want to try some rainsport3 next
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Curt - 07-01-2014
I'm a fan of RS2s, haven't tried RS3s but I would imagine they're good with some improvements (you would hope for a newer tyre). I also rate Falkens of the same price range highly.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - MY95 - 07-01-2014
(07-01-2014, 09:27 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: Moved to right section.
Well, I've got RS2s and I'm a huge fan, got them fitted at Camskill too. Smooth ride, decent dry grip, amazing wet grip, bit noisy but amazing for the price
Thanks, sounds good then
(07-01-2014, 09:31 PM)Toms306 Wrote: The RS3's are pretty new, I don't know of anyone that's tried them yet. From their own write-up, they say they've improved the sidewall strength (or something to that effect) which is good as my main criticism of the RS2's is the soft sidewalls!!
If you go for them, let us know how they are.
Will do, they seem highly rated on other car forums, and for £36 each you cant really complain!
(07-01-2014, 09:47 PM)Curt Wrote: I'm a fan of RS2s, haven't tried RS3s but I would imagine they're good with some improvements (you would hope for a newer tyre). I also rate Falkens of the same price range highly.
sounds good, yeah, for the price you cant really beat them for £36 each!
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Curt - 07-01-2014
Just had a look and the tread pattern is pretty cool too, which is a bonus
. The Falkens I was talking about are £45, I'm surprised. I thought they were less, mine are 18s and they were £70 odd when I got them last year.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - MY95 - 07-01-2014
(07-01-2014, 10:06 PM)Curt Wrote: Just had a look and the tread pattern is pretty cool too, which is a bonus
Yeah the tread pattern looks class! haha
Supposed to be very good with surface water due to the two line things (whats the word) on the left of the tyre
Re: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - kentiiboii - 07-01-2014
The rs3 are £35 on tyre trader
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - MY95 - 07-01-2014
(07-01-2014, 10:14 PM)kentiiboii Wrote: The rs3 are £35 on tyre trader
That's good, costs the same as camskill as the postage is more with tyre traders
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - WiNgNuTz - 07-01-2014
£56.30 in 16" form though.
Re: RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - kentiiboii - 07-01-2014
(07-01-2014, 10:37 PM)WiNgNuTz Wrote: £56.30 in 16" form though.
It was only £38 for my 17s when I was looking. What size tyres you after?
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - WiNgNuTz - 07-01-2014
195/45 i think, for my Ariannes.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - BigTallPaul - 08-01-2014
I too recommend RS2's for all round on rioad driving. I'd definitely be happy to give the new 3's a go at that price. Bloody Bargain!
Let us know what you think once you've tried them.
Paul
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Tom - 08-01-2014
Just my 2p, toyo t1r great dry grip, wet grip was shit, and they lasted a year. Falkens, wank. Dry grip is pretty gay aquaplane like a dick, wet grip is shite too.
Honestly buy a decent set of Pirellis or Michelins and you will never go back.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Curt - 08-01-2014
What Falkens Tom? My ZE914s have been great all round. Yes some aquaplaning recently with this weather... But they are 225s... If I could afford it, I'd use only the best. But I can't, so I have to use the best I can afford, unfortunately.
Very pleased with these though... Never caught me out, very progressive. Do lose grip with boost... but that's down to my right foot. Have to say the Avons I had before were better, but they were significantly more.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - BigTallPaul - 08-01-2014
Guys, seriously, what other decent 15" tyres can you get for £36 each???
I think that is a "No brainer" !
Paul
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Curt - 08-01-2014
I'm not disputing that at all, I have RS2s on my car which has 15" wheels. All I'm saying is I've been pleased with the performance of my Falkens, which were cheaper in 18" for my other car...
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - mcglynn - 08-01-2014
Im gonna be fitting these In the next few weeks, 49 a corner delivered to the garage and fitted/balanced seems good to me!
Will be 195 50 15 for the cyclones and will report back how they cope. As said they have some great reviews on skoda forums etc as I read up on them a fair bit. Ive never had new or good tyres so will probably notice the difference straight up even though they arent a premium tyre. Wet weather is a given in NI too so hopefully the right choice
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - MY95 - 08-01-2014
(08-01-2014, 05:17 AM)mcglynn Wrote: Im gonna be fitting these In the next few weeks, 49 a corner delivered to the garage and fitted/balanced seems good to me!
Will be 195 50 15 for the cyclones and will report back how they cope. As said they have some great reviews on skoda forums etc as I read up on them a fair bit. Ive never had new or good tyres so will probably notice the difference straight up even though they arent a premium tyre. Wet weather is a given in NI too so hopefully the right choice
I will be joining you on that, will be ordering 4 tonight and will be getting them fitted in a week or two
(08-01-2014, 01:24 AM)BigTallPaul Wrote: Guys, seriously, what other decent 15" tyres can you get for £36 each???
I think that is a "No brainer" !
Paul
I totally agree Paul, rated highly and are the next generation of the RS2s, definitely worth a shot
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Poodle - 08-01-2014
Rs2s aren't much better than any other budget except in the rain in my experience, bought on the strength of reviews on here and was unpleasantly surprised, if anything they're worse than the 6yo mismatched budgets that were on there before.
Personally i'd spend the extra £15 per corner for some ps3s or similar, my pe2s are nothing less than excellent on all fronts and are lasting bloody well considering my driving style too lol.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Toms306 - 08-01-2014
(08-01-2014, 01:08 PM)Poodle Wrote: Rs2s aren't much better than any other budget except in the rain in my experience, bought on the strength of reviews on here and was unpleasantly surprised, if anything they're worse than the 6yo mismatched budgets that were on there before.
This is Britain though.....how often is it not raining!?
Dry grip doesn't seem to vary much imo...even P6000s can handle a dry road lol...but in the rain/wet the rainsport 2 are better than anything else I've had - and that's pretty much every day tbh. As said above though, the soggy sidewalls do my head in in the dry....hopefully they've rectified that with the '3s though.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - C.A.R. - 08-01-2014
(08-01-2014, 01:08 PM)Poodle Wrote: Rs2s aren't much better than any other budget except in the rain in my experience, bought on the strength of reviews on here and was unpleasantly surprised, if anything they're worse than the 6yo mismatched budgets that were on there before.
Not much of an experience with them then?
RS2's IMO are a great tyre. I've ran them on 2 different 306's and an MX5. I'd say dry grip is pretty bloody good - not dissimilar to the Goodyear Eagle F1 I had before, but without the 'snappy' breakaway on the limit. Wear rate, particularly on the shoulder of the tyre, is a problem because the sidewalls are so flimsy. I had this issue on the F1s also though - it's just a problem if you attack every corner on 3 wheels.
I had Toyo's on the MX5 before and they were crap. Poor feel, poor grip levels etc. The only good thing was the wear rate, I think they are a denser compound as they took forever to wear out. I replaced one axle prematurely because I was fed up with the lack of grip/feel and unpredictability.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - THE_Liam - 08-01-2014
To bhe honest the whole reason I got RS2s is the wet grip, like Tom says, the roads are wet at least half the time in this country, and you shouldn't really have grip issues in the dry with the power we have...
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - MY95 - 08-01-2014
Just bought 4 Rainsport 3's from Camskill for £153 delivered, what a bargain!
Got £1.50 off each tyre with their price beater, every little helps as Tesco say.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - THE_Liam - 08-01-2014
Let us know how you get on mate
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - MY95 - 08-01-2014
(08-01-2014, 04:15 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: Let us know how you get on mate
will do, no prob!
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Niall - 08-01-2014
(08-01-2014, 12:19 AM)Tom Wrote: Just my 2p, toyo t1r great dry grip, wet grip was shit, and they lasted a year. Falkens, wank. Dry grip is pretty gay aquaplane like a dick, wet grip is shite too.
Honestly buy a decent set of Pirellis or Michelins and you will never go back.
T1Rs are shite imo. I bought 4 for the 1.8 and they seemed great at first but rapidly went down hill and as you say, wet grip was appalling. I now have PS3s on the front which cost about double what the T1Rs did but the grip is fantastic, just as much grip in the wet as in the dry as well.
RE: Uniroyal Rainsport 3 - Tom - 08-01-2014
(08-01-2014, 05:00 PM)Niall Wrote:(08-01-2014, 12:19 AM)Tom Wrote: Just my 2p, toyo t1r great dry grip, wet grip was shit, and they lasted a year. Falkens, wank. Dry grip is pretty gay aquaplane like a dick, wet grip is shite too.
Honestly buy a decent set of Pirellis or Michelins and you will never go back.
T1Rs are shite imo. I bought 4 for the 1.8 and they seemed great at first but rapidly went down hill and as you say, wet grip was appalling. I now have PS3s on the front which cost about double what the T1Rs did but the grip is fantastic, just as much grip in the wet as in the dry as well.
I took the advice of someone on here to get the PE2's they were only 60quid a corner fitted which is a bargain and honestly every tyre is shit in comparison now :/