Best all round tyre out there IMO (although a set of R888's will be going on mine once the dry weather is here)

 

Conti sport 3

£ 620 a set

SUPERB all rounder.

 

Falken FK452's
As good as the Goodyear F1's I had on and better than the Bridgestones.

 

Had Bridgestone RE070's and moved to Michelin PS3's. The Michelins are a great all round tyre, not cheap unless you get them from costco with the voucher.

dipster

 

haha! me too, i had a pirelli p zero, a yokohama prada and 2 admirals, swapped them 4 a full set of toyo t1r's good all rounder and good value for the price! apparently crap on new age scoobs tho due to soft sidewalls

 

Yoko parada spec 2's on mine, very good tyre imo, haven't used them much in the wet other than a wet session at castle combe when I was sliding all over the place!

Cost me £300 but were used and came on a set of 18" buddy club P1's

 

Best tyre I had on my P1 when I had it was michelin ps2. Just bought speedline gt1 alloys which came with goodyear F1 gsd3's on them so they'll do me as a good all round tyre for track days. One of the best out there imo.

 

Toyo T1Rs, which are pretty decent in the wet imo.

Will give the Vredestein Sessatanas a shot next! Basically want whatever is best in the wet.

 

have had falken 452's, then re70's, which scared me in the wet, put avon zv5's on first week in dec, great in the snow, no 'moments' as yet, 380 for 4 fitted.

 

Khumo HM KH31, find them to be excellent once they have been broken in. Paid £340 for 4, also use Khumo V70A Hard Compound track tyres. Both are very good for grip and mileage and will get them again. Track tyres have now done Anglesey circuit, Castle Coombe twice, Pembrey circuit, Three airfield day, several sprints and test days at LLandow Circuit.

 

falken 452s seem pretty good yet to erm "test them" ;-)

 

toyo t1r's on mine very good tyre in the dry but not amazing in the wet(better than most ive tried though) , think the best alround road tyre ive come accross is the michelin pilot sport good in the dry excellent in the wet and last forever..but expensive..

 

A mate of mine has 4 different tyres on his STI and recons his handles fine, wander if this is true, RE070 for me by the way, brilliant in the dry, ok in the wet, almost wrote off in the snow

 

+1. I've had Dunlops and Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's on mine, and since trying the Vredestein Sessantas I wouldn't go back.
They're cheaper than the Goodyears and offer vastly superior handling and road holding in the wet in my experience.
For the price I don't think anything else gets near them - if you shop around you can get them for less than £90 a corner.

Regarding Toyos, they're cheap but apparently get a bit skittish as they get towards the end of their life.
I've also heard from my mate who runs an STI that Yoko Paradas are fantastic in the dry but suicidal in the wet.

 

I've heard you're supposed to replace tyres in pairs due to the AWD, but my WRX had two different rear tyres on when I bought it, and didn't notice a huge issue. One had a slow puncture so replaced them both shortly after anyway.

Interestingly, there was a recent thread in the technical section where a user reported terrible shuddering above 50-60mph, and it turned out it was due to uneven tyre tread wear on the rear left and right - the car had a new tyre and a part worn - replacing the part worn fixed the problem.

 

Parada's spec 2, very grippy in dry , bad i wet, ok in snow....

 

goodyear f1's for me....

seem to be good at everything......

 

went with goodyear eagle f1 assametrical 244 for 2 fitted

 

When I bought my car it had three different types of tyre on it. Was bloody lethal in the wet!