Basically i want some tyres for the winter time that will be much better in the wet than the ao48s. ive only had the car about 6 weeks so dont really want to risk it with the semi slicks over winter, especially will me being relatively new to the car. I would like them to be as cheap as possible. Any recommendations? If so what price? Thanks in advance. Dicko
do a search, been asked several times 
I’m still looking into a set too. Can’t decide between just plain old “normal” tyres for wet weather driving or full on winter tyres.
oh ok cheers ade. i know what you mean whiteysback. not sure whether to go for full on winter tyres either. But at the moment i think tyres for wet weather driving will be good enough for me
Why scrimp on the most important safety aspect of your car?
A proper winter tyre such as Pirelli Snowsport/Sottozero or Yoko W Drive will be the best bet as temps go into single figures. All season tyres such as Eagle F1, Conti Sport Contact 3 are a reasonable compromise but will never be as good when it’s near freezing in Dec/Jan.
Neil.
I’m having kumho ku31’s fitted tomorrow morning through black circles. First time in four years I’ve decided to take the ao48 off for winter :s
I have KU31s on mine for winter they are sooooo much better in the wet.
[quote=-Neil-]Why scrimp on the most important safety aspect of your car?
A proper winter tyre such as Pirelli Snowsport/Sottozero or Yoko W Drive will be the best bet as temps go into single figures. All season tyres such as Eagle F1, Conti Sport Contact 3 are a reasonable compromise but will never be as good when it’s near freezing in Dec/Jan.
Neil. [/quote]
I have to say Dicko I agree fully with Neil, I am not having a pop but you have bought a �40k plus car that you cannot afford to insure and your scrimping on tyres. Thats a big no no mate, on a car like the exige the tyres are so important its untrue. I can’t be the only one thinking you should of paid �25k for a second hand one and put some money towards insurance and tyres.
Fit cheap tyres and you will no doubt be testing out if your insurance will pay out or not pretty quickly.
Boothy
[quote=Boothy]I can’t be the only one thinking you should of paid �25k for a second hand one and put some money towards insurance and tyres.
Fit cheap tyres and you will no doubt be testing out if your insurance will pay out or not pretty quickly.
Boothy [/quote]
Do you want to patronise the guy a bit more…fek,
I’d also guess you are the only one thinking what he should have spent on his car. 25k or 250k it’s surely not yours or anyone elses place to comment.
In the interests of making everyone feel welcome on this forum regardless of the owners age or model year exige they drive next time can you engage your brain before opening your gob.
Sorry but I just cant help but comment on such rubbish “friendly” advice from other forum members.
I had kuhmo,s for a while …ok in the wet but not so good as Yokohama in the dry… good idea to change for winter I,d say m8
Not everything on here,s sound advice … as you can probably gather for yourself by now !!
Yeah lets get this thread back on track…I’m leaning towards vredsteins as i have them on another car and are amazing in snow and rain whilst being ok in the dry. Struggling to get them in the right size tho.
[quote=Whiteysback][quote=Boothy]I can’t be the only one thinking you should of paid �25k for a second hand one and put some money towards insurance and tyres.
Fit cheap tyres and you will no doubt be testing out if your insurance will pay out or not pretty quickly.
Boothy [/quote]
Do you want to patronise the guy a bit more…fek,
I’d also guess you are the only one thinking what he should have spent on his car. 25k or 250k it’s surely not yours or anyone elses place to comment.
In the interests of making everyone feel welcome on this forum regardless of the owners age or model year exige they drive next time can you engage your brain before opening your gob.
Sorry but I just cant help but comment on such rubbish “friendly” advice from other forum members. [/quote]
Eh?
The point was that there is no point skimping on tyres on one of these cars do you not agree? also I would say I am pretty spot on in my point with regards to insurance. I am sorry but if you cannot afford to insure or fit proper tyres on a car you should not be running it end of story. So I am not sure how my advice was either un friendly or rubbish. If you believe that advising on cheap tyres for a 240bhp exige is a good idea then its yourself giving out rubbish advice.
Age of driver or price of car is irrelevant. As for being unfriendly there is nobody who has come across as being more unfriendly on this thread than yourself and your post is totally out of keeping for anything I have ever seen on exiges.com.
I’ve just bought some new wheels so I now have some wet type tyres(R1Rs) and the A048s for sunny days.
Having said all that I’m only thinking track work as my car is not an every day car
[quote=Whiteysback][quote=Boothy]I can’t be the only one thinking you should of paid �25k for a second hand one and put some money towards insurance and tyres.
Fit cheap tyres and you will no doubt be testing out if your insurance will pay out or not pretty quickly.
Boothy [/quote]
Do you want to patronise the guy a bit more…fek,
I’d also guess you are the only one thinking what he should have spent on his car. 25k or 250k it’s surely not yours or anyone elses place to comment.
In the interests of making everyone feel welcome on this forum regardless of the owners age or model year exige they drive next time can you engage your brain before opening your gob.
Sorry but I just cant help but comment on such rubbish “friendly” advice from other forum members. [/quote]
I’m with Boothy on this one, no one apart from yourself has waded in with a pointless comment. The point was very clear, why spend �40k on a car and scrimp on THE most important safety aspect of the car!
This forum shouldn’t be another one make ego stroking forum!
Maybe you should engage your brain before posting?
Neil.
I think the choice is clear, if your going to have to drive in snow, which if your oooop north and you drive the car every day is quite likely, then a snow sport tyre is the only way to go, the main difference is that snow sticks to snow better than anything else, and snow tyres have tiny hairline grooves which snow gets wedged into and that’s the main reason they are so much better than standard tyres in the snow 
As for T1R’s KU31’s and the like, they will clear water a lot better than 888’s and 48’s and so on, so for wet conditions your less likely to aquaplane, I think anyone who’s had a lotus for a number of years will agree, not crashing in the wet is more to do with managing the grip level you have however low or high that maybe and driving to the conditions that you are presented with, and if you like to push the limits a lot in the wet sooner or later a drain lid or a diesel spill is going to catch you out, this isn’t aimed at anyone by the way just my 2P
oh dear this got out of hand. right to clear things up maybe the cheapest set was the wrong (and daft) thing to ask. After thinking more im going to pay more and get a decent set (i thought this before i had read the comments by the way). Your right to say why skimp on the most important part of the car and i totally understand the concerns when i mentioned for a cheap set of tyres. However, i must admit that, even if you didnt mean it boohty mate, it was slightly patronising about mentioning about how much money i should have spent on my car etc. Id have rather you just have said, as neil did, that i shouldnt skimp on tyres rather than bring other aspects into it. At the end of the day i can afford the car, i can afford expensive tyres and i can afford to keep the car in general. Whiteysback had also got this vibe and i feel he only trying to help me out and i thank him for this. Now i have always found this forum very friendly and helpful (actually a small part of the reason i eventually chose an exige) and therefore would prefer not to get into any little arguments which are unpleasent and counter productive so i would just like to leave this as it is. Ive not ment to upset or anger people and im sorry if i have.
Back to the original question from the sound of it a lot of people seem to go with KU31s so will probably go for them. Anyone know of how much roughly they cost?
Thanks for your replies so far
Thanks orangeD. Even though my car is a daily driver i only live about 1/2 mile away from the main pub i look after so if it does snow (and it almost certainly will up here in the north lol) i think i would just walk it rather than risk it in the car. So therefore my main need is a tyre that copes with water well so from what im reading the KU31s seem spot on for me. cheers
Don’t bother with KU31, they are cheap for a reason being a mid range tyre.
If you’re going for a all season tyre, go for the best you can afford such as Eagle F1, Conti CS3/5, Michelin PS2.
For example:
The problem with taking peoples personal opinion (forum users) on tyres is that they will more often than not justify their purchase no matter what or one person says they are good and the rest follow like sheep.
At least with a group test using set parameters such as speed/distances you’ll sort the wheat from the chaff.
Neil.
cheers neil thats v helpful. the KU31s get the lowest wet rating out of the group. i will study the list further before making my decision. i understand what you mean about peoples different opinions on tyres but that websites gives a proper indication of the tyre performance.thanks again
Fair comments dicko and I really did not mean it to sound patronising, my comment possibly sounded a little harsh but the point was if you skimp on tyres you really will end up testing that insurance policy.
As for advice re the wet I am with Orange on this, better to drive like your mum in the wet and not find out if the local farmer has been tipping diesel all round the local roundabout as it does not matter which tyres you run it will snap like a bitch.
Boothy