After 25k miles, the Continental ContiSportContact 2s that came with my car were starting to look pretty worn out. The rears were marginally better but one of them had a slow puncture so I decided to change all four.

Originally I was planning on getting a set of Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3s with the best price I could find around the Ã,£320 mark. Then a mate bought a set of wheels (second hand classic Porsche wheels) which came with Eagle F1s thatd only covered a couple of hundred miles for Ã,£400 which peevd me off a bit.

So I started to look for wheels on sale with newish tyres I have always wanted a set of BBS wheels, love the design & build quality. The Golf GTI 17 & 18" dial wheels are made by BBS as well as the Challenge wheels on the Ferrari 360 CS.

After a couple of months of looking I came across a guy wanting to sell the wheels that came with his 56 plate Audi S-Line. I hadnt realised this, but alongside the new 30th Anniversary GTI, Audi is also fitting OEM versions of the BBS Challenge wheel on their S-Line cars. They only differ to the BBS branded ones in that they dont have "Motorsport" etched into the centre of the wheel.

Theyre 18x8 (225/40), fitted with Pirelli PZero Rosso tyres which have only covered a couple of hundred miles. Managed to snag em for Ã,£450!  :mrgreen: Quite amusing, as a set of Challenges with either the Rossos or Eagle F1s would set you back Ã,£1300 new.



Should be slapping them on tomorrow night, will need to hunt down some VW centre caps as well. Should look something like this once done
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Theyre nice   , I would love some bbs alloys.

Do tell what your opinion of the Pirellis is after a while - I rate the Conti SportC2 highly on the same size wheel.

Very tidy mate like em.

Jaimz

Quote from: CeathreamhnanDo tell what your opinion of the Pirellis is after a while - I rate the Conti SportC2 highly on the same size wheel.

Have to admit I was very impressed with the SportC2s, they performed really well in the dry and wet.

Im told the Rossos stick to the road in dry like superglue, but Ive heard a few quibbles about their performance in snow/icey weather.

Ive heard nothing but praise for the Eagle F1s mind!!

i like my conti sc2s aswell but they lasted me less than 14k :/ bought some more tho  :?

Just bought some Perellis today 4 of them Ã,£30 a pop for Pirelli P 2500 Euro 165/70 R13 79T M+S marking.


What is M+S Marking?

Same tyres I bought a while back for my Clio, Poison.

M+S marking is something to do with them being in some European spec I think. In any case, I found the dry grip on them is good but the wet grip is excellent compared to whatever generics were on the Clio.

Im thinking of trying the P6000s if I get this Mazda.

Yokohama AVS! :mrgreen:

Quote from: Clockd 0NeSame tyres I bought a while back for my Clio, Poison.

M+S marking is something to do with them being in some European spec I think. In any case, I found the dry grip on them is good but the wet grip is excellent compared to whatever generics were on the Clio.

Im thinking of trying the P6000s if I get this Mazda.

Ahhhh cheers for that Nige Yeah all reviews said they where great in the wet very good all rounders...  They are getting put on Friday to replace the slashed ones Hopefully they will be better than the last ones as my last ones where dreadfull....

Quote from: Clockd 0NeSame tyres I bought a while back for my Clio, Poison.

M+S marking is something to do with them being in some European spec I think.

I was sort of on the right lines, its actually Mud + Snow - a common issue in Europe . This is why they behave so well in the wet.

They behave spot on Best tyres ive had for the wet.. I do a lot of backroad driving as well, so thats even better

I would be driving a lot latelly but ive blown the Head Gasket so im replacing that in like a week

Right, resurrecting this thread for the second time...


Im thinking of chucking some 15" Kosei K1 TS silver alloys on the Mazda so I can get better tyres fitted, probably some F1 GS-D3s (and improve the overall look)


Should look something like this

These are lightweight, smart and fit the MX-5 nicely. Any other recommendations before I start parting with hard earned?

Classy

they are nice but im never a fan of aftermarket wheels, isnt there any better Mazda ones you can get?