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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: blob on 16 November 2009, 21:35:49

Title: The correct tyres for 3l elite?
Post by: blob on 16 November 2009, 21:35:49

im still trying to find the best tyres for my motor? used to have pirelli p7s but they made the front move around & wallow bablly at low speed they would only last a couple of thoushand miles.
i now have cheap & nasty accelera not bad in the dry but terrible in the wet.
has any one out there found a soultion?

Title: Re: The correct tyres for 3l elite?
Post by: ENFIELD_MV6 on 16 November 2009, 21:38:35

i love pirelli p-zero assimetrico`s, when mine need doing i will be having them fitted, had them on my volvo 850 R and they coped very very well in the dry and wet, owing it was 240bhp and fwd so very impressed with them

Title: Re: The correct tyres for 3l elite?
Post by: Jimbob on 17 November 2009, 07:58:52

I am probably ordering 4 x Toyo Proxies T1R's today.....

hope they will be ok, you never really know till they are on, and then its too late  :'(

Title: Re: The correct tyres for 3l elite?
Post by: feeutfo on 17 November 2009, 08:40:35

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I am probably ordering 4 x Toyo Proxies T1R's today.....

hope they will be ok, you never really know till they are on, and then its too late  :'(

Shame you can try before you buy Jim. With that in mind i started a thread for reviewing tyres on the omega. I'm sure between us we must have tried every make. It didnt take off though.....people tired of the subject i guess. But i think its very important subject on these cars, they can drive very very differantly one set to another.


To answer, i think its safe to say do not buy falkens. Especially the 912 model. Very unstable.

I have conti sports contact 3 fitted. Very happy with straight line stability and grip wet and dry is excellent. A fraction noisier than falkens though, but only a fraction. Not cheap.

Will go for Dunlop next time though. Probably the most.....accurate.....planted.....stable tyres i've experienced on the Omega.(swapped wheels with other members on here) Bit noisy though, and also pricey.

Thats all i have on this subject. Except to say tyres are a funny choice for some people. Not everyone has the same taste and not all notice the same trait in a tyre. Indeed price above all else often seems highest on the list, and for me on this car, that seems to be the start of the problem, but thats just "my" experience.

Hth


 

Title: Re: The correct tyres for 3l elite?
Post by: ryan martin on 17 November 2009, 08:44:59

i have dunlop 9090's on and for about £100 each i think there great in wet and dry

Title: Re: The correct tyres for 3l elite?
Post by: feeutfo on 17 November 2009, 10:39:32

just to add, i beleive the Omega left the factory with Michelin primacy. Probably the most expensive tyres for this car, but if my neighbours experience is anything to go by, they last for about 30k. Which makes them quite cheap in the long run, esp when you consider my falkens where on course to barely clear 15k miles(i binned them after about 13k with about a mill of tread left) two sets of falkens would cost  £720 ish. Primacy about 550 maybe.....

Title: Re: The correct tyres for 3l elite?
Post by: omegadan67 on 17 November 2009, 16:10:58

ive always us goodyear nct5s in the summer months and uniroyal rallye wets for winter though the nct5s are pretty good all year round