Post by Horney on May 20, 2016 8:23:10 GMT
I've done a few miles on these now. Very impressed.
Shark skin technology, yes that's a thing!
Dry weather - Loads of grip as they're quite soft compound. Turn in and rear stability are excellent which was a surprise, not at all wobbly and loads of feel. They let go quite progressively and give you plenty of warning.
Wet weather - Epic. I drove through a monsoon on Wednesday and was dead impressed. Standing water was dealt with like it wasn't there and grip and feel were little different from dry conditions.
If you're running 185 14's I can't recommend these enough. My only caveat would be if you do track work I suspect you'll ruin them quite quickly on a dry track due to how soft they are and how much spread there is in the tread blocks. On a wet trackday you'll probably be the fastest thing out there.
As an all round road tyre for a 14" wheel shod MX5 I don't think there's anything better out there. They punch well above their price point and seems they're a vast improvement over the previous Rain Expert with the different tread pattern.
you can get them here for a shade over £30 each www.camskill.co.uk/m4b0s398p127239/Uniroyal_Tyres_Car_Uniroyal_RainExpert3_Uniroyal_Rain_Expert_3_-_185_60_R14_82H_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_E_Wet_Grip%3A_B_NoiseClass%3A_2_Noise%3A_70dB
Shark skin technology, yes that's a thing!
For reference I was running on Yokohamma AO48Rs before switching to these so I'm coming from running essentially semi slicks.
Dry weather - Loads of grip as they're quite soft compound. Turn in and rear stability are excellent which was a surprise, not at all wobbly and loads of feel. They let go quite progressively and give you plenty of warning.
Wet weather - Epic. I drove through a monsoon on Wednesday and was dead impressed. Standing water was dealt with like it wasn't there and grip and feel were little different from dry conditions.
If you're running 185 14's I can't recommend these enough. My only caveat would be if you do track work I suspect you'll ruin them quite quickly on a dry track due to how soft they are and how much spread there is in the tread blocks. On a wet trackday you'll probably be the fastest thing out there.
As an all round road tyre for a 14" wheel shod MX5 I don't think there's anything better out there. They punch well above their price point and seems they're a vast improvement over the previous Rain Expert with the different tread pattern.
you can get them here for a shade over £30 each www.camskill.co.uk/m4b0s398p127239/Uniroyal_Tyres_Car_Uniroyal_RainExpert3_Uniroyal_Rain_Expert_3_-_185_60_R14_82H_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_E_Wet_Grip%3A_B_NoiseClass%3A_2_Noise%3A_70dB
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