Tyre advice

[titan]

Righto, coming to sell my csl soon. The cup tyres on the csl wheels are borderline.

Options

a) Replace with new cups
b) Replace with new road tyres
c) Do nothing, let the buyer make the choice

thoughts ?

If (a), whats the current name and best place to buy cups (blackcircles show a Cup+ @ £350 for a rear!!)

if (b) I assume Michelin pilot super sport ?

[plumber vic]

Got a pair brand new of 235/35 /19 cups would let go for £400

[petery]

Tyreleader.co.uk are pretty good price for Cups and Supersports at the moment.

[s1csl]

Righto, coming to sell my csl soon. The cup tyres on the csl wheels are borderline.

Options

a) Replace with new cups
b) Replace with new road tyres
c) Do nothing, let the buyer make the choice

thoughts ?

If (a), whats the current name and best place to buy cups (blackcircles show a Cup+ @ £350 for a rear!!)

if (b) I assume Michelin pilot super sport ?

C do nothing and let the buyer make the choice , you could also reflect this in the price of the car

[shimmy]

whilst prices are good, there are not loads of buyers so if you want best pices refurb rims and quality boots are a must

[Neil M]

Front Cups at £239.20 and SS at £174.20 - You can find the rears.
http://camskill.co.uk/m55b0s24p0/Car_Tyres_-_MPV_Tyres_-_People_Carrier_Tyres_-_19_inch_R19_inch_-_235_35_19_235_35R19

I find myself having to agree with 'shimmy' if you want to achieve a good asking price!

I'd advocate Super Sports, given the time of year and they're cheaper.
Cups only come into their own in warm weather and on track, however it's all down to personal preference.:thumbs:

[Bounce]

D,Don't sell the Csl.:thumbs:

[titan]

Nope, definitely being sold. In the last 2 years I've done....wait for it......less than 3k miles. I simply don't use it as its not different enough to take out for a weekend blast.

Selling the csl, keeping the gt2 rs (which I haven't seen in over a year, its in storage) and buying an atom instead. Which will get taken out for weekend blasts :)

[Das Chin]

now don't go bending that Atom as well will you fella ;-) a lot less protection in one of those things!!

your CSL will sell no worries with that mileage and condition :)

[titan]

It s'alright Nick, to bend it you have to drive it and no doubt this will be another folly, will probably flat spot the tyres sitting in the garage ;-)

[MCSL]

gt2 rs

WoW. Love them. One car i'd remortgage the house for :-D I'd even take one over the 4.0RS, i think.

How many miles on the CSL? re tyres - i'd put new rubber on - SS.

[titan]

If you had a GT3 RS and GT2 RS and then started to really hammer them out on track, you'd walk away wanting the '3'.

NA is always a more rewarding drive I think, and the rev range is somewhat limited on the 2.

There's faff all difference in the twisties (same car/chassis effectively) so at the end of the day you just pull away on straights because you can.

Frankly the price difference on the 2rs and 4.0RS between the "normal" gt3 rs is too much, you're paying for exclusivity rather than "more bits". Having said that, I think I'll be keeping mine until some day when perhaps it does indeed appreciate again. Last of the GT stick generation, its PDK from now on......


CSL has 57k miles on it. Having inspected the wheels/tyres I had, I've found that the tread is indeed lacking, however that's because they are cups lol, probably not that worn at all in hindsight.

[Jon8710]

Iv got a set of rear cups 4-5mm you can have for £300

[mattCSLnut]

Iv got a set of rear cups 4-5mm you can have for £300

Hmmmm ? :smt017 IIRC brand New CUPs come with 4.8mm at the very most :)