Yokohama A539’s

my front tyres are wearing thin, and are crap in this weather (BF goodrich tourers), are A539's good for the golf? i had a pair on my old mini and they seemed OK.

 

nah, dont do it! great in the dry, pants in the wet, IMO. I have them on my rallye at the moment, and theres only so much that 4wd can make up for

Toyo proxes are good all rounders but they wear out realy quick.

 

The Yoko's wear quickly too. Go for the Toyo's.

 

I had A539's on my Golf 8v, very good in the dry, but quite poor in the wet though. I have got Yokohama AVS on mine now and they aren't much better.

I will be having Goodyear F1's next.
Edited by: GTi69

 

I had A539's on my golf. They were good in the dry but didnt give me much confidence in the wet. I replace them with Toyo Poroxes which are great in the wet, and cheaper too. Try www.mytyres.net

 

I had A539s on my Nk2 1.3, I thought they were ok but it was only 1.3 so no real test of the tyres.

 

on mytyres the a539's are cheaper, might go for them again as after the other stuff i have forked out for this month i'm skintish! try the toyos next time.

 

What tyre size were you wanting?

 

I used to have yokos in 195/45/15 on my mk4 polo. they were rubbish in the wet & only lasted 5 months! (on a 60bhp car FFS).

I'll never buy them again. I put some Hancook Ventus tyres on after those, much better all round tyre lasted a lot longer & were cheaper (40 each delivered).

 

the a539s are 35 each delivered, 185/60/14, as long as they last me till the summer i'm happy.

 

Try ww.raceandroad.com for Avon ZV1's V shaped tread pattern which not only looks nice but makes for good alround grip wet ot dry.

 

Get Goodyear Eagle F1's. Brilliant tyre all round. Dont know if they do that size though.

 

Them Avon's are pish, hated them with a passion! No confidence in the wet at all. Never had Yoko's always run the G40 on toyos, will be getting some Goodyear F1 for a wee change next and see how i like them!

Alan

 

At the moment im running Proxies, but once they wear out im planning to try a set of BF Goordrich Profiler G's.... apparently very good!

 

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Alan, I had NCTs on my G and by 'eck they stuck, excellent in the wet, can't recommend them highly enough.

 

Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD-3's are the daddies!

A539's are great in dry -- crap in wet

BFGoodrich Profiler G's are crap

Toyo Proxes are good... but not as good as Eagles.

All based on experience

 

deffo agree bout the toyo/eagle F1 in wet conditions

id say the toyos are better for pullin away hard in the dry but the f1's out handle the toyos in the wet.

 

agree that a539s are no good in wet and wear quickly,using dunlop sp sport 9000 now and there the best ive had wet or dry

 

I run Uniroyal Rainsport 1 on my car and can't rate them highly enough.