AquilaEagle

Being a relatively new owner, I want some advice on Tyres. Trawling thru the posts here I have seen various views and opinions etc.

Eagle F1's - Better in winter? Are they ok for summer too?
S02's - stock tyres?
S03's - ??

My questions:
Are there any noise differences?
Which are the best overall?
How Pricey are they? (At Bracknell Tyres of course!)

Cheers for clearing this up for me

zero_to60

I have just had a new set of S02JZ's fitted by Bracknell Tyre - at a cost of

eSeM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by AquilaEagle
[B]Eagle F1's - Better in winter?

Frenchie

I got 11,000 miles out of my S02's. After a scary wet road experience, I changed to Eagle F1's. The wet weather performance is far superior and, to be honest, unless you're on the track or cornering on the road at totally stupid speeds, I doubt you'd find much difference in the dry. The Goodyears wear much better too; I got 15,000 miles out of the rears (which now have new F1's on) - the fronts are at 16,500 miles and are only just over half worn. This is despite the fact that I do drive very quickly and I travel mostly on quiet rural roads.

As Steve says, the Goodyears do have softer sidewalls but I run mine at 34.5 psi and the car handles like a big go-kart, on the road and on the track (the latter done in very wet conditions). The F1's really do shift water well

So, all in all, I am definitely an Eagle-F1 convert

Pete

mec

I can't comment about the F1's, but the the S03 is not as good as the S02. I was disappointed when I changed my elise from s02 to s03, the grip was good, but it lacked the sharp response of the s02. But in its defense the S03 was more durable, and did last longer.

I am a bit of a Bridgestone die hard, I like a "sticky" tyre with a hard tyre wall. But if you are only going to drive your car in the dry then the ultimate tyre is the Yokohama A032R. They like to be kept hot.
www.yokohamatire.com/TireIntro.asp?TireID=2

jaimiecoleman

having recently bought a 2000 model from a main Honda dealer i.e. an "approved Honda" i've just realised that they have put new rear tyres on before delivery.

they have S03s on the rear - size 225 ( ie the same size as S02s ) should these be size 245 instead??

if so should I ask them to put on 245s or just be thankful for new tyres?

also is the new geometry setting worth the effort and I assume it costs a bit.

cheers all

Frenchie

Jaimie, I'm going to merge this thread with the other one, then reply to you.

Pete

Frenchie

Get the dealer to measure the "footprint" of the S02's and the S03's and they will find that the S02's actually measure almost 245 mm. Therefore, if fitting anythjing other than the OEM S02's (e.g. S03's or Eagle-F1's) they should put 245/45x16's on the rear

BUT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE S03's ON THE REAR AND S02's ON THE FRONT! - YOU SHOULD NEVER MIX TYRE TYPES ON THE S2000 The handling will be all over the place and it is VERY dangerous! What ARE they playing at?!

The dealer clearly knows SFA about this car and you need to get these tyres changed PDQ!!!!!!!!!!!

zero_to60

I have checked in the owners manual and it makes no mention of having to use the S02JZ model specfic version of the Bridgestone S02 tyre - it merely says that they must have the same dimensions, load and speed rating

I can't see any harm in running the S03's as they meet the requirements stated in the owners manual but judging by the loosness of the rear when I had them on they aint gonna last long and make the car even more of a challenge in my opinion although I did find them quite progressive once they were warm

zero_to60

ah I missed that you were talking about having two different tread types front to back

you should have the same version of tyre on all four wheels - this is why I took my S03's off the rear because I had worn S02's on the front and the balance was 'tricky' to say the least