[JamesBaby]

Fully fitted from Blackcircles website they were £715. I paid an extra £20 i think for their mobile tyre fitting option. The rears are currently £154 fitted, or £137 to post. The fronts in 255\30 Pirelli seem to be out of stock at the moment.

 

On Camskill the fronts in Pirelli are out of stock as well, but last week were available at £186 each mail order. The rears however in 235\35 are available and only £125 each.

 

For just two fronts, I'd get them from Camskill wen they are back in stock. 

[Rich.H]

Thanks. I'm hoping the OOS situation is just temporary as I had already checked the sites you suggested.

Cheers

Rich

[Chungster]

Going to order some 255/30 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 for the fronts from Camskill and get a Local man in a van to fit them. Hi Q wanted £252 per tyre fitted!


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[T-800]

Going to order some 255/30 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 for the fronts from Camskill and get a Local man in a van to fit them. Hi Q wanted £252 per tyre fitted!


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Good tyres

I'm happy with mine.

[JamesBaby]

I nearly went for the Goodyears AS3 too but I love the pseudo stretched look of the Pirelli's and the large rim protector. 

[bqik]

T800........

 

Answers as per your questions:

 

Option 2 is the nearest fit but let me elaborate, I have the 255/235 option on my car, from new when cold the ESC light flashed when traveling over uneven road surfaces or accelerating a bit harder than normal traffic take up speed.

 

After fitting MPSS tyres of the same size this condition seemed to worsen, I can say that at the time I was trying different tyres pressure setting to see if running a higher pressure in the rear (3bar rather that 2.7bar) would make a difference, this made it worse so I reset back to OEM spec. Even tyres with the same sizes but from different manufacturers will have a slightly different rolling radius and with the stagger that is already present in the OEM setup (the 255/30 and 235/35 is not the best combo IMHO, 265/30 would have been much better) I concluded that the ESC system calibration was suspect.

 

As I stated before I was at my dealers for the fuel pressure regulator software update and asked if they would check the logs to see if there was an issue (I did not have a VCDS at the time), I was told by the MT that they had a vehicle that had been shipped with the wrong adaption valve set for the tyre size and that there are 2 values, so he checked mine which was set correctly. The implication of this is if you swap the front from 235 to 255 then the other adaption valve should be used, I have not tried this so I can't comments on what it is like for a 255 vehicle to switch to 235 or vice versa.

 

It would not be practical for Audi to offer different adaption values for different tyres, only the ones they supply as OEM would be catered for as these would be the ones that testing was carried out with.

 

With my front tyres considerable more worn that my rears now and running OEM pressures the ESC "issue" is back around the OEM tyre experience of flashing over uneven surfaces (like tram tracks) when anything more that maintenance throttle is open.

hello Arcam,

 

at home we have 2 RS3, 1 with 255/235 combo and the other one with 235/235.

 

each one with pirelli tyres.

 

What I can say is that the one with 255/235 makes the ESC flash easily, with the RS3 and 235/235 combo you have to push harder to see the ESC flashing.

 

regards

[davemul]

Hi guys, new fronts needed urgently.

 

Do I go with Pirelli R02's? (R01s fitted at present)

 

Or should I really jump ship and go MPSS?

Edited by davemul, 07 November 2016 - 02:00 PM.

[JamesBaby]

Hi guys, new fronts needed urgently.

 

Do I go with Pirelli R02's? (R01s fitted at present)

 

Or should I really jump ship and go MPSS?

Difficult to say really. The RO2's look amazing with their sloped side wall, they are quiet and perform well.

 

The MPSS are also highly regarded but are not as quiet. Also they have been superseded by the new Pilot Sport 4 due to be available in January.

 

If I was going non RO2 tyre, I'd be getting the Goodyear AS3 as they are comparable to the new PS4's.

[RS Steve]

My 16 plate has the RO2's in the wider front set up. So far I like them, ride is fine as is road noise + they do have a huge rim protector. Not in a rush to try it out tho.

[davemul]

Thanks guys... trying to nabviagate the myriad of tyre websites for some R02s. Can anyone recommend the best place to get them? would prefer fitting included if poss but guess I could get a mobile guy out if desperate

[T-800]

Thanks guys... trying to nabviagate the myriad of tyre websites for some R02s. Can anyone recommend the best place to get them? would prefer fitting included if poss but guess I could get a mobile guy out if desperate

http://www.camskill....:_1_Noise:_69dB

 

http://www.camskill....:_1_Noise:_68dB

[davemul]

Thanks T.

 

Just bagged a pair for the front. My rear R01s still have loads of life left....  Fronts are completely gone! perhaps the italy road trip contributed but I thought they should have even-ish wear!?

[SW43]

Tells you how front wheel drive the car really is!

[T-800]

Tells you how front wheel drive the car really is!

Exactly what I was gonna say......

[RS Steve]

My son swears by the Goodyear eagle & always uses them. They look like they have a smaller rim protector  than on the Pirelli?.

[T-800]

My son swears by the Goodyear eagle & always uses them. They look like they have a smaller rim protector  than on the Pirelli?.

Correct Steve they do......I've got the Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3's on mine.............Great tyre though.