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220-240kw R33 gtr, daily driver.

On the same car with 266kw of power I found the standard 595's too hard and slippery in the wet. The 595 RS-R's were actually far grippier in dry or wet even when cold and lasted for a good length of time.

595 if you have no money, 595 RS-R for safer driving (they are not real semi slicks).

But hey upgrading from the base 595's to the RS-R's shows you a huge difference.

Pirelli p7s are abit soft in the sidewall for my liking. Falkens have good grip, performance and cost effective.

Fk452 = best wet tyre ever, abit noisey like 595, directional, new fk453 out now to replace it.

Ze912 = good allround asymmetric tyre

Or for more coin go the Bridgestone potenza range re001, re002, s001. Very rigid tyre an very quiet.

I believe I'm running RE-001 and they're quite decent in both wet and dry. Can't really comment on their ability to hold traction under power in the dry any more since I think they dried out a bit too much in the months my car didn't move and was outside :(

I had the same RE001s before Troy bought them and I always liked them - they did me well for around 350-400kw atw and I did some pretty hard launching on them too.

Only sold cause I needed bigger wheels to clear my brakes. I went OTT and got semi slicks... Super impractical but f**king fun!

Or go to ntw talk to mick and then take your car/wheels round the corner to jax fyshwick where mick takes his cars ;) haha

Also I got 235/40R18 stretched onto my 9.5"s (widest legally permissible for a 235/40), tyres cheap as and it's the look I'm after.

do you have a picture of the stretched tyre?

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