Which Tyres Should I Get?

[sl33py]

Just bought a GTS-T which has the usual Falken 326's that were slapped on to sell it. They are on 18" (crap) rims with the chrome coming off at random places (and not from me riding up kerbs! .. e.g. inside edge of the lip where fake "bolts" are. It's shocking. "Euro Concept Design" they are called.. Dunno what model. But they suck in quality too.

After reading about the tyres (and from recent experience driving in the wet), I've found the tyres SUCK.

I've decided to get some really good tyres. The rims can stay for a while, as I don't would rather spend my set budget on tyres than on rims. I might change the rims later.

The tyres are: 235/40ZR18 and I'm in the ACT. I think we get charged more for everything here in Canberra, so I'm open to the idea of buying the tyres in one place and having a local place fit them but only If I'm gonna save upwards of 50/corner, cos (for example) it'll cost about 80 to ship tyres here from Sydney. Otherwise it's more worth my while having local service and getting their discounted rotations etc.

What the tyres will see: 90% generally spirited city driving, 10% coastal highway driving (this is where I really worry about the Falkens... I swear I'd die going to the coast with those things on). About 50/50 wet dry, so they need to kick ass in the wet. So generally they won't get a "hard" life, but I DO want them to bite on the coastal roads and in the wet.

Anyway, I am looking at a a few models from a coupla places:

* Michelin Pilot Precedas (at 410/corner), @ Quickfit with 50 buck alignments, rotations and balance etc every 5/10/20 thou kms.

* Toyo Proxes TR-1 (at 420/corner), @ Discount Tyre Service, with 40 bucks alignments, rotations and balance every 6 months for 40 bucks. The tread on these looks positively evil hahaha

* Goodyear Revspec (RS-02 I believe) ( 350/corner), @ Discount Tyre service, same after sales service as the previous. Looks like a lot of contact area on this one!

I was also told about (but was pointed out they are a lower level than the others):

* Toyo TPG for 295/corner.

* Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, can't remember price but I think it was 300-350/corner.

* Some "Marshall" tyres that I forgot to write down the model.. apparently they are made by Kumho. 260 a corner.. useless without the model tho. oh well. Anyone even heard of this brand? I hadn't til now.

What tyres should I choose out of this lot, and has anyone seen better prices, whether they're local or Sydney/wherever etc?

Personally, I like the look of the Toyos, one of two of the sellers poo poo'ed Goodyear. I found this interesting in researching:

http://www.aussiefrogs.com/forum/printthread.php?t=23777

And one more question: In the past 1.5 months, I've had to refill my front right tyre more often than the others... it's often a good 5psi less than the others (meant to be 40)! What could cause this? Could it be the rim? Cos in that case, I've got a problem If it's tyre then I don't care since replacing.