davebr63

SOLD - REDUCED - Used, got about 1 - 1.5mm of tread left before markers. These are the old A021R tyres - great tyres, only reason for selling is that I couldn't get another pair and have now bought a set of Toyo R888's.

Collection only from near Amesbury (Wiltshire) 

Now £25 for the pair.

REDUCED - Collection Only from near Amesbury (Wiltshire).

Almost brand new - less than 100 miles. Only selling as I've now got a set of Toyo R888's.

Now £70 for the pair.

Hi Stephen,

Yes, the response was great, very comforting!

I'll probably have a couple of A021's for sale soon - they're off the front so tread is pretty good I believe (will check that later). 

Cheers

Dave

Hi All,

I've just spent a fair few hours over the weekend trawling the forums, reviews and reading them all! I've been looking at Rain Expert 3's Toyo R888R's, A539's and A048's and i thought i'd share my findings. Need to bear in mind this was done for me for my car and my driving but just wanted to share what I'd found. 

My Reference links were the ones around on the forum plus some others:

Original Post: https://www.lotus7.club/forum/techtalk/tyre-advice-3#comment-2336301

A539 Link: https://www.lotus7.club/forum/techtalk/a539s-or-similar?page=2

A021r demise link: https://www.lotus7.club/forum/techtalk/a021r-be-discontinued

Tyre Reviews - these are not just Caterham reviews

ToyoR888R - https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Toyo/R888-R.htm

Uniroyal Rain Expert 3 - https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/RainExpert-3.htm

Yokohama A539 - https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Yokohama/A539.htm

Summarised as follows:

The UniRoyal Rain Expert 3 appears to be a good tyre for all weather. It would be a great touring tyre – I’d have to go for 185/70 R13 as they don’t do 185/60 R13.  The grip in the dry (when the car is mainly driven) is not as good as the A021.

The A539’s are well regarded, good in the wet but not as grippy as semi-slick tyres in the dry. 

A048’s have been replaced by A052 and not much is said about them that I can see - don't fancy being a guinea pig.

Toyo R888R’s seem to have Caterham drivers pleasantly surprised by the grip they give in the wet and the dry grip seems to be phenomenal. 

I know there are other tyres out there and I also appreciate that the tyrereview.co.uk website is also not just for Caterham drivers and that the reviews I've been reading are all subjective but you have to start somewhere. Who knows what each of the tyres will be like on my car with me driving. 

You’ve probably guessed, it’s the Toyo’s for me given when my car gets driven – I’ll keep you posted how I get on!

Thanks again for all your help and guidance.

Cheers

Dave :-)

Thanks for all the advice guys, it's very much appreciated!

Some research at the weekend coming up as to which option to go with, thanks again. :-)

Hi there,

First post so forgive me if this is not in the right place or if the topic has been covered before - I have looked and can't find what I'm looking for. 

Hope someone can help - Roadsport 1.6 K Series 2005 - I've just had to replace the rear tyres, I had Yokohama A021R's (185/60 R13) all round but I believe the new A021R's are track tyres and not for road use - is this true? Anyway, I replaced the rears with Yokohama A539. The old A021R's were great tyres and the car handled like a dream but with the new A539's, the car is very twitchy over 45 mph and feels like it's jumping all over the place - I've been playing with tyre pressures (very time consuming) and have got it about as good as I think I can get it with 18psi on the front and 16psi on the back but still the car is twitchy and doesn't feel as sure footed going into bends. I'm not sure what to do -  Are the A539's just the wrong choice of tyre? (they do seem to have a different profile to the A021R's). Is there a recommended replacement for the A021R's on the road? Should I swap the front and rear so the A021R's on are on the rear? Should I just get 4 new modern tyres all round.

The car rarely gets driven in the rain and I don't track the car (yet). Any advice/answers to questions gratefully received.

Thanks

Dave