Looking at buying some Kumho Ecsta LE Sports for the ST205... has anyone any experience of these? They seem to get good all round reviews, and can handle a bit of abuse. I will be doing a bit of Hillclimbing in them, and plenty B-road blastage.

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I am running ku39's on my m3 at present and have been for about 5k miles.

I originally ran oem, continental then Michelin pilot sport then ps2 and some cheap falkens and Avon zz3.

Whilst the car is quite different I would rate the ku39 better than most but not as good as the Michelin pilot sport for outright grip. Pretty good and around a third of the price so I will probably stick with the ku39 unless they suddenly start wearing really fast!

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JP
GT4DC Treasurer

Grey St185 RC
Silver BMW E46 M3
Multicolour yawn Honda VFR400
Silver Honda Civic Type-R

Just changed to Michelin Pilot Sports on my ST205 and although I haven't done a lot of mileage on them they seem a lot more grippy and quieter than the Toyo T1R's I had on before. Last time I had Pilot Sports was years ago on my M3 and they were very good. Came in at £90 per tyre fitted which seemed like a good deal to me

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

Thanks for the input, once again.
They do seem best tread for the bread.

See what I did there?

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Used your loaf

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Vice Chairman
1990 White UK Celica ST185 - Project DTM
1997 Cream BMW R1200C (as seen in James Bond "Tomorrow Never Dies")
2005 Jaguar X-type 3.0 Sovereign AWD Automatic
Blood Bikes - https://www.freewheelers.org.uk/

On any other day I'd start a pun war, but I'm just not going to rise to it...

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Doh!

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

Fixed that for you

We really don't knead it.

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If at first you don't suck seed, try drier grain.

I am running BF Goodrich G-Grip on my black 205 and found them to be more than capable, only bought them because 16" Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 were not available at the time.

I guess it is horses for courses?

I have had a few scary moments with budget tyres not wanting to stop the car

Sliding onto a roundabout is a not a lot of fun

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[color=#000080]ST205 WRC 1994
Hybrid turbo
Apexi AVC-R
Apexi Power FC (Not being used ATM)
Apexi Power commander (Not being used ATM)

I didn't realise you could get the G-grip in the sizes for GT4's. I'm running them on the Clio and they are excellent.

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If at first you don't suck seed, try drier grain.

I got mine from Bathwick tyres, 225/55/16 and good as gold
Dan thinks they are great as well, and as you know, his driving style is a bit more "interesting" than mine

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[color=#000080]ST205 WRC 1994
Hybrid turbo
Apexi AVC-R
Apexi Power FC (Not being used ATM)
Apexi Power commander (Not being used ATM)

On the clio they're head & shoulders better than anything else I've tried including goodyear & pirelli - they're not exactly the high performance models though so not really a fair comparison. Stunning grip in dry, wet and muddy lanes.

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If at first you don't suck seed, try drier grain.