Honda Civic Coupe 1.6i SR VTEC Tyres

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Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
BFGoodrich gGrip (47) 89% 79% 80% 80% 86% 85%
Altenzo Sports Comforter (23) 88% 77% 76% 80% 84% 83%
Barum Bravuris 2 (127) 85% 78% 79% 71% 75% 80%
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (193) 83% 77% 77% 72% 78% 71%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Toyo T1R (288) 83% 69% 75% 75% 63% 70%
Dunlop SP Sport 300 (21) 77% 68% 62% 62% 77% 67%
Dunlop SP Sport 01 (124) 78% 67% 71% 69% 69% 65%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Pirelli P6000 (175) 66% 46% 55% 48% 67% 60%

Honda Civic Coupe 1.6i SR VTEC Tyre Review Highlights

Writing about the BFGoodrich gGrip given 97% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly town for 3000 easy going miles
Had 3 full sets . Excellent tyres and reasonably priced , Thoroughly recommended . Recommended by my tyre dealer too as great tyres and good value. Martin ( Belfast )
tyre reviewed on 2020-02-09 06:23:06
Writing about the Barum Bravuris 2 given 37% (195-50-15-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
Bought my car with these tyres already fitted, in the dry they are at best mediocre, I do drive my car harder than your typical 40 year old but then again I am only 23, wet grip isn't brilliant but not really much worse than dry grip, these tyre if driven fairly hard will try to eat the sidewalls, there is very little feed back from the road just a lot of noise, they are a good tyre if your the type of person that drives at a top speed of 50 everywhere! They wear really well and although only having done a few thousand miles on them they haven't worn at all, I would not recommend these tyres if your car weighs any more than around 1000kg as the sidewall is extremely soft and would be liable to blow outs in my opinion, these tyres flex more than the suspension of the car that they are on, so all in all out of 10 I'd give them 2 and that's pure down to the fact they never wear out
tyre reviewed on 2015-10-17 20:23:00
Writing about the Altenzo Sports Comforter given 100% (185-60-14-H)
Driving on mostly town for 5000 easy going miles
Have been purchasing these tyres for some time now and all four cars in the family are using them . Have been excellent value for money and a real quality tyres. Would recommend to all
tyre reviewed on 2015-01-03 05:38:06
Writing about the Toyo T1R given 51% (195-45-16-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 30000 average miles
I have it for 4 summer season. If you don't want fast wear, try to fill it around 2,6Bar. In wet condition are very bad. In dry condition can be better. On the car I have Koni kit and strut bars. The tires are not so bad, but neather so good. Yust in the midle.
tyre reviewed on 2013-06-14 06:03:01
Writing about the Falken ZE912 given 57% (195-50-15-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 20 spirited miles
I like these tyres, they don't feel any different on a wet road to a dry road, needing a really big puddle to unsettle them. BUT they are squidgy, with much too much roll when changing direction. They also wear ridiculously fast, 6000 miles on the front of my Civic, the rears better, naturally though not by much! I've used ZE912s for the past 3 years, gone through 3 sets. Gone to Rainsport2s now, can't afford to be changing tyres this often!
tyre reviewed on 2013-04-10 06:53:24
Writing about the Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL given 74% (205-45-16-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 spirited miles
My expericence with these tyres has been a very good one to say the least.
I was put onto them by a local tyre company, after my Toyo Proxies had hit their limit.
I had originally gone in to order proxies at £90 a piece, but was given the hard sale for these federals.
I was a bit skeptical at first to stray away from proxies as I'd had such a good experience with them, but after a few minutes of examining the tyre and been told his experiences with them, he told me the price. At the time they were £54 a tyre which I couldnt really argue with.
Bottom end budget prices with apparent high budget performance, even if they turned out to be dud I hadn't lost alot.
Its safe to say I now swear by them as a brilliant budget tyre.

The dry grip they have almost rivals the Proxies and even when you seem to hit their limit their still easily controlable to bring back. Obviously its a mix between your cars setup and your own driving style, but these match both of mine near perfectly.

The only downside I have come to know about these tyres are this:
-They are quite noise (A high whirring noise when at high speeds, although does not make the slightest in difference to myself as you cant really hear it over my Buddy Club Spec IV lol.)

-As good as they are in the dry, the wet is another story. They do grip well for fast paced driving but in my experience going anywhere near the limit could be fatal. There is not alot of coming back once they have lost grip, but if you know the limit and know anything about driving a car you should know not to be anywhere near that limit in wet conditions on public roads.

Overall for their price they are an exellent tyre, unfortunately they are now in the price range of £70 now for a set of 205/45/16 V83, which is closing in on the higher priced tyres but I will continue to use them unless they go any higher.

A few extra cosmetic points about them:
They are a very pretty tyre for any wheel and can set your car off nicely opposed to some of the budget tyres you can get with an almost flat side on them, federals however have a nice tight curve and lip protectors which is always nice to have.

To sum up, if your wanting higher budget performance tyres but not wanting to fork out the extra these are a great alternative.
Handle amazingly in the dry and quite well in the wet, aswell as getting good mileage, motorway and or pleasure driving.

As a budget tyre 9/10
As a performance tyre 6/10
tyre reviewed on 2012-09-05 03:59:41
Writing about the Dunlop SP Sport 300 given 89% (185-70-14-H)
Driving on mostly motorways for 55000 easy going miles
used on 2005 Civic 1.6vtec, excellent tyres; no problem at all.
tyre reviewed on 2009-01-02 03:59:42
Writing about the Pirelli P6000 given 63% (185-60-14-H)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
I always wondered why I've seen so many P6000s fitted to cars on the road. When I got a new set of wheels fitted with these, I found out. In short, these are pretty inoffensive tyres and do nothing wrong. So, really, no-one can really go wrong with them. "No-one ever got fired for buying IBM" springs to minds! However, they don't really excel in any one area. If you want a safe choice that's reasonable value, fine. But there are much better tyres out there (e.g. Bridgestone ER300s).
tyre reviewed on 2008-01-20 13:10:45
Writing about the Dunlop SP Sport 01 given 69% (185-60-14-H)
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 spirited miles
Interesting tyres. Cheap to buy but the wear rate is pretty poor (judging by my first 8000 miles with them), so middle in the value stakes. Then to tyre performance.... on the face of it, these are nothing special. Dry grip is good, wet grip is not bad but nothing to write home about. However, where these tyres are special is the level of predictability you get with them and their responsiveness. Very progressive loss of grip, excellent cornering stability means finding the right line is a doddle, good steering response: basically, you can happily push these to the limit and know exactly what's going on. A drivers tyre, not up there with the best in absolute performance, but I've been very happy with them and the price is good (not allowing for wear!).
tyre reviewed on 2008-01-20 13:05:56
Writing about the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 given 76% (185-60-14-H)
Driving on a combination of roads for 25000 spirited miles
Very nice tyres. Dry grip was very good indeed, wet grip was relatively even better. I was really impressed by how much these tyres held on wet roads. Very confidence inspiring. Wear rate was excellent, noise and comfort similarly so. For a "touring" tyre, these are superb and much better than the P6000s so common for this size tyre (which I've also driven). They're only let you down a little when you push them (but then you really should be buying a performance tyre, not a touring tyre!), where you get a lot of scrabbling and sudden break away, and also steering response isn't the best, so they're not the best for fast country road driving. Everything else, especially motorway miles, bring it on!
tyre reviewed on 2008-01-20 12:58:53
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