Stu you said i COULDNT AFFORD DECENT tires on it... i dont know what you have been smoking but please look up prices of 205/35/18 T1RS and then lets talk again about cheap tires.

I understand that theyre not to each liking and thats oke, i just want to have something different.
im not making a trackcar or racecar of whatsoever,just a funcar.



Each to their own

look too big, wont they rub badly on inner arches on full lock?

awesome project thread though

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I knew that 205/35/18 is not a common size hence the price..

215/35 and 225/35 are cheaper, but 205 is the size if you want to go low and 18s on a peugeot imho

I think you rather see me running R888?

Since its a fun car only and wont be seeing the track ( i think) and wont be driven that crazy much, itll do for now and i also think that within 2500km the fronttires will be gone

But @ almost 160 euros a piece i can hardly go with the budget tyre comment

Especially when i look in 9/10 projecttopics theyre using C brand,china made s**ttyres and thats on 15 or 16inch (cheap sizes)

Some will hate it some will like it, thats what its al about on the forums, i just know that im not the guy for 15s or 16s on a 306.

The Rays Engineering forged TE37s are a to nice and good wheel to not fit on the 306 ,so i went for it.
( dont give me comments buy them in 17" cause they cost more then your 306 and your neighbourscar together )

Even if i hadnt had the 330mm brakes i would have still gone for atleast 17s

I still have the Team Dynamics Pro race 3 laying around with Hankook Ventus S1, maybe ill fit semislicks on them,but thats for later...


this however looks hideous!

Not even close to this look

You are missing the point. Ignoring price, T1R's aren't a great tyre.

You are happy with it all and that's the main thing. As you say some will like, some will hate.

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My '6 had 18" alloys on it when I bought it and I did put some different 18s on it soon after...
I thought she looked great at the time, very much doubt I will ever put 18s on a 306 again 16" or possibly 17" but no bigger!

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2008 BMW ///M 320d

I am certainly not missing the point i understand that most of you think T1R are crap, i dont know i havent used them before.
The point im trying to make is that people always know best, ive had guys on the forum saying coilovers drive like s**t, these tires suck, cant go 400bhp on stock engine
And when a comes to b , they have never driven the tires, never had any coilovers on any of their car , etc etc,
there was a brandnew set on the 17" peug Hockeheims that is sold before driving for more then 1 km on them because i hate the Hockenheim design.

But as people saying the T1R is a budget tire, i dont quite understand that kind of comment.

I dont think swapping tires will make that much of an upgrade, it will be wheelspin al the way i think with 400bhp + on FWD,with that even slicks wont help you

But to make a long story short, it al good...

Tyres are your only contact with the road and therefore better tyres improve pretty much everything.
Grip, And therefore ability to put down power, Handling and braking in all weather.

People are saying its a budget tyre because its generally pretty cheap in all sizes when compared to a good tyre like a Uniroyal RS2 or a Michelin PE2/PS3.
It actually a midrange tyre tbh and not really a budget.
Not the sort of tyre you put on a car with about 2k of suspension upgrades and an extra 220hp from standard though!

As for the slicks arent going to help you when you have 400hp comment I get your point.
With that amount of torque (thanks to your turbo) you're not really going to be able to put down all the power until you are rolling at a decent pace, But that doesnt mean the better tyres wont put the power down far better than the t1r-s!
Its the same as how I can spin up the BFgoodrich tyres I have now ALL day long with 167hp but I had a lot more difficulty with the PE2's I had previously infact, they only spun from a standstill really.
The other day I spun the BF's in only slightly damp conditions at like 20mph and was like "WTF these are s**t"
Similarly with the BFgoodrichs i have to really adjust my style to the conditions, With PE2's i didnt really have to bother :/
Compound that with the fact i think the BFgoodrichs are better than the t1rs I had recently and you can understand where we are coming from.
All of the above will apply to your car only far worse seeing as you have a lot more power (most importantly torque) than me
Your arguement for not caring about tyres is like cutting off your nose to spite your face (to me anyway)
I'm only saying because I think that you would enjoy your car more in the end

As said "each to there own"
But personally modifying a car decent out of the box like a 6 always goes in this order
Get great tyres
Improve handling further with better suspensionn components
Brakes
More power

Its boring but its what works imo.

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Please keep going, it's keeping me quite amused...

If nothing else, you'll have fun predicting when it's going to let go with that combination of 25 profile and heauge tubro.

Agreed, each to their own and all that but the fact that there is still no real proof 18's do or ever willl really work with 306's is still not here lol.

Has the rear end got a dent in the arch from the wheels at all, it looks like it has?

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@ Eliot, fair enough mate and i fully understand you.

But as said before its only my funcar, when it doesnt turn out to be what i wanted it to be, im parting or selling it.

Ive had numerous projects and with a few cars that are more car then a old french 306 will ever be, only reason that ive bought the 306 is that i liked it very much when i was younger.
Had a mk5 R32 project, had i for a month and sold it, bought the misses a JCW mini with a lot of modifications, one of the best cars ive driven, sold it after three months when the newish was of it
had 2 x M5, E60 535D with 20s , a few nice audis with nice engines, M3 with over 500bhp that killed almost everything it encounterd on the streets.
Ive worked on that project for 7 years and spend crazy money on it.

The 306 was never meant to be a project like its now, its getting a bit out of hand already, i only have it for 4 months

Well see what the future brings, im already haveing a look at 964s as a project as i really adore that model, only thing is they drive even worse then a 306 lol

I dont care to drive a 306 for a projectcar, but people look very strange when i tell them i got a 306 as a project now, guess not what theyre used from me.

But 306 or not, i like a car be to my likings and in my book styling is very important, i like quality stuff, and i like to be different.

Ah, so *that's* why you bought T1R's then...

Should of bought better tyres
id never settle for lower end tyres especially with over 400 bhp

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Moonstone phase 7 gti6
My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1