Uniroyal Rainsport 2

Looked for ages to see what tyres were available to suit my budget and car's performance. Uniroyal Rainsport 2's came highly rated, i asked some friends and they too recommended them it appears they are some of the best tyres for your money i.e.£70 per corner.
Once fitted and bed in they have made driving a joy again the grip and corning speeds have doubled, after sliding around in the snow and wet the last few weeks these have been a god send.
I found them hard to locate and ended up ordering them in to my local garage.
Give them a go, not just for wet weather !

Thought long and hard before replacing the 4 Contis that came with the Furbie at delivery. Without a doubt, these tyres have TRANSFORMED the car. Grip is unbeleivable, although with the recent bad weather & new tyres, i've not been anywhere near the limit. Wet braking is outstanding. The ride is MUCH quieter & less harsh due to softer sidewalls. MPG is about the same, which is surprising given they have much more rubber on than my worn out Contis.
BUT .... oh! my! does it roll !!. The Furbie has always needed a rear ARB, & the softer compound of these tyres makes the roll seem more pronounced.

Can't comment on the wear as yet; a brilliant tyre; would deffo recommend, not at all easy to find, but worth the effort.

Excelent Tyre!!!Buy Again!!!
Good confort and big dry grip and wet grip...
Recomended

Done 8000 on the rear of my beemer now and looking to replace as they have just about had it, only 2-3mm left,a good tyre as I have reviewed these before when new.Was hoping to really get more miles out of these but the car has lots of rear end power which only has one way to get to the road.Dont get me wrong these have been great and really grippy you might have a job getting hold of these now as there are only a handful of tyre dealers that now import these-shame.
Looking to try something else maybe Falken 452's or my dealer just recomended the new Coopers 2xs which is the new name for Avon by the way !
Let you know what I get decide on later.

Previously I had Dunlop SP Sport 01 (Runflats) and then Goodyear Excellence (Runflats) which I decided to replace with conventional (non-runflat) tyres when they were worn out. After reading the reviews I fitted these Uniroyal Rainsport 2 and I was initially very disappointed as some of the “go cart” precision and feel had gone! After increasing the tyre pressures to 36psi all round this improved but the steering still feels a bit soft and movement at the back can be felt on turn in.

On the plus side the grip is very good, almost as good as the Dunlops in the dry and excellent in the wet. Ride comfort and noise is also vastly improved over both brands of runflats. Typically I get 17 – 20K miles out of a set of tyres, rotating back to front after half worn, these seem to be no exception as after 10k miles the front tyres are about half worn.

If you change from runflats to improve the ride and noise levels be prepared to sacrifice feel!

OK to give a balanced review I'll tell you what I had before and after the change.

Before: Front Dunlop SP Sport 01 Wear OK, Grip OK
Rear Avon ZZ3 Wear Good, Grip OK

After : Front Uniroyal Rainsport 2 Wear/Grip Excellent
Rear Uniroyal Rainsport 2 Wear/Grip Excellent

To give an overview, before I changed the tyres I always had confidence in both wet and dry conditions but ESP (Electronic Stability Programme) could cut in if pushed hard on sharp bends. (Wet and Dry). With ESP off I could get the fronts to slide (Understeer)if pushed and lift off oversteer when pushed hard through sweeping bends. This in a 4X4 (Quattro).

After the change I hardly ever see the ESP cut in(Wet or Dry) unless you go over a bump on a corner and one wheel lifts slightly and loses traction. With ESP off I can increse the speed through corners before any loss of grip (understeer or oversteer) which gives much greater confidence.

The only other difference between the Uniroyals and the previous tyres are that they have less rigid side walls which give a bit more 'movement', or feel if you want, as you turn in to corners. This you get use to and is really down to personal preference if this bothers you at all.

I bought all 4 tyres together at £80 a corner fitted.

These tyres for the price are excellent when you compare them to 'premium' brands.

Uniroyal is owned and marketed by Continental (Europe)
Uniroyal is owned and marketed by Michelin (USA)

If you want best wear than go for a Michelin but you will pay alot more for them! The only thing that will grip better would be a track tyre which is no good in the wet.

This is the best allround tyre for price/wear/grip/look

This tyre is Wicked i bought them straightaway i got them fitted on my car, ive changed all 4 tyres to UNIROYA RAINSPORT 2,

i got to say these tyres are everything what a tyre needs, you cannot go wrong with these tyres.

i have done nearly 6000 miles and the tyre still looks like new as i just had them fitted to my vehicle.

If you people are looking for tyres then this tyre will impress you on how it can perform with your vehicle, i am hoping to rotate all my tyres arround, to get the most of all my tyres.

But now i know why its called a rain tyre because you have so much control even in wet conditions, the car doesnt even slip slightly.

I've been using Rainsport 1's for over 20k miles and replaced them with Rainsport 2's when they came out. Overall I am very impressed with them and will continue to use them. The price has varied from £58 to £74 each (I've gone through about 8 RS1's and 6 RS2's) but that is still much cheaper than the 'Premium' brands. The car came with P Zeros which were pretty good but I would lose traction in the wet and dry if I floored it in 1st or 2nd gear. Same with Bridgestone Potenza RE040. The Rainsport 2's don't lose traction at all in 2nd gear unless it's very wet. They last the same number of miles as the P Zero and RE040 but give slightly more road noise. At that price I can live with the noise and turn the stereo up

I bought these tyres for the rear only of my standard 1.6 VICT Focus on the strength of the reviews on this site. I have to say that these are the worst tyres I have ever bought for one sole reason - the super soft, bouncy sidewalls. The amount of oversteer that I now get in the dry would be comical, were it not for how disconcerting it is. The rear of the car now rolls massively on the soft sidewalls as the car turns and, and then continues to roll even more, meaning that I have to wind lock off mid corner. The missus even refused to drive the car at first, until I showed her that the grip was there. Ultimate grip in the dry seems OK and in the wet is very good and (unfortunatley) the wear rate seems ok too. All this coming off Pirelli P7s, which I have never rated highly anyway. This tyre may be ok in lower sidewall height guises and if used on all 4 corners at once, or for changing the balance of a car if you feel that it understeers/oversteers too much.

These tyres are slightly overated in my honest opinion the dry and wet grip are good but not brilliant as I have read on these threads and they dont last that long either. A good mid range tyre.