Uniroyal Rainsport 2

Only had the on the front from start of the year until Sept poss Oct when I will have to replace them due to wear. Cant fault the tyres in the dry or wet, quite quiet and comfortable. The wear however has been very quick; 11,000miles and i'm a hairs breath from the wear bar. Most of the mileage was on fast dual carrageways with a few round abouts thrown in. Have t/c so no wheel spinning! Last few thousand have been A and B roads. As much as I would like to have these tyres on my car, it seems that you pay a price in total mileage achievable especialy on a front heavy, front drive car so I will have to look elsewhere as for the money I want 20k (which I dont think is asking too much).

I have used Toyo T1-Rs on my Golf MK3 GTi 16v (205/50/15) for over 50K and was very happy with them until I tried the Uniroyal Rainsport IIs. They have excellent dry grip, far superior progressiveness (I can push it to a tyre squeal around roundabouts and still feed completely in control which I could not do with the Toyos). However the wet grip is what really makes these tyres excellent, I have far greater confidence on wet country roads than I ever did with the Toyos. I do not have anything to report on tyre wear, but I hope they will be better than the Toyos which was my main reason for changing. I paid £65 each for the Rainsport IIs including fitting so they were basically almost the same price as the Toyos (£55 excluding fitting). I would mention though that the Rainsport IIs were really hard to find in this size (205/50/15), I ended up going to the Uniroyal website to find an accredited supplier locally who could order them in 205/50/15. Downsides? None to report really, but aesthetically the Toyos definitely looked cooler with their wall to wall V shaped grip.

I will post another review to report on wear in a year or so.

These tyres are truely spectacular! the wet grip is unbeatable and it really takes some to upset these even on full lock and acceleration!

The dry grip is stunning as I generated a constant of 0.94G! (Ford Focus Mk1)

Confidence is assured as progressiveness is smooth and predictable.

Feel is slightly less than previous tyres but this is due to relitively soft compound and deep tread.

turn in is sharp and bite is instant.

I do not have ESP or ABS but I drive somewhat aggressively and they have never let go! The rear end is now twitchy (fronts' only) as the car tends to allow for controlable lift-off oversteer

The car has never understeered (only on off-camber roads)

MAKE SURE TO BUY XL VERSION!

Will reserve final judgement to when they're done!

Just relpaced all four tyres, replacing Pirelli P6000's(which were poor). Very impressed with the Rainsport 2. Good feedback with low rolling noise. Having read some reviews I was concerned about the flexibility of the tyre walls; however under acceleration and cornering forces the tyres perform well, giving good feedback in both dry and wet cnditions. Cannot comment on the wear yet, although if similar to previous Uniroyals, they should be good. A very good tyre, that looks good too and would recommend.

This tyre is very grippy and thats the problem, The steering is very direct if not a little too direct. turning the wheel a little has nearly caught me out a couple of times. There is no sign you are going to lose grip another problem if you are driving an Impreza because it has so much grip anyway if it goes it really goes and is almost impossible to get back. Would get Continental Sport Contact or Contact 3 next .

Absolutely awesome in the wet. The grip levels under braking into wet roundabouts was great - from NSL speeds downhills, no interference from the ABS due to such good grip.

Dry grip was great too.

The only thing with these tyres is that they have very soft sidewalls. I changed the set due to removing a chunk by kerbing them.

Best performance on wet roads. Good handling while taking corners in rain.