Uniroyal Rainsport 2

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.

Best Tyres I have Come Across,
Car Drives Exceptionally Well In All Conditions Wether its Raining,
Dry Roads,
And other weather Conditions,

This Tyre Can Cope With Everything You Can Expect On The Roads, so If You thinking In Purchasing Tyres For Your Car, DONT LOOK FURTHER THESE RAINSPORT 2 WILL GUARANTEE YOU A SMILE.

After a while skidding and sliding with factory standard RE040s on my Civic R, I plumped for these due to the good reviews. My god, they are SO much better! Wet weather performance is like night and day compared to the Bridgestones. Not a hint of wheelspin in the wet and very grippy in the dry. The walls are a little softer than RE040s but provide a smoother and quieter ride. I'm fully used to this difference now and its not a problem. I would definately recommend this tyre for FWD cars which need all the grip they can get!

Just put these on my Clio 172 and they're phenomenal for the price (£89 for fitted pair - bestbuytyres.co.uk). Massively better than existing P600s.

Been wet here (as in rest of UK) for last few weeks and my old, terrible (although pretty worn) tyres gave very low confidence at roundabouts (etc.) and often, severe understeer as well (you couldn't really get oversteer, as the front didn't bite enough to provide confidence to corner at the speed the car is capable of). The RS2s however were great as soon as they were on and warm! Apparently no real need to scrub in - or, amazingly, more grip will be produced when they do... So good, that the old P600s at the back now produce oversteer at roundabouts (i.e. the front grips, the back doesn't.

Pros: Wet grip phenomenal (dry seems fine as well - but will review again after 500 miles or so); comfort fine; price.

Cons: Driving everywhere 10/15 mph faster and cornering like a hooligan --> 1: I'm using more petrol! 2: More or less controlled oversteer. 3: Will need to buy a pair for the back - where's that piggy bank?

Excellent wet grip. very comfortable seems to be wearing ok. Had bridgestones potenza re050 which were bad in wet.

1............................... price!
2........................ Tread!
3............ performance!
4...... Brand!
5. wear!

All these listed bullet points have a great response to everything i am very happy about me deciding to have these Uniroyals R/S 2. will deffo buy again and again i hope they come out with rain sport 3!!!

For the virtually the same price as a pair of low end Firestones I picked up a pair of these tyres after reading the reviews on this website. I was somewhat dubious that they could match the hype given the low cost (£123 delivered for the pair) however after driving 500 miles on them in dry conditions, damp conditions and torrential rain I can safely say they have exceeded my expectations on every front.

The grip in the wet is amazing, I have the confidence to carry at least 10mph more through the bends. They have virtually killed all understeer (although, to be fair, understeer has rarely been a problem in my current car)

The water clearing abilities are where I have noticed the most difference, and being a FWD car, is where the understeer was most frequently encountered. To be honest, unless you are driving through deep puddles, the car may as well be in the dry. The biggest issue I have now, is the fact my back tyres are not as capable in the wet my front end trip is so good I have to pay more attention to my back end when going around a roundabout!


My criticisms of the tyres are fairly inconsequential. I have only driven 500 miles on them so far so I can't really comment about tyre wear - they look maybe a little bit more worn than my most recent looked after 500 miles, however I have been driving a lot more aggressively since putting them on - and my last set were a rear set so the type of tyre wear is completely different.

The other criticism could be leveled at comfort - when they were first fitted they were a little bit harder than most, however they soon wore in. They also make a much lower pitched squeal when you get them to slide.


However, these are very very minor criticisms and I am definitely planning on fitting these tyres from now on.

Several people have commented on how much they like the tread pattern too.

I'm very pleased with the Uniroyals Rainsport2, it's amazing the difference you get by changing all the tyres. The old ones were quite worn and I hadn't realised just how much this had effected the handling. These give good grip and are very good in the wet.

They call Uniroyal Tyres the "Rain Tyre", I can see why now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

A good tyre at a reasonable price.
This tyre is made by "Continental"