255/35 R18 Tyres

The following tyres have been reviewed in 255/35 R18.
Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Michelin Pilot Alpin 4 (26) 92% 95% 93% 95% 93% 91%
Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (111) 94% 84% 90% 89% 85% 85%
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (155) 94% 87% 88% 87% 80% 85%
Bridgestone Potenza Race (4) 98% 70% 95% 95% 75% 75%
Continental ExtremeContact DWS (9) 84% 89% 80% 80% 84% 90%
Michelin Pilot Super Sport (143) 94% 84% 89% 86% 82% 81%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (99) 95% 91% 88% 88% 73% 85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (234) 93% 90% 86% 88% 80% 81%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (406) 92% 89% 85% 85% 80% 87%
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) 91% 88% 87% 85% 79% 85%
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (51) 92% 93% 81% 79% 81% 84%
Barum Bravuris 3HM (66) 88% 83% 82% 80% 87% 84%
Nokian Z G2 (30) 88% 89% 86% 84% 80% 83%
Bridgestone Turanza 6 (22) 93% 93% 89% 87% 74% 83%
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport (48) 95% 83% 91% 93% 68% 75%
Fulda SportControl 2 (24) 85% 85% 83% 79% 80% 94%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (300) 90% 88% 84% 84% 73% 82%
Sumitomo HTR Z III (12) 86% 80% 85% 78% 82% 87%
Yokohama Advan Sport V105 (41) 91% 83% 84% 84% 76% 79%
Bridgestone Potenza Sport (88) 93% 88% 90% 92% 64% 74%
Debica Presto UHP2 (37) 88% 81% 81% 83% 77% 89%
Vredestein Ultrac Vorti Plus (4) 88% 83% 93% 88% 75% 68%
Hankook Ventus RS4 (18) 87% 73% 85% 89% 86% 63%
Avon ZZ5 (93) 90% 83% 83% 86% 70% 82%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (310) 90% 88% 81% 84% 73% 78%
Falken Azenis FK510 (142) 89% 88% 82% 82% 72% 77%
Michelin CrossClimate 2 (89) 86% 83% 74% 71% 84% 84%
Continental Premium Contact 6 (112) 89% 85% 83% 84% 75% 79%
Sava Intensa UHP 2 (47) 87% 80% 79% 79% 79% 82%
Syron Race 1 plus (15) 86% 81% 74% 74% 84% 86%
Uniroyal RainSport 2 (226) 85% 91% 78% 76% 76% 80%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) 90% 87% 82% 78% 70% 80%
Michelin Pilot Sport AS 3 Plus (5) 83% 87% 77% 80% 77% 73%
Michelin Pilot Sport (41) 92% 82% 86% 81% 73% 75%
General Altimax Sport (32) 80% 79% 79% 78% 87% 80%
Bridgestone Potenza RE 71RS (3) 100% 87% 80% 100% 50% 43%
Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun (89) 85% 81% 81% 82% 78% 76%
Toyo Proxes T1 Sport (50) 90% 79% 86% 84% 67% 78%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo2 (80) 87% 81% 78% 79% 74% 77%
Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 (13) 85% 73% 82% 85% 68% 78%
Kumho Ecsta KU39 (123) 86% 78% 80% 76% 73% 81%
Barum Bravuris 2 (127) 85% 78% 79% 71% 75% 80%
Roadstone Eurovis Sport 04 (61) 84% 77% 76% 76% 76% 81%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 (88) 85% 78% 79% 78% 76% 81%
Petlas Velox Sport PT741 (39) 84% 76% 76% 77% 86% 70%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) 84% 75% 76% 78% 74% 79%
Kumho Ecsta PS71 (59) 86% 81% 80% 79% 74% 72%
Yokohama Advan Sport V107 (9) 91% 80% 88% 93% 49% 74%
Debica Presto HP (2) 80% 70% 80% 35% 100% 85%
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 (42) 87% 86% 73% 71% 68% 77%
Accelera 651 Sport (24) 82% 71% 77% 75% 74% 73%
Dunlop Direzza DZ101 (8) 85% 68% 80% 79% 67% 76%
Nankang AR 1 (34) 91% 47% 84% 87% 73% 64%
Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) 88% 80% 81% 77% 62% 74%
Avon ZZ3 (115) 84% 75% 78% 75% 70% 74%
Primewell Sport 910 (23) 83% 76% 76% 76% 74% 73%
Nankang NS2R (58) 89% 66% 82% 84% 72% 56%
Riken Riken UHP (13) 82% 73% 72% 75% 76% 78%
Bridgestone Potenza RE720 (20) 84% 77% 75% 77% 64% 70%
Delinte DH2 (14) 81% 67% 75% 78% 81% 75%
Infinity Ecomax (32) 78% 73% 72% 66% 76% 77%
Uniroyal RainSport 5 (65) 77% 86% 70% 69% 75% 80%
Dunlop Sport Maxx 050 Plus (23) 82% 73% 80% 80% 81% 65%
Uniroyal RainSport (25) 78% 88% 68% 78% 72% 74%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Sailun Atrezzo ZSR (42) 81% 69% 72% 76% 71% 74%
Landsail LS588 UHP (89) 81% 75% 70% 68% 75% 80%
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 (80) 84% 76% 76% 79% 67% 72%
Maxxis Premitra HP5 (34) 84% 77% 74% 75% 66% 69%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Matador MP 47 Hectorra 3 (28) 80% 66% 74% 76% 73% 79%
Federal 595RSR (51) 86% 66% 76% 80% 72% 57%
Nankang SV2 (30) 83% 77% 74% 74% 83% 74%
Fulda Carat Progresso (13) 78% 72% 75% 74% 71% 72%
Three A P606 (47) 79% 73% 69% 69% 72% 76%
Rotalla RU01 S Pace (25) 83% 72% 71% 70% 71% 78%
Extreme Performance VR2 (7) 90% 55% 86% 87% 61% 36%
Toyo T1R (288) 83% 69% 75% 75% 63% 70%
Nexen N8000 (79) 79% 74% 68% 66% 68% 79%
Achilles 123S (13) 91% 64% 81% 82% 58% 57%
Continental Sport Contact 5 (212) 87% 82% 79% 76% 51% 73%
Goodyear Excellence (125) 79% 70% 72% 71% 72% 73%
Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (107) 85% 78% 77% 76% 55% 73%
Hankook Icebear W300 (10) 76% 64% 77% 74% 71% 70%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT (70) 86% 67% 76% 72% 66% 68%
Bridgestone Potenza S001 (158) 83% 69% 74% 74% 67% 61%
Pirelli P Zero Runflat (41) 83% 69% 76% 74% 58% 66%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 (74) 82% 85% 76% 73% 56% 72%
Jinyu YU63 (52) 78% 62% 67% 66% 72% 72%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (212) 83% 69% 74% 72% 66% 59%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08RS (30) 73% 64% 73% 72% 79% 68%
Rovelo RPX 998 (30) 80% 62% 69% 65% 65% 73%
Pace ALVENTI Pace (11) 73% 71% 74% 51% 60% 77%
Pirelli P Zero (156) 84% 69% 75% 72% 58% 64%
Event Potentum (14) 75% 67% 59% 66% 74% 68%
Nankang Noble Sport NS20 (35) 73% 59% 67% 61% 77% 73%
Bridgestone Potenza s03 (7) 86% 54% 70% 67% 71% 60%
Nankang AS1 (17) 77% 59% 68% 61% 69% 69%
Imperial Snowdragon 3 (4) 77% 40% 60% 57% 70% 63%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (161) 79% 69% 69% 67% 63% 64%
Pirelli PZero Rosso (109) 81% 66% 70% 68% 59% 62%
Sonar SX2 (12) 69% 58% 60% 56% 85% 68%
Bridgestone Potenza RE040 (47) 79% 58% 74% 70% 65% 57%
Falken FK453 (30) 77% 70% 63% 60% 60% 69%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Dunlop SP Sport 9000 (60) 75% 64% 64% 61% 65% 62%
Nexen N3000 (45) 73% 55% 63% 62% 63% 67%
Achilles ATR Sport 2 (43) 72% 45% 61% 63% 73% 66%
Kelly Edge AS (8) 75% 65% 64% 60% 46% 59%
Mohawk M105 (9) 73% 64% 60% 49% 74% 56%
Tomket Sport Series 1 (5) 60% 53% 55% 60% 63% 57%
Sunny SN3970 (45) 71% 49% 55% 54% 64% 55%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%
Accelera PHI (158) 68% 44% 53% 52% 66% 58%
Autogrip P308 (26) 66% 52% 56% 50% 60% 61%
Runway ENDURO 916 Plus (45) 66% 53% 52% 54% 62% 41%
Achilles ATR Sport (54) 62% 42% 54% 48% 62% 57%
Falken ZE512 (27) 67% 47% 52% 50% 45% 55%
Riken Maystorm 2 B 2 (22) 68% 35% 50% 54% 52% 57%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (143) 72% 54% 55% 48% 55% 32%
Maxtrek INGENS A1 (34) 58% 33% 52% 45% 63% 57%
Lassa Impetus Sport (6) 57% 44% 48% 32% 63% 46%
Wanli S1088 (85) 57% 35% 41% 39% 59% 38%
Fullrun HP199 (79) 48% 28% 32% 33% 53% 27%
Sunny SN3800 (63) 50% 29% 30% 29% 44% 28%

255/35 18 Tyre Review Highlights

Uniroyal RainSport 5 rated 88% while driving a BMW 330d M Sport
Driving on a combination of roads for 7000 spirited miles
Retired my Bridgstones after several sets as not worth the money for average performance. Switched to the Rainsports 3's all round on my BMW 330D Touring some 7 years ago, won't use any other tire. Gives me so much confidence in the wet & dry, great grip, good wear rate also when exercising the 'Horses' to a good lather. The Rainsport 5's appear just as good, won't consider anything else for the money.
tyre reviewed on 2024-03-18 15:34:06
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 rated 90% while driving a BMW 330ci
Driving on a combination of roads for 40000 spirited miles
I had these on my car for 6 years before they started cracking to the point of the tyres losing air. There was still a lot of tread left, but they had to be replaced for safety reasons. The grip was very good in both wet and dry, and they are surprisingly comfortable for what they are, max performance tyres. They're not as grippy as the pilot sport 4s or super sport, which is to be expected, but for strictly street driving, they're hard to fault. I have had various toyo proxes, hankook s1 evo, bridgestone RE040, RE050, goodyear eagle F1, and none of them comes close to the ps4, at least to me. None of them lasted as long, and the michelin ps4 was just better overall.
tyre reviewed on 2024-02-15 07:15:33
Tomket Sport Series 1 rated 80% while driving a BMW
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 average miles
Had a set of Tomket Sport rear tyres installed on my BMW E46 325Ci replacing some Continentals after damaging them due to potholes and I have to say I am really impressed.

Great grip and no issues so far. Too early to say about wear but when I need the fronts replaced I will certainly look to complete the Tomket set and they are around a quarter to a third of the price of the main brands.
tyre reviewed on 2024-01-05 19:36:55
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 rated 65% while driving a BMW
Driving on mostly country roads for 2000 average miles
Bought these for my 330d bmw , bought all 4 and was straight away thinking wow these aren’t as good as the pilot sport 4 !!!
In cold dry weather don’t grip as well .
The pilot 4 gave me confidence where these I’m unsure, hope there better in hotter weather but when these wear out I’m back on the 4
tyre reviewed on 2023-12-18 18:52:03
Accelera 651 Sport rated 60% while driving a BMW
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 spirited miles
Bought these after switching from a Miata. I didn't want to spend $800+ on autocross tires, and knew some people who ran these at autocross.
In the dry, these tires grip. Hard to say objectively, since I haven't had any other 200TW tires on the E46 but these tires out gripped my NB Miata on Falken RT660s (measured by speedometer around the same 4 leaf clover). I felt that they handled both fun road driving and autocross very well.

In the wet, these things love to hydroplane. If you get into any standing water, slow down. Though, that's kind of expected with the cheaper 200TW (had similar problems on a set of GT Radial SX2s) segment. I never had these problems on my Falkens (admittedly they were 50mm narrower).

Tire wear was also not great, but I suspect that was partially due to my alignment settings.

They are much louder than my winter tires on the same car, but not a deal breaker for cheap 200TW tires.

For the price, I don't think you're going to beat these. Grip way better than my old GT Radials, and are dirt cheap. Unless you're ultra competitive in your class, I say go for them.
tyre reviewed on 2023-11-13 16:23:17
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08RS rated 73% while driving a Nissan R33 GTST 2.5 turbo RWD
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Been on 6 track day events this year with amazing results in good weather. Still a lot of life in the tyres left.
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Also did over 10000km this year on these tires, mountain roads, citys, highways. (road trips) daily driving.

Great tyre in dry warm conditions, as soon as its cold or wet you will have problems with grip, even on not so powerful cars.
Braking distance in the rain is really bad, you just slide.
Out of corners you need to expect to oversteer, if you put your foot down to early.
(Classified as "dynamic driver")
tyre reviewed on 2023-10-27 07:49:34
Accelera 651 Sport rated 81% while driving a Kia Motors ceed
Driving on a combination of roads for 10 spirited miles
I have used these tires now for about 2 years now. I was worried at first as I'm NOT a huge fan of trialing out tires from what I know works! I tried NS2R's and they were rubbish in light cold mornings and nearly crashed as they slipped out on me after a 30 mile drive! so those went and will NEVER get touched again!

Im a die hard Vredestein fan, from the sessanta's to the vorti's they do it all inc track days but do have limits on track days! its my go to tire for road use ALWAYS!!!

So after some heavy reading and reviews I decided to trial these 651 sports out for summer. when I got them on and they got worn in I liked what i was feeling with the stiff sidewall and response was great. I was mostly using them for my track wheels but on the roads so I knew what to expect from them.

Dry handling is epic! they handle well and grip like you want them to, there is no moving of the tires sidewall so everything is direct and precise.

Wet handling is also pretty good to be fair, IT DOES HATE standing water! but what track tire don't! they can handle well in the rain and once i got over my fear for my first wet drive they really shocked me as to how well they grip in the wet and brake under real hard testing without being able to lock them up much, you will see some cornering grip loss of course. if you go over 80mph they can float a bit on the water surface if its raining hard. light rain seems to not bother them really

I generally get 1, 9 month use out of the fronts ( 10k miles ish ) and then i can re use the rears next year BUT they do crack easily the following year you use them so you will possibly not get 2 full years from them without replacing them sooner, that's the ONLY downside really for the price. I swap rears to front the next year and then replace after a few months for new ones and then the rears to the front again and so on and so on.

it works out cheaper to buy good road tires for 2 - 4 years vs buying these for normal road use over 2 years. so bare this in mind!
But since this is a track tire you likely will need it for 1 year and that's all if you get them to last.

I find these do follow road gaps more then normal tires but that's ok and just keep hands on the wheel more.

I would and do buy these again and again each year for my non OEM wheels i run most of summer time. its a great tire to run and use and you really wont be disappointed in them. Wait for sales if you can as they do 20-30% sometimes off the tires which is nice and makes them even more of great value to run
tyre reviewed on 2023-10-07 15:29:16
Continental ContiSportContact 5 P rated 55% while driving a Mercedes Benz c350 cdi bluetec
Driving on a combination of roads for 9000 average miles
Merc C350Cdi estate.
Got an MOT advisory to change all four tyres soon.
Fronts have done 19000 miles.
But it's the rears that are the shockers, only just over 9000 miles.

This is the third set of SportContacts I've had on the rears, don't know which version of SportContact they were.
The first 2 sets lasted 15000 miles, I can't understand why the current set have lasted so badly.
My usage and driving style hasn't changed, so can only think the SportContact 5 has different wear characteristics compared to earlier versions.

I'll be replacing with all-season tyres, but Continental definitely won't be on the list. I can's afford such poor tyre life.
tyre reviewed on 2023-09-09 20:00:32
Kelly Edge AS rated 67% while driving a Subaru 2015+ STI
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
Honestly, for grip never. Daily and regular car if you drive like a grandma kind of beats. Giving these tires some power already feels like you’re going to slip out.
tyre reviewed on 2023-07-07 10:09:04
Bridgestone Turanza 6 rated 100% while driving a Lexus IS300h
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 easy going miles
So much more quieter than the Bridgestone Turanza ER33 which were OEM fitted.
Car seems "glued" to the road
tyre reviewed on 2023-05-14 01:06:30
Michelin Pilot Alpin 4 rated 86% while driving a BMW 330D Touring
Driving on mostly town for 3100 spirited miles
Bought the tires at the start of this winter season (2023). Fronts are 225/40/R18 rears 255/35/R18. We didn't get too much snow or cold temperatures but still managed to test them on a mountain road with a fair bit of snow which by the end of the day had been blown away and left a thin layer of ice. Tires performed superbly. Car is xDrive which certainly helped going uphill but handling and grip downhill were still very predictable. Noise is decent, our road surfaces are poor but compared to other tires they do seem to generate more road noise but nothing bothersome.
For a winter tire road feedback and feel is very good, the best I've ever felt. Cannot comment on wear yet as I've only put about 5000km on them so far. But thread is barely worn so I expect they will have a pretty good life.
Only downside is that after ~3000km the car developed a very slight vibration when cruising at above 120kph and a very noticeable shudder under braking from the same speeds and it was fixed by balancing all four tires again. Have never had such behavior before with any car. But a simple balance took care of it and I have had other tires need a second balancing after some initial break in. Overall extremely happy with the tires. Recommend them to anyone that wants a sporty tire with amazing snow performance.
tyre reviewed on 2023-03-03 14:22:36
Bridgestone Potenza Sport rated 91% while driving a BMW Z4 30i
Driving on mostly country roads for 4000 spirited miles
Excellent tyre both in the dry and in the wet. I have it on my weekend fun car which I mainly drive hard on highways and twisty mountain roads. Comfort is not great, nor is the wear, but oh my the grip is excellent! Once they get some temperature in them they grip and grip and grip. Steering is sharp, braking is great and again lots of grip on the rears. Had some highway trips in pouring rain - no problems at all. They felt secure on higher speeds and when braking. Price wise they were cheaper than anything in their class and for spirited driving I think they are the best choice, hence you don't think of the wear factor of course. I believe they will last me 2 summers, but if available and if nothing better comes up - definitely will buy them again.
tyre reviewed on 2023-02-28 16:46:22
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