Drivers generally report the Uniroyal RainSport 3 delivers standout wet-weather performance, with excellent aquaplaning resistance and strong wet braking/traction that boosts confidence in heavy rain. Many also find it good-to-very-good in the dry for normal road use and strong value for money, often with a comfortable ride. The most repeated downside is rapid wear, and a notable minority mention soft sidewalls that can reduce steering precision or feel unstable when pushed hard (especially on heavier or more powerful cars).
What owners mention most counted across 257 reviews
Bought these tires 6 months ago. The grip they give the car is extremely good in both dry and wet, you can have confidence going into a corner. However, however however, I have had these on the car for 6 months and only covered 6,500 miles and my front tires are on the limit, barely legal and needing replaced. The rear still have a couple of months left in them. I simply don't know how anyone can afford to run these permanently. I will also say that I don't drive the car too heavy footed as well. Simply won't buy these again mainly down to the wear.
Fitted these to the rears just before winter last year as I figured the oem MPSS wouldn't do too well in cold/wet weather. Bit of a mistake to be honest, I've heard many good reviews and they aren't expensive but my experience was pretty poor. For the first 2000 miles the tire seemed to be so soft and 'squidgy' that turning at any speed over 30mph resulted in traction light flashing and the car feeling like it was about swap ends. I played about with pressures to no avail and I was almost ready to bin them as they were so disconcerting at speeds (even as simple as changing lanes on a motorway). I've heard many other M135i owners complain of the same behavior, perhaps it's something to do with less weight being over the rear. Would make sense as FWD owners tend to have positive reviews.
Interestingly though, as they started to wear they improved in this respect. I ended up running them at 38psi cold and while it was useless to begin with it did improve to be a decent and stable tire. Wet weather grip improved and these are MUCH better than MPSS in this regard. In the recent wet weather in the last 2-3 months they have been pretty exceptional to be fair to them, but the tradeoff is clear as when it gets warm again they don't have much outright grip. This was again proven at a trackday when I wore them to shreds on just a few afternoon sessions. I again monitored pressures and they seemed to be 'ok' but the tire was deforming quite quickly, which was entertaining on the track but I was hoping for at least a little more life than that.
I'll be replacing with the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 and to be honest I'll just stick with these throughout the year rather than experiment with a different tire for the seasons.
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Had Bridgestone Potenzas on my FN2 Civic Type R which were really great and needed to change all 4 for the MOT. On Type R forums people raved about the Uniroyal Rainsport 3 so I thought I give then a go. I must say after 2000 miles of driving, general grip at normal speeds are ok but once I start to have spirited driving these tires are LETHAL. It feels so unstable at speed, sidewalls are so soft that I can`t take the corners I once did on Bridgestones. I must say that I don`t confidence with these tires and will return to Bridgestone once these wear out.
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I've found the RainSports to be the absolute perfect compromise in tire when considering all factors. They have outstanding handling ability in the wet and are more than capable in the dry too. I'm currently on about 2.5mm and I can really feel the fading in the tires now compared to how they used to perform, but this is to be expected given that its only 1mm from being legal. They do carry a bit of road noise and therefore aren't the most comfortable on the market and I found that the wear rate could be better.. but they're more than acceptable given that I only do 5k a year and they can outperform tires that are at least twice the price!
These tires look smart, handle well in all conditions. However the thing that lets them down is they wear out in no time at all. I had some BF Goodrich G-Grip before which handled just as well (until they wore down) but lasted at least 10k more. I only do motorway driving so expect them to last a lot longer than they did...As I was getting then for a pretty good price I didnt mind too much, until I realised how often was replacing them.
Gone with Vredestin vorti next.
Excellent car tire! I have used toyo, which was good on wet and 2 times kumho which was good on dry but rainsport 3 is way better on both wet & dry!
very good cornerning , very good handling and braking!
At fuel I didnt notice any changed from past tires.
Tthey need to be replaced after 3 years of continuously use. I will buy them again no doupt!
Follow up to the initial review I posted from when I bought the RS3's. Fronts lasted 10k with loads of tread left in the center but the inner and outer edges totally scrubbed, pressures were 5 psi higher than recommended after reading reviews about the soft sidewalls, Had the alignment checked.. Just had Yeti MOT'd and it was pointed out that the treadon the inner run on both rears are nearly worn out after 12.5k with minimal wear on the rest of the tire. Had the alignment checked again and all ok, again running about 5 psi high. On the whole a decent tire in wet and dry but the uneven and premature wear is a concern and has put me off replacing with the same .
Recommended to put these tires on my 2007 Audi S3. Glad I did,the grip is phenomenal in the wet,and despite the car having around 300 bhp,the tires did not want to spin up even in the wet.Handling,comfort and dry grip are also excellent,as is the price,which is a lot cheaper than its branded competitors.
Fitted on a heavy turbo diesel estate with over 250bhp through the front tires these Uni`s have given superb performance in summer and winter. They are not noisy , they are comfortable and they grip wet or dry to fully make the most of my sports supension. After spirited driving on motorways and Cornwall's back roads the fronts will probably make 12k miles before i replace at 3mm. I will always go for performance over lack of grip and longevity but even so I am not disappointed by the wear. On this car I can only compare the the Michelin Pilot these replaced . The UR`s grip better. As the rears have very little wear it will be like for like replacement at the front. As an aside I put these tires on my sons Ford Sports Ka and Fiesta ST150 and they were great on those cars too. As soon as our TT needs new tires these will go on.
Dry and Wet grip good but have lasted about 5000 miles. The continental sport 5s they replaced lasted 15k. Do not buy as they become unsafe too quickly.
I have these fitted to a Skoda Octavia VRS 4x4. The grip is amazing, obviously partly due to the Haldex but these tires are fantastic. They are incredibly comfortable and work well in wet or dry conditions. Given the price I cannot understand any argument for buying a more expensive product when this one performs so well!!??
