Best Tires for the Ford Fiesta XR4 (ST)

I drive a fiesta st150. I am 42 so I don't drive as a boy racer. These tires has no grip at all. Of course you will realised that when you really need grip.on dry it has low grip, but in wet conditions no grip at all......... Maybe it is a good product for a trailer or for suicide but don not bother with these cheap shit. ( I bought the car with these 'tires') I would not say 'nankang tires', these are just spacers between wheels and the asphalt.

These tires perform well in dry conditions. They offer predictable grip and progressive feedback. In my case, this usually results in boiled powersteering fluid. Te he he he.

But in the wet.. Well, they are alarmingly rubbish. Around town they will understeer everywhere. The abs and stability control will flash like christmas lights. You need to be aware of their limits in the wet and drive accordingly, i.e. very cautiously.

They are cheap tires that offer good dry performance. No point comparing them to something twice as expensive.

These were on the car when I bought it. When I first drove the car, I though my wheel bearings needed replacing, but it was just the tire noise. Dry grip is OK, you can push them. Tire wall isn't the best, you get controllable squirming. They perform OK under heavy braking. Wet grip is OK for what your paying, but you can easily lose control if pushing it. Tire wear is below average.

Conclusion: You get decent dry grip for the price you pay, but everything else about the tire is rubbish. Not recommended.

Rubbish.
Bought them in desperate trying to have brand new set of average price tires (because my brilliant Pirellis completely died), can't find Hankooks Evo S1 for a week, decided "okay, this couldn't be much worse" and that was a huge mistake.
Dry grip is pathetic. If trying hard on throttle, they can burnout from other side to another without any sign of "grip at last!" technique. It looks like they can never have right temperature when you need it even in, well, spirited driving across the city or B-roads. Losing grip at the front without LSD is not a surprise, but that's something Nostradamus was writing about - you just know it will happen, but you know it did JUST after it did and car goes forward endlessly without trying to have sweet relationships with the tarmac ever again. If you have some skill on how to get your front grip back, then the other two wheels came out, annoying your ESP system (if on). So, it's dangerous to go fast.
They looks very aggressive, though. Lada and KIA drivers are appreciate them very much. Huge "pinetree" grooves looks like massive effort for the wet weather, but it's not even close to that. In fact, in the wet it's even more dangerous, unpredictable and f**ing annoying even at 50 mph, and this is happening on the car known as excellent "moose test" passer on Pirellis.
So, maybe they are good on average speed and silent and comfortable? No. Nothing from that list. Durable and strong? Not a chance. Blown up after fall in small ditch at speed 2, leaving huge mark on wheel. To be completely honest, it was then glued, transferred to the back and now is okay, but that was ditch I once came across in PZero Nero at the same speed (my bad, forgot about this little a**hole second time) and just moved on, swearing hard.
This is the worst thing I could do to my car - buying this tires. I'm so sorry.

After Buying my ST in september 2009 we soon had snow, ice and lots of rain on the road.. the original tires, pirelli nero were useless.. i have not owned a tire that performs so unbeleivably rubbish..

I decided to replace all tires beggining of december to the parada spec 2 and wow... The Paradas are a fantastic tire, great feel in the corners and let you know when ur on the limit. The ST is a light car considering the engine is forward and alot of weight is on the front tires they are easy to spin if you dont catch the bitting point properly.. however for the price and dry grip and wet performance i think there more than worth while..

4 new tires cost me £240 on ebay from ears motersport..

very much recommend!

Have driven on all sorts of Australian roads - even gravel. No problems with these - 30,000k's or 18,640 miles - so im happy with that. I wouldn't expect a 205/40/17 profile in a ultra high performance tire to last any more than that. Can buy other tires that are cheaper that will give more miles but they'll probably not be 'Ultra High Performance' ones. Expensive but you get what you pay for, like everything in Aus we pay more $290aus each!

Dry - unbeatable, stick to the road like glue - wet not bad too. No snow or icy roads in my part of the world though.

Only other tires I would consider is Conti Sport Contact 1 but haven't found enough reviews on them so for now im sticking with Pzero Nero's.