Best Tires for the Renault Clio 182 Cup Pack

Really impressed with the PS3's, IMO the best summer road tire for the MK2 Clio sports, although apparently now impossible to find in this fitment, hopefully a temporary supply issue.

Would buy again because of the price, but handling isn't very good. I got these for my Clio 182 and the car response became too darty and lacked linearity in the way lateral forces were built-up, making you feel there's not enough lateral support. Precision wasn't really good, as in assessing the required steering angle for some corners. Grip in the dry is good, a little lower than expected in the wet but progressive enough and predictable at the limit. Wear in this light car is good. Comfort is good, impacts feel rounded and rolling noise is low (205/45R16). I got the same tire for the Megane rs175 (225/40R18) in the A0 spec from Audi, as I had driven an A3 on those tires in circuit and found it superb in terms of driving pleasure. Balance is playful and with low understeer, but lower understeer in this type of car would be better. Grip when new in wet or dry was good and predictable when approaching the limit. In the Megane this tire lasted many spirited miles (8k+) but now towards the end of their life they got cracks on the outer edge of the pattern and the grip in the dry is just not enough, especially traction/braking. Comfort is terrible since the beginning, with too high impact forces and too high noise (low frequency noise), especially rolling noise. Roundness is fair and the shake is well controlled, absorbing impacts with enough quality feel.

Bought these tires for my Clio 182 for spirited road use and occasional track use. Once tires have a little heat in them grip levels increase in the dry. Also the progressiveness of the tires is good, they give you plenty of warning before letting go. Stiffer sidewalls give great feel on circuit too. They have also stood up to track work and not worn as fast as i thought. I rarely run the car in wet conditions. However they are ok but without heat on the road they can be a little less predictable. They also do not like standing water! Compared to the Michelin PS3 i was running previously, they are not as manageable in wet conditions. Ive done 3000 spirited miles and one trip to the Nurburgring and they have around 4mm left in the center of the tire which is very impressive. Id be tempted to buy these gain however i may go for a Federal 595RSR or a Nankang NS2r for comparison.

The dry grip from these tires is astounding. It doesn't matter how hard I try I cannot break traction (on the road) I'm extremely impressed by them. Mine are pumped up to 38psi though as they didn't perform quality as well at 33. So just be sure to keep the pressure high in them and you'll be laughing past c63 amgs in the corners.

Wet grip is a very different kettle of fish. You need to slow right down as they're just outright dangerous. Aquaplanes very easily.

This is the second time I've had these fitted to a car so will try and be as honest as possible.

At the moment there is a full set on the clio 182 which gets driven pretty hard. The dry grip is great for a tire in this price range and the wet grip is pretty amazing (which you would expect from a "rainsport" tire).

HOWEVER.... It may be the size that these are in for this particular car (last car was a Clio 197 with 17" tires) but the side walls feel too soft. You can actually feel the car wobble a bit on the tires. Granted you have to be pushing it but this is something I never experienced on the Clio 197. So much so after one track day the shoulders of the front two tires are pretty much gone.

Wear is the other problem. They do wear pretty fast but the compromise is the price and the grip levels you are getting.

All in all I would probably buy these tires again if they were a slightly lower profile perhaps. Seem a bit squishy at this size. For the price they are good.

Bought 4 of these a few years ago as a gamble after seeing the A ratings, fitted to a Clio Sport and I wasn't disappointed... Much better than expensive brands I've tried and wet and dry grip is fantastic for everyday driving and twisty road fun!

Tire life is also ridiculously good, I swap the front and rears to prolong the life of the tires and had a set of 4 on my Clio for 2 years, I highly recommend them from my experience!

I have these tires fitted to 195/50/15 wheels for track use, but I also use them on the road. The dry grip is good, but not as good as a slick tire per say, but this is to be expected on a road tire. The wet grip is pretty poor, it is almost dangerous on a greasy road if you're not careful, but in the pouring rain, as long as you're steady, you won't meet a sticky end. They are much better at straight line braking in the wet than they are at lateral grip, so that's a saving grace where I'm concerned. You do get quite good feedback from the tires, but the sidewalls are very soft and spongy and this does shine through in fast bends. They are a very progressive tire, giving huge amounts of grip up to the limit but when you pass the limit they slow you down in a slide rather than spinning you out of control, they are very easy to recover. I have had these tires fitted for about 6 months, completing one full trackday at Cadwell and a few months of steady road driving and they are wearing very well for a soft tire, but my car is very, very light, so they won't be under much strain anyway under normal driving conditions. They are reasonably comfortable (more so that the standard 205/45/16 wheels) as my tires in particular have a larger aspect ratio (side wall height) than the standard wheels, giving a softer ride. As said earlier the sidewalls are very soft, which is good for comfort. I don't think I would buy these tires again due to the softness of the side wall, as they're not very good at all on track. But I have also had these tires on a Focus ST in 215/40/18, and they were amazing on the track, although I did still manage to peel the inside tire from the wheel and scrape my new alloys on the track... But I was driving, admitidly, like a tool. A good summer, road tire.

I run the tires in 205/45/16 w on my Clio Sport 182. They replaced the OEM Michelin Pilot Exlato Tires in the same size.
I use the car on the german Autobahn and B-Roads for sporty and everyday driving ans I have covered 2.500 Miles on the tires.
The sidewalls are too soft for the car`s setup (suspension still OEM). The car feels indifferent. You are not able to find a clearly defined braking point on B-Roads and on turn in the tires are far away from being precise. Where the tire stands out is in the noise and comfort level. It is the quietest tire I´ve ever driven.
In the Wet the tire is quite good and works well. If you drive it to its limits on B-Roads it gets tricky. I left the road and luckily just entered
the grass on one of my best known roads. This incident was definitely not caused by my driving style (6 witnesses, 40 mph, tires 300miles old) but by the low grip when the tire was new. This was a shocking experience I never had with another tire.
On the limit at B-Roads these tires offer a huge amount of grip when you have entered a corner but and the tire is "warm". Turn in is as the braking completely undefined and indifferent. No comparison to the Michelins. In the corners grip is good and there is definitely only a little bit of understeer. On the exit of corners there is a lot of grip, too.
So my overall verdict:
My mind is divided. On the one hand a very quiet, comfortable tire which offers a good amount of grip in the corners and in the dry.
On the other hand I wouldn`t recommend them for sporty driving style on B-Roads and sporty Cars. Imprecise on braking and turn in, when new a shocking low level of grip. It ruines driving fun on my car completely.
I left them in the garage and put my old (2007) and worn Michelin Exaltos on when I went on track and left them on the car afterwards. I think this says everything. Leaving new rubber in the garage and using the worn ones is not the sense of buying new tires.

My hint: Spent more money, buy Bridgestone Re050a (mainly for Track RE070) or Michelin Pilot Exalto 2 or Pilot Sport 3. More money to spent but an improvement over these "wannabe sporty" shopping cart tires!

I had RS2's and was super impressed by their grip in the wet, so naturally wanted to try out the new range, especially at the price offered by Camskill (£54 per corner)

Initial impressions were that the asymmetric pattern looks weird on the passenger side as the pattern appears as though it would cause aquaplaning, however in practice it does not. They skidded around a little at first but after running them in they have started to grip much better.

I find these tires to be upgrades in every way but overall grip on the RS2's. They are very good in the wet, where standing water is concerned but not so good when there is grease around (still not bad, don't get me wrong).

My feeling is for the money they are great. Compared with other tires they are very good overall, but they seem to perform as well in the dry as they do in the wet, which seems odd to me. Surely they should have better dry grip.

They sidewalls are harder, the feedback is loads better, they are somewhat progressive and they are quiet too. I think that Uniroyal have answered all of the complaints about the RS2's with some expense of grip.

Good but not great, and my reason for saying this is that I value the feedback above all else on a tire. You would only ever notice this when taking your car to the limit, and you can find that limit on a clio by cornering hard and getting one rear wheel off the ground, which with these tires you would never be able to do unless you are braking hard into a turn.

If I buy budget tires again, I'll probably choose Federal SS595's but I would rate these tires ahead of the Falken FK452's. They aren't really up to the standards of high end premium tires in my opinion however.

fantastic tire for a hot hatch. pushed every day (on the limit of grip)and last about 8,000 miles.
wet grip is unreal and dry grip is good. only downfall is slightly too flexy sidewalls.
going from some budgets to thse transformed the car, my next tires are going to be yokohama ad08's.