Wet grip is the clearest strength of the Uniroyal RainSport 2, with 133 positive mentions against two criticisms, followed by dry grip at 95 against eight. Comfort is also more often praised than criticised, while tread life is closely divided at 43 positive comments and 32 complaints. Around one in six criticise soft sidewalls, and smaller minorities mention imprecise steering or noise, with noise itself nearly evenly split. Repeat reviewers mostly remain favourable, but their scores and mileages do not show one consistent ageing trend. With an 81.4% average across 210 reviews, the strongest agreement concerns grip rather than long life or sharp steering.
What owners mention most counted across 207 reviews
Bought these to replace the avon zz3s that i fitted on my car, Mondeo ST TDCI. The wet and dry weather grip was better than the avons. The rim protector isn't as big as the one on the avons. they do seam to be lasting quite well, having done about 14000 miles and they are worn down to 3.5mm.
Wow what a tyre !! These are just great.After changing my Michelin pilot sport 2's on the rear of my 325 bmw after only 5000 very disapointing miles these Uniroyals are the best thing since sliced bread.
As soon as I had the rain sport2's fitted the car felt totally different.There was grip tons of it, the rear of the car no longer skipped and let go over ruts in the road when going round a corner on the rear, these babies have almost 9mm of tread when new !!
The car also felt more comfortable and a definate reduction in road noise was instant the moment I rolled out of the tyre fitting centre.
The dry grip is just fantastic and although I have yet to try these on really wet roads even though I have done over 700 miles so far, when the roads have had that wet glossy look ( which I sometimes feel can be more of a hazard) I have had full confidence that the grip is still all there. If you are wondering what the tread patten is like then these have a deep v type pattern simillar to the Goodyear.
Cannot comment on wear as yet but hoping to get much more than the Michelin and these only cost me just a fraction over 100.00 a corner where as the Michelins were another 60.00 at least.
Cannot hardly wait for the fronts to ware out so I can get a matching set !!!
If you are looking for a great all round tyre at a very reasonable cost price then these are a must.You might have to ring round a few tyre places to get hold of these but well worth it !!
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Being a kean driver I invested in a full suspension kit for my Dragon Green Golf Mk3 to sit closer to the road and improve my cornering abilities, With the Dub lowered 60 mm front and 40mm rear it looked the buisness.
I had purchased the Car in 2007 August and it had a new set of budget tyres already fitted Wahnli branded to Pass it's MOT.
The Car was fine for feedback and feel but the tyres seem to run out of grip before the suspension did, leaning to quickly onto the sidewall and following B road potholes horribly, the first 8000 miles were not too bad. The wet weather performance I thought at the time was reasonable.
Looking for a Change, I discussed various tyres with my local Tyre dealer , with abundance of tyre knowledge and feedback from their customers, Alpha Tyres in Fenton, Stoke adviced me towards the Uniroyals.
So the Uniroyal Rainsport 2 was choosen after much contemplation between the Toyo T1R Proxies and The Goodyear Eagle F1's .
1500 miles in , the handling has transformed, Wet weather grip is amazing , you really have to drive it in the rain to realise how good these are in the wet.
General feel changed, noticable reduction in understeer dramatically changed the perception of how much spped you are actually carrying into corners, as it has a much stronger sidewall. The dry grip is brilliant.
I'm just enjoying these tyres , in whatever weather. A little warm up of the tyre gets these babies more sticky and braking has improved aswell, again wet or dry you feel on the road, not waiting to drop off.
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Fantastic all round, i had cheap budgets before, and aquaplaned and crashed, these shift the water, as so they should, i love these tires, i 100% recommend, and would deffinatly buy again
Excellent tyre, makes you feel very very comfortable, especially in the wet. As soon as I had these tyres mounted on to my car, I immediately felt the difference. The turn-in is absolutely electric!! Very fast response from the tyres. This is a must have for every sportscar. It gives you maximum traction in both wet and dry conditions for a very competitive price.
I have had several makes of tyre on the Clio cup before i bought the Rainsport 2, none came even close to the grip of the uniroyals in the wet or the dry plus i ran the fronts for nearly 15,000 miles, thats 4000 more than any other make. the rears covered almost 28,000 miles. Incredible tyre. I now have them on 2 of my other cars, including a Skoda Superb Taxi which ran 12,000 at the front, thats 1500 more than the standard tyres. I wish they did them for motorbikes.
