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omgivec Feb 14, 2009 08:22 AM

looking for tires for my 05 RA
 
I want to get new tires for my RA OEM wheel. wich ones are the best in the market

Thomar Feb 14, 2009 08:29 AM

go to http://www.tires-easy.com/start.html and have a look. They also have some reviews on some tires regarding wet and dry braking performance, etc.

omgivec Feb 14, 2009 08:34 AM

im looking for grip and endurance any sugestions?

omgivec Feb 15, 2009 12:57 PM

anybody who knows here

omgivec Feb 17, 2009 12:32 PM

help!!!!!!!!! :helpme:

slc-ralliart Feb 17, 2009 12:38 PM

Grip and endurance are two different things. For grip you want a softer tire or lower tread wear. If you go with softer tires they will wear out quicker. Handling comes at the expense of tire life.

omgivec Feb 17, 2009 05:58 PM

ok if anyone have a sugestion of a tire you have use let me know, i dont kow anything about tires thanks

slc-ralliart Feb 17, 2009 08:19 PM

The best thing to do is decide what you want in a tire. Is it for racing ie autocross, track days, or just for a good performance tire for your daily driver? Will you have any snow of bad weather to deal with? I run Kuhmo ASX on my car. They are a Z rated all season tire so they kind of give me the best of both worlds. They are grippy but also okay in light snow and heavy rain. I figure I will get between 15-20K miles out of the tires. I would just decide what company you will buy tires from and then read reviews on the different tires. Don't worry about asking a lot of questions. You will want to check the treadwear. speed rating, temperature rating, along with a couple other things I can't think of off the top of my head.

gjgfrombigd Feb 18, 2009 07:00 AM

Kuhmo ASX's are crap! If you're gonna go more low end (eg. Discount Tire), Yokohama is the way to go.
I've been through sets of Kuhmos.
Ecsta711http://www.paslar.com/Product-img/ty..._711_ci2_l.jpg
EcstaSPThttp://aktireswheels.com/osc/images/..._spt_ci2_l.jpg
The SPT's performance was pretty good, but they wear out too fast. When I bought my car it had Nitto Neo Gens and they were ok.
I have since moved on to what I believe to be the last tire I will ever buy, as long as they keep making it and as long as I'm not autoxing.
R.I.P. - Yokohama ES100http://www.groupawheels.com/images/P...pand-THUMB.jpg
&A520http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ccgrant/yoko.jpg
Yokohama SDrive FTW!http://autofiends.com/images/ReviewI...ain2SDrive.jpg

omgivec Feb 18, 2009 11:44 AM

Im from PR so theres no problem with snow, i want a tire for daily driving and some grip for the streets :D and that they last more that 12,000 miles

gjgfrombigd Feb 18, 2009 07:49 PM


Originally Posted by omgivec (Post 6708967)
Im from PR so theres no problem with snow, i want a tire for daily driving and some grip for the streets :D and that they last more that 12,000 miles

None of these are snow tires, my friend. All are Z rated except for the 711's, I think they're H rated.

omgivec Feb 19, 2009 07:48 AM

what about bridgestone poteza are this any good? or falken ziex?

Raikiri Feb 19, 2009 08:26 AM

Does anyone know about the BFGoodrich g-force sports?

otter Feb 21, 2009 07:04 AM

There actually is a decent tire out there if you want both long tread life and decent grip. The BFG KDW-2 tires have a 300 treadwear rating, but have very stiff sidewalls and very good dry grip for a tire with such a high tread rating. I will be going back to these tires when my current summer tires wear out.

The Dunlop SP Sport Maxx are currently on clearance at Tire Rack. I have these tires now (as summer tires), decent treadwear rating (240) and grip, but they suffer from a weak sidewall. Not great for autocrossing, however, they did fantastically at a wet track day last year.

Finally, I've heard good things from Evo owners about the Continental ContiSportContact 2 tires. 280 treadwear rating but still great performance.

joeyj Feb 22, 2009 10:04 PM


Originally Posted by gjgfrombigd (Post 6707773)

over the weekend I blew out two of my tires in one trip, (still a little sore over that), but to be a good guy my dad decided to take my car to discount tire and get new ones for me, but still have me pay for them. He got good year eagle gt bsw 215/45 17's

but with the side wall extending out further than my last tires, the rears clip the chassis if I go over any bump faster than 5 mph.

So I'm taking it down to discount tire first thing in the morning and getting the yokohoma s drives.

they goodyear's have exactly 50 miles on the odometer since they installed it (im bringing my receipt lol) so they better not give me too much trouble since they put a tire on that doesnt really fit.


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