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Old Dec 14, 2004, 10:39 AM
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Best tire for summer and close to stock performance
Hey guys I know the toyo proxes ra-1 are really nice tires like stock but what else is out there for our evo's and the best prices?
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Old Dec 14, 2004, 01:00 PM
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Kumho MX's for a half of advans price
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Old Dec 14, 2004, 02:40 PM
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I bought the Kumho MX in stock size and they don't really compare to the Advans. Tire wear was greatly reduced, but so was lateral grip and sidewall stiffness.
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No tire can compare with the AO46. You'll just be dissapointed with a different tire.

Just get another set . I hear their under $ 200 now.
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Old Dec 14, 2004, 03:20 PM
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The Falken Azenis Sport RT-615's are coming out next year. They don't have 235/45/17 but they have 255/40/17. I put up a thread about them here, just do a search on RT-615.
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Old Dec 14, 2004, 03:39 PM
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bump thanxs anyone else?
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Toyo RA-1's, better than stock, will last longer, and cheaper.
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Toyo RA-1's, better than stock, will last longer, and cheaper.
RA-1 have a 60 treadwear rating. They will last longer than the 160 treadwear rating Advans?
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Old Dec 14, 2004, 04:03 PM
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well for me the bf goodrich g force kd, size 245/40/17 is one of the best replacements for the stock yokos, it has a very aggresive tread desighn, very stiff
sidwalls, and the wear, well i had 10,000 miles on the yokos and they were gone.
i now have 14,000 miles on the g force kd and still alot of tread left. it rides just alittle harsher but that is because i went down in profile to have alittle wider tire.
handling has not changed with this tire.
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I agree with gomez bfg kd
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Originally Posted by egui42
Toyo RA-1's, better than stock, will last longer, and cheaper.
They definetly dont last longer than the stock tires. RA-1's only last like 5k miles.
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Originally Posted by machron1
RA-1 have a 60 treadwear rating. They will last longer than the 160 treadwear rating Advans?
treadwear rating is now 100.

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so treadwear wise the bfg are the best and how much do they run for...
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how do you find tread wear ratings on tirerack? i am looking at the specs and the paragraphs and everything and I cannot find tread wear anywhere. i just wanna compare a few tires and its not really easy lol some help anyone?
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Originally Posted by mybada
Kumho MX's for a half of advans price
oh and the yoko avs es100's were rated better in every category by a lot actually by tirerack and they are only 25 bucks more (yes i realize that some people cant afford the extra 100 for the set) but it seems like this would be the best deal if ur looking to save a lot of money and tread life on the advans
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