Some people seem to think stock = ****...
The stock advans are the best street tires for the Evo. I donno about the RA-1s but the BFG KDs are terrible in the wet

 

car and driver (dec05) has a great review of 11 high performance tires they tested (pg 102-115)

best to worst
overall score (max 1100 points)
1. Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 (1050.4)
2. Continental ContiSportContact 2 (1031.9)
3. Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 (1027)
4. Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (1018.7)
5. Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212 (1015.4)
6. Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (1002.2)
7. Pirelli P Zero Rosso Asimmetrico (1002.1)
8. Toyo Proxes T1R (999.7)
9. Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (993.9)
10. BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KD (993)
11. Kumho Ecsta MX (990.7)

 

Do you guys run RA-01 for both dry and wet and also, track and daily driving on them as well?

 

Man, you got the best trie for the Evo, but it only got 17" unfortunately

 

i still think the ra-1 is teh best over all tire.. super life good grip.. only cons are soft sidewall.

 

Eurotuner just did a test, and the top two tires were the.
1) Eagle F-1
2) Advan Neova
* They said that the Neova's would have won by the last year standards, but I forget the exact reason.
I will be getting the Neova's this spring!

 

neova's are very good, but even more expensive and same tire life as the stock tires

 

stick with the stock tires. You don't have to buy them new. There are plenty of people that upgrade to 18inch rims and then sell their OEM tires with a few hundred or thousand miles on them. That's what i've been doing for a year now. You can get an excellent set of OEM tires for 650. that's cheaper than most of the other brand tires you'll get plus OEM tires ROCK!

If you're doing track events then go with the RA-1s. That's the route i'm taking. The RA1 i hear can be driven on the street but when they start getting worn out then drivin them in the wet is next to suicidal (sp)

 

Same problem with the advans when mine were worn. I went with the falkan azenis rt-615's. I haven't had them out yet because of winter.

 

BFG KWD's are great tires.

 

And on their website

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....ticle_id=10252

 

of that list i have used 4 types.bridgestone050,goodyear f-1,michelinps2,on my 8 and t-1r and michelin ps2 on my 5.far and away best tyre is the michelin wet or dry followed by the f-1 great wet ,good dry, side wall a little soft,toyo t-1r good wet and dry but never liked the feel or feed back.did not give me the confidence to carry speed into the corner . 050 the worst of the bunch.ok dry and bad wet.all imho.for me only one tyre at this time, michelin ps2. hope to try something new this summer but where i live wet grip is essential.rains every second day on the west coast of scotland.cheers,God bless.

steve

 

For dry and wet the BFG KDW-2 cannot be beat. That is the problem with all the other tires. They are all better in the DRY but totally SUCK in the WET. I have had the KDW-2's now for about 25K miles and they are still going strong. And I live here in Miami where it rains every other day.

Eva01

 

Rise from the dead!!!

Any new input, on tires?

 

Search and read. This has been covered. Z1*, RE11, Advan 8s, NT05 - for top DD/AX/track days.