hey, looking for some new tires for my evo viii gsr, and the most important things to me are handling and tread life. road noise is no big deal, and i wont be driving it that much in the snow either, although a bit of handling in the winter time would be nice.
can anyone recommend tires that they've had experience with? i am using the stock enkei 17" rims.
thanks!

 

There are a lot of good tires out there..........Toyo T1R's, Falken RT615's, Yoko advan neova's.......etc.............there are many many threads that discuss tires............check them out in your free time.

 

If you're looking for an all-season tire that performs well, there are several choices. Of course none of these tires will give you the performance that summer only tires can offer.

Michelin Pilot Sport A/S
Toyo Proxes 4
Continental ContiExtreme Contact
Pirelli PZero Nero M+S
Yokohama Advan S4

Just shop around and you could always ask Neal from TireRack.

 

If you're going to be driving at ALL in the winter, that narrows down your choices a bunch. Either prepare to swap tires out for the seasons, or get an all-season high performance tire. Myself, I have Potenza S03s for summer and Dunlop Winter Sport M3s for winter. The winter tires absolutely rock, even in the spring time when it's dry they hold the road well. The Potenzas are a great tire as well, TONS of grip (very high price though and possibly disco'd), but they don't wear well. I've gotten a good number of miles out of them (this is their 3rd summer), but right now they are extremely loud as the tread wears down.

 

michelin ps2, faken azenis rt615, b-stone re050 pole posistion , yokohama advan a046 ive had all of these tires and all peform exellent look into some of theese

 

Handling and tread life...I make a sacrifice on tread life for handling. On my second set of Neova's. I've ran PZero Nero M+S's on my subies a few times and was pretty happy with them consider the tire.

Two sets of tires is the best bet. A good allseason or winter tire on stock rims. Then pick out a wheel you like and get some sticky tires. Or two sets of stock wheels one with A046's and one with winter/allseason's.

 

does the advan a046 count as a summer-only tire?

 

i think i'll go for the pirelli pzero m&s

 

Stock or RT615s

 

rt615? what are those?

 

Advans are summer only tires. They get extremely hard at temps under 40F. Definitely not something you want during the cold season.

RT615 = Falken tires. Supposed to be their cream of the crop summer only hi-po tires.

 

nitto nt555

i've run nitto tires on every vehicle i have owned and they never seem to stop amazing me.

 

nice. thanks guys. one more question.
how many miles do the advan a046 tires average, assuming that i'm driving my evo the wayits meant to be driven? my tires are bald at about 10,500 miles. seems about right?

 

Yup, thats about right. My first set lasted about 12,000.

 

10k for you on the A046 could be the norm. Some people have worn them in 10k, others have seen 20k. It all depends on your driving, and your weather. Its cold and rainy where I live, tires last a bit longer than when I lived in Arkansas.