Has anyone had a chance to use this brand tire yet? They sell a 235/45-17 in a Z rating that has the same tread pattern as a Yokohama AVS Sport. I know that this does not mean that the compound of the rubber is the same, but the AVS Sport is a good tire, my father has them on his C2 cab and I have driven it on some road trips to Arkansas in the mountains and they have great traction wet and dry. The reason I ask is that you can buy a pair off of Ebay for $145 which is much less than the Yokohama's sell for. It could either be a bad reproduction or a flat out copy of a good tire. I just wanted to see if anyone had used them and what the results were if so. It might be worth $290 plus shipping and mounting to see if they are worth while. Hell, for that price I might as well burn through a set to see.

 

The last place to skimp on you car is tires. Those thing could be retreads done in someones Betty Crocker oven for all we know By top dollar name brand tires, with tires you get what you pay for My 2cents

 

Yea, I agree. The only reason that I ask is when Kuhmo's first came out people said the exact same thing, i.e. that they were cheapo tires that nobody wanted to touch until a reputation was established. Now the 712's are seen as an inexpensive but decent tire. The Wanli's could either be an actually cheap tire not worth anyone's time, or they could be a good deal waiting to be found, that is why I was curious to see if anyone had tried them out. If there is no posotive feedback then I will probably go with the Falken Azenis as I have read some very good reveiws of that particular tire.

 

Not to dis China or anything, but I'd look elsewhere. Tires can make or break a vehicle.

Do a Google search on Wanli tires and you'll see some interesting posts. Apparently they're popular in Estonia. Also, an Eclipse owner used them and liked them, but then again, he claims they were "215/47/17".

Kumho, Hankook, Falken, and others make very good, affordable tires. Check around and you should be able to find some decent alternatives.

 

I wouldn't recommend the Azenis for a street tire. They are awesome on the autocross course, but they hydroplane pretty easily at higher speeds (65+), so you have to drive easy when it rains.

 

Have you had a chance to experience the Azenis when wet or is this something that you have read? I am not doubting what you are saying, just wondering if it was personal experience.

 

I autocrossed this season at Fort Devens in Ayer, MA. I would mount up my Azenis tires on Rota Slipstreams in Sudbury and drive 40 mins from Sudbury to Ayer. I hit rain on I-495 coming back from an event and had some "issues" keeping up with my lead-footed BMW-driving friend. I had heard about problems with these tires in SCC or Grassroots Motorsports magazine, I believe. They definitely lost some of their grip in the wet (not unlike a lot of tires), but I wasn't going to experiment with the hydroplaning portion. They got a bit squirmy at 70mph, so I dropped back to 65 and left it there.

The discussion in the magazine article was simply stating that because of the large tread blocks used in the Azenis they don't disperse water very well at higher speeds. The article also said they'd wear pretty fast as a daily driven tire, but I didn't mention that because that's going to be the case with any decent performance tire.

I should also mention that my experience was while driving my 99 Accord sedan that I traded in on the Evo. (There's only so much fun you can have punking Taurus SHO's, hopped up Passats, and the occasional Maxima before you want to measure your skills against the guys who are driving the serious cars .

 

What do you think of the Hankook Ventis or the Khumo 712's? I am avoiding the more expensive tire due to the fact that I burned through the Advans in 9000 miles which equaled 4.5 months worth of driving. I do not want to spend $900 for tires three times a year, if there is a good tire that is reasonably priced then that is what I need.

 

I ran Kumho Ecsta MXs on 17" Velox VX-6R as my daily drivers on the Accord. The grip was fantastic, but after about 5K miles I probably had gone through 50% of the tread (mildly aggressive daily driver).

Your best bet would be to do a Google search on the tire brand & type you're considering - you'll find posts in other web boards where people have discussed the merits of these tires.

 

They would not last just after one track day.

 

Can a race tire dealer have a say here? Thanks

For an EVO stick with some quality tires with a known reputation. You say $145 per tire? I sell the new Toyo Proxes 4 for in 235/45-17 for $124.00. Great all season tire. Put some on one of the forum members EVO, when on like butter. If you want the top of the line Toyo the T1S, I can get those for $151.00 each. This is one of the top UHP tires in the world. They have a treadwear of 280 compared to the Stock Advans which are 180. You should get 20-30k easy.

The most important part on the car is the tires. Period! You only go as fast and corner as tight as the tires will allow you.

If I can help, PM thanks for letting me post.

btw, stay away from kuhmo's.

 

I meant $145 for two tires, my bad. I am not going to be the guinie pig to try them out anyway!

 

I would check the review section on the www.Tirerack.com. You can see what others thought of each tire you are considering.

 

This is a very old thread, but I would put in my input. I bought my Evo with SSR comps and a set of Wanli-1088 235/45/17 on it. And I love the tires, they grip great in wet and excellent in dry, snow is a no go though...... . I run a 350awhp evo on buscurs musang dyno. and even it WOT or doing a 2 statge launch I have never had a traction loss issue on the street (even here with the great michigan roads) Wear is also very good I dont know how much use these had before but tires still look great. And side walls are stiff and responsive. And at $80.00 or so a tire may be worth a look at....... here is some info. I will swap out with the used advans I got to see the diffrence but I doubt their will be much........

http://www.ztire.com/wanliinfo.html

http://www.openroad.ca/volkswebbin/v...c.php?id=63996

https://www.tiresavings.com/tireShop...season=Regular


Begin the.......................

 

My friend had the Wanlis on his SRT4, he broke traction all the time with ease. He then sold his rims and tires with them on it to my friends 2g talon fwd with very light mods and he still breaks traction. The tires blow, don't skimp out.