2019 Tire Thread
Apr 15, 2019, 04:34 PM
#34
I ran RE-71, 615k+ and rs-4. For your purpose, I would run 615k+ due to price, they work well when cold and they have pretty decent wear. Rs-4 they need to be warmed up to be good and re-71's they wear a little quicker, but they have the highest of grip. If you're not in some competition environment, I would run 615k+ honestly unless you're some pro that can actually use tires to the limits but for street use, you shouldn't be doing that.
I've got 340tw Continental DW's that aren't hooking well with my current power/final drive combination. They were fine with the 4.11 FD. but unhappy with the 4.31FD. I purchased them since it rains alot in FL.
Rate them 1-5 for 5 being the best, 1 being the worst.
Traction
Wet traction
Noise
Wear.
My current tires would be
3
4
5
5
How do the other tires stack up?
Last edited by Abacus; Apr 15, 2019 at 06:37 PM.
Apr 16, 2019, 07:59 AM
#35
For someone looking for a good street tire that isn't extremely loud,what is a good tire for the evo?
I've got 340tw Continental DW's that aren't hooking well with my current power/final drive combination. They were fine with the 4.11 FD. but unhappy with the 4.31FD. I purchased them since it rains alot in FL.
Rate them 1-5 for 5 being the best, 1 being the worst.
Traction
Wet traction
Noise
Wear.
My current tires would be
3
4
5
5
How do the other tires stack up?
I've got 340tw Continental DW's that aren't hooking well with my current power/final drive combination. They were fine with the 4.11 FD. but unhappy with the 4.31FD. I purchased them since it rains alot in FL.
Rate them 1-5 for 5 being the best, 1 being the worst.
Traction
Wet traction
Noise
Wear.
My current tires would be
3
4
5
5
How do the other tires stack up?
Scores:
5 (I don't know how to rate traction I never wheels spin)
4.5
4.5 (Does get louder with miles but still not as bad as a Extreme Performance Tire)
5 (Should be able to get 30k miles)
Apr 16, 2019, 10:21 AM
#36
Bridgestone Re760 - TW 340
3.5 - pretty easy to hit the limits in turns. Squeal like crazy when at the limit
2.5 - Hydroplaned bad
5 - Super quiet
5 - Even after a number of canyon runs, the tires did not wear funny
Falken 615K+ - TW 200
5 - Have not found the limit on the streets yet
5 - Did a road course event in pouring rain
3.5 - You can hear them but its not horrible
? - Unknown as I have only had them on for a short while
3.5 - pretty easy to hit the limits in turns. Squeal like crazy when at the limit
2.5 - Hydroplaned bad
5 - Super quiet
5 - Even after a number of canyon runs, the tires did not wear funny
Falken 615K+ - TW 200
5 - Have not found the limit on the streets yet
5 - Did a road course event in pouring rain
3.5 - You can hear them but its not horrible
? - Unknown as I have only had them on for a short while
Apr 17, 2019, 06:23 AM
#39
For someone looking for a good street tire that isn't extremely loud,what is a good tire for the evo?
I've got 340tw Continental DW's that aren't hooking well with my current power/final drive combination. They were fine with the 4.11 FD. but unhappy with the 4.31FD. I purchased them since it rains alot in FL.
Rate them 1-5 for 5 being the best, 1 being the worst.
Traction
Wet traction
Noise
Wear.
My current tires would be
3
4
5
5
How do the other tires stack up?
I've got 340tw Continental DW's that aren't hooking well with my current power/final drive combination. They were fine with the 4.11 FD. but unhappy with the 4.31FD. I purchased them since it rains alot in FL.
Rate them 1-5 for 5 being the best, 1 being the worst.
Traction
Wet traction
Noise
Wear.
My current tires would be
3
4
5
5
How do the other tires stack up?
Going to rate as they were summer tires
Re760
Traction - 2.5
Wet traction 3.5
Noise - Car is loud as hell, hard to tell
Wear. - 5
Pilot Super Sports
Traction - 4.5
Wet traction 4.5
Noise - Car is loud as hell, hard to tell
Wear - 4
Honestly, all tires will heat cycle out before they wear all the way down.
For Extreme performance
615k, 615k+, Rs-4 and Re71.
Going to rate as they were extreme performance tires
615k+
Traction - 4 (didnt need to get warmed up, seemed good out the gate)
Wet traction ???(never got to drive them hard in the rain)
Noise - Car is loud as hell, hard to tell
Wear. - 3.5
Rs-4
Traction - 4 (3 if cold, needs to get warmed up)
Wet traction - 3 to 4 - Did one autocross event in the rain, seemed fine. Daily driving fine also.
Noise - Car is loud as hell, hard to tell
Wear - 5 for an extreme performance tire, they wear very slow. By the time I got to the wear bars, they were heat cycled off and grip dropped a ton.
Re71.
Traction - 5
Wet traction ???(never drove them hard in the rain yet, daily driving fine)
Noise - Car is loud as hell, hard to tell
Wear - 2 They wear almost twice as fast as Rs-4 tires.
Me personally, I would've stuck to Rs-4's over re71's if they didnt heat cycle out before fully worn out. So I'm just going to stick with re71's since so far a little under the wear bars, they still grip great.
Last edited by CaptainSquirts; Apr 17, 2019 at 06:30 AM.