Im looking to get set of tires for year round Seattle driving. Advans are great, but not for wet winters and too $$$$. What do you guys use/suggest....

 

I like the Falken 512's for daily driving.

 

If you ski or plan on going into the mountains at all get a set of dedicated winter tires. Any tire is a trade off between dry and wet traction and you need all the performance you can get from a tire on the evo in dry weather.

 

You take your EVO to Crystal, Steven or Snoqualmie??? Hows it handle with Falkens?

 

i have a set of snows and summer
but i have a few tires at the shop we could put on for all season

 

KUHMO ECSTA SPT KU31, excellent all performance tires!

 

Im trying to figure out if I can pull off one set of tires year round. If I can Im selling my Jeep if not.....Evo sits for winter.

 

I had toyo proxy 4s in the fall and winter and they did amazing in the snow, and very good in the dry.

 

Eagle GTs

sick tread pattern too

 

i jus got some Dunlop Z1 star specs 255/40ZR17 on stock BBS's and i love them amazing grip in the corners...definatly a good autocross tire tho not exactly meant for tons and tons of miles or winter driving

 

don't do it. Check out the snow tire threads and spend the $$$, way better to be safe than sorry.

 

Kuhmo Ecsta AST

 

I'd disagree. I drove everyday in the snow we had this year, which was quite a bit. Lots of ice, and lots of deep powder. My proxy 4s did just fine. I never once lost control of my car. That being said, I believe many all season tires do just fine on the evo w/ snow.

 

Im sorry kuhmos really arent that great
the ku31's need to be replaced all the time for tq cracking and other misc things
the AST's are just cheap and not worth it
i loved my snow tires and i wouldnt go any other way, under 35 degrees nothing out preforms a snow tire, tread compound stays soft and they kick ***
star specs are summer only, they're pretty garbage in the rain and winter, love them for summer though
My only problem with the gt's is they're ****ing loud as hell. its because they're a square molding not a clam shell molding like the majority of tires today, Goodyear does that with most of they're tires now

 

Why are AST's "not worth it?"