Tire purchase!

No experience with the 711s, but my Formula had Kumho Ecsta Supra 712s and they friggin' rocked.

 

I would definitely go with the Toyos if those are your to options, unless you made a mistake, the Kuhmos aren't even Z rated.

 

yep:wavey:

 

On another note, After recently getting a set of Falkin Azenis RTs, I will not get a different set of tires, my new tires are quite like my SO3s, have about the same tread life, and are fantastic on the Auto X course (Where the SO3s were lacking). They are quite a bit more expensive than the tires you are looking at though at $169 per.

 

go with the toyo. i had some h rated after the stock re92 and they sucked even though they were potenzas and wider than stock. and i would go with the 225. looks sooo meaty on 7" rims unless you dont like that look.

 

i had the 711's... not the most grippy but will last forever... mine lasted almost 30k miles after 3 autoX events and a track day... had to replace because my camber ate trhu the inner edge

 

I'm withholding final judgement on my new tires until I've had them @ the track. They do ride quieter and softer than stock...

 

I know my wife has had some 711s on her car a while back. They last forever.

 

I'm getting these tires.....pretty pumped to see how they perform..
the Yokohama AVS ES100

 

For the price, the AVSs are hard to beat....

 

And they have a sessy tread pattern...

 

how about Toyo Proxes4??

 

Good luck with these.

On my Wife's Protege 5 we went thru a full set in like 9 months (~12k miles), so I was not to impressed with the durability. They held the road pretty good.

I am actually completely satisfied with the falkens we have on her car now. They rock!!

 

i'm running them now, 235/45/18's ...so far so good, not as rigid as the kumho 712's but they don't tramline like the 712's either. they do make more noise around fast corners though, which is nice, they give you some warning. the kumhos slipped silently on me, but you could feel when that was going to happen (er, while it was happening lol). so far i'm liking the yoko's better. i typically wouldn't expect the full life expectancy out of "budget" high performance tires (i know, 100-150 a tire isn't cheap for most of us but it ain't expensive in terms of HP tires)

 

damn so yoko's aren't the way to go?......i'm worried now

 

i can deal with that....i mean you either have performance or longevity...not both..

 

?????
didn't know they made a z rated tire that would last over 30,000 miles, but i guess it all depends on how u drive

 

for most purposes, yes. mich-pilots would give you much more of both, for about 225$ a tire (but not enough more of both to justify the nearly 1k$ worth of cost IMHO).

the yoko avs are W rated i believe which is higher than z.

no worries dude, you'll be fine. finding the right tire for your car/preferences is like trying to find the perfect shoe... trial and error.

one man's saucony is another man's brooks. or something.

 

yeah..not goin with the yoko's anymore....discount tire is hookin me up with something else...

 

yeah gettin them put on tomorrow morning!!!!!just got the rims delivered today :naughty:

 

Thats bizarre, I had these on my Focus SVT and put 20K on them of "spirited" driving, and they looked like they still had plenty of life in them when I sold the car.....