Alright i have narrowed to these 2 tires because 1. they are cheap and 2. they arnt to shabby for the price. All these prices are shipped to my door because they offer free shipping. I have the toyos now and they are fine to me minus the cords are about to come through ahha.... These are 225/45/17 tires but i put the 215/45/17 price in parenthesis. this is the first Kuhmo Ecsta 711 UTQG: Tread Wear 320, Traction A, Temp A SIDEWALL: Black Sidewall TREADWEAR: None Performance Rating: H PRICE - 73.00/tire (215 = 67.00) 2. Toyo Proxes FZ4 UTQG: Tread Wear 300, Traction A, Temp A SIDEWALL: Black letters Performance Rating: V,W or Z PRICE - 76.00/tire (215 = 71.00)
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.
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.
yea im prolly gonna do the toyos they seem to be good for the price. Do you think its worth the extra 20 or so bucks to get the 225? or should i just get the 215s? these are just gonna be to ride around on really nothing more.
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 had 235/45/17 es100s on my last car they were pretty beefy and gripped pretty well. Fairly priced as well.
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)
yea the life is not good i got about 9k miles out of mine and they were showing wear pretty bad. Thats just daily driving too with mainly highway miles.
yokos are veyr good for performance and stuff you will love them especially do awsome in the rain. Just the life is not good. You prolly can get 15-17k miles on them.
????? 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.
its all good man you gonna have htem by seloc? i might patch my tire and ride on stockers till i can get some more cash. not sure.
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.....
i ordered the toyos today was 325 shipped to my door. Now i gotta find somewhere that will mount for cheap.