My last tires lasted me about 4 months. on stage 1.
now stage3 is coming and so is spring and I need tires. I want good performance but not to pay out the arse for it. so i am looking at "ultra high performance" and not MAX performance...ALso because I want decent treadlife...
SUMMER tires, not allseason junk-I have winter tires.
Here are some that looked OK
BF goodrich GForce KDW2
Sumitumo HTRZ II
Yokohama AVS ES100
KUMHO Ecsta Supra 712
Dunlop SP Sport FM901
Sumitumo HTR Z
KUMHO Ecsta SPT
leaning towards the GFORCE KDW2, heard good thing by a few guys here.
anyone have suggestions/opinions or want to share any "that tire sucks" stories? :lol:
or is there something good I forgot to look at not on this list?
I'm happy with my Toyo Proxes 4's. I heard good things about the Proxes T1-R's. I also like the Falken RT615's... I considered those, but I drive on the highway way too much for those to last. Too bad the Yokohama Parada Spec 2's are not available in 225/45/17.
I'd have to second this! Nokian makes good summer tires - I got these after was using Kumho Ecsta 712's on my 9000 - the Nokians were far superior, wet or dry. I wonder why people don't go with them more often :-?
um... not quite, i just went to their website, costco has 16 inch KDW-2's for 125, tire rack has them for 117, and the costco website wont let you view tires for anything but stock sizes wheels
Anyway, I have yoko avid dbs2's and they SUCK ASS in the snow. The one day I have driven them that was above 50 degrees, they were amazing. Really quiet too.
well I have studded Nokian Hakkas for winter, so i don't care about snow traction, i want a pure summer tire, no compromise all season nonsense.
I never thought of nokian for summer tires, I just associate the name with winter tires. if they make a reasonably price summer and not all season tire I might consider it. right now I am leaning towards Kumho or sumitumo cheap cheap Z rated...
seems if i am gonna run right thorugh them and i don't compete in track days it makes the most sense to get a cheap Z rated tire
I did the side by side comparision on tirerack and started to narrow down by price, first of all.... removed a few with really poor handling or traction wet or dry.... then I was left with two kinds of Kumhos and the HTRZII and a few others... the sumitomo looked like the best bang for the buck and had the better handling/traction rating. as for treadwear they should be cheap enough I am not going to sweat it, just be better about tire rotation this time.
I was only able to rotate my sumitomos twice before they were throwaway. Expect only around 15,000 miles out of them...thats what i got At least they're cheap.
i mentioned the falkens in lik ethe first page as i have the azenis st-115. great tire and i got a set of 4 for 300 shipped. One of the best street tires out there and euro car mag a while back had a test of like 30 tires and falken came in #2 behind somethin else and they cost a quarter of what the winning tire did...can beat a race bred tire imho
thats what i put on
fuzion ZRi's, only had them on for a few days, but im really happy with them so far.
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Saab Link Forums
953K posts
27K members
Since 2003
A forum community dedicated to Saab owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about performance, modifications, classifieds, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more!