Persian-V

Ok I absoultely suck with tires but it's getting time to get rid of those runflats! So right now car is completely stock so not super fast but I am looking for a tire that will be daily driven, more on the performance side that I can take to Autox and track every now and then and be semi decent in the rain.

Any advice thanks!

GulfM3

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From your description I would just get new run flats, they will do everything you listed above. IMHO the runflats are a great tire if you don't mind the extra road noise. The stiff sidewall is a double edge sword, sucks to try and launch but they feel great on a road course because they don't "roll over".
I have hankook ventus e12's on my car and when you initiate a turn you can really feel the sidewall flex and "roll over". What mileage did you get from the runflats?

rjoffe

What's your price range ?

pharoh

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The RS-A's are absolutely HORRID in wet weather, they don't do well in anything but dry pavement. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. Hankook Ventus V12's are good, and if they make a Conti DWS in our size I'd look into that as well.

SoJersey05V

toyo t1r... nitto invo... nitto nt05...

Higgs

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Goodyear runflats are horrible... wouldn't suggest those. My INVOs are okay for an all around daily tire. I had Potenza RE050A runflats before... and those gripped really well, but didn't last long. The usual deal... a trade off....

Persian-V

Yeah I want too much from one tire, but I am looking in to the NT-05 and Invo maybe the hankook one?

Priorities, are pretty decent lasting, decent launches and will handle themselves at the track! haha My Michelin runflats weren't shabby just want something more performance orientated I guess.

I hate the runflats!! Expensive, noisy and useless for me! haha
Any more tire suggestions??

Gus_Mahn

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I'm very happy with my Hankook V-12's. Excellent in the rain and very good dry. I'm pretty hard on the car and should get 20,000 miles out of them. Plus I paid about $600 for a staggered set of four.

lt197formula

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I've been doing tire research and plan on going with these tires

plastus85

Dunlop direzza star spec. Great overall tire!

mhhamrhead

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Rather than starting another new tire thread...

Any advice on a set of All-Season Tires?


I'd like to replace my stock RunFlats with something that will get me through light snow in the winter, yet be decent the rest of the year. No real racing for me, just the occasional blast through a couple of gears. Car is stock as well.



**My car now has 4,400 miles on it. The stock RunFlats are in great shape. If you're interested, make me an offer. Hammrhead@comcast.net

woodnutz

I had GS-D3's on my GTO. I loved those tires. The wet handling was incrediable. I went through, and tested many tires on the gto as well. I hatted the RE50. I hatted the RE40. I hatted the run flats that were on the V, and I hated the continetal conti extreme's the previous owner has on there now. The KDW2 was not to bad, it was just load. I will be going back to the GSD3 unless I find the nitto's are nice. I had Nitto 420's on my SRT8 Jeep, and I hated those to. I felt as if they made the car feel like it was on ice when in the rain.

woodnutz

It is WORTH putting money into tires..you get what you pay for in my opinion.

scatillac

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I'll second that!

bamacaddy

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+100....I ran 2 used tires on mine when the runflats on the rear wore out..... Couldn't have imagined how much of a difference it made.....Nexxan? I believe.. Rode like trash with less handling than I had with maypops on the rear.

Persian-V

I don't have a price range for tires as you all said with tires you get what you pay for, so far it's between the hankooks, those gs-d3s n the star specs since I've heard good about them before, so what shall I finialize with?

whisler151

I'm running Nitto Invos and love them. 245/40 18 front and 275/35 18 rear. I got them from Discount Tire Direct. I believe it was around $750 shipped.

Persian-V

how do the invos fare in the rain?

wes8398

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"You get what you pay for" sometimes leads to a poor train of thought. Just because you pay a lot for a tire (or anything for that matter) doesn't mean it'll out perform a less expensive one. Take our OEM runflats for example: expensive, but a terrible tire. You might as well be driving on ice when you drive those things on wet pavement. And heaven forbid the temperature gets below 70 degrees and it's wet out!!

Anyway, what I'm getting at is that you need to do your research. If you care at all about how much money you spend, you would benefit greatly by reading reviews (both professional testing reviews as well as joe blow reviews) and making your decision only once you've price shopped as many places as possible, and educated yourself as much as you possibly can.

I have personally bought a few sets of tires through Ebay that were basically unknown brand tires in North America at the time, and I've been more than happy with them. At a fraction of the cost of North American name brands, too. All I had to do was Google the manufacturer and model of the tire and I came across a plethora of information that made me comfortable with buying the tires. In both cases, years later, those same tires are now being sold in North America for over twice the price that I paid for them.

Do some leg work, educate yourself, and you'll be happy with the decision you come to.

Persian-V

haha I didn't mean it like that wes, not at all, you are completely right. I was just trying to say price is not an issue I am just hoping for a good set of tires that V owners have had a good experience with, different cars have different experiences, I have been researching I was just hoping for some advice from seasoned V owners that have tried different tires out.

Thanks for the input though! I will put more effort into researching.