Tire Advice please
 

Hey. Guys

Sorta stuck in the middle in terms of what I want for my tires

Size: 245/35/19 and 255/40/19
UHP or Max Perf summer tires
Tread wear hopefully 250-300
Price range: $200-220 each
I also would prefer it to be directional and not inside/outside so I can swap the tires to each side



Thanks for your suggestions
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Within your price range, I've heard good things about these tires:

Kumho SPT
Vredestein Sessanta
Hankook Ventus V12
Bridgestone RE760

great suggestions

i'm thinking either the hankooks or the kumhos. the kumhos are much more tempting having 320 treadwear.

Got the SPT's, and they are pretty good tires. Grip great, wet or dry (I autocross/track mainly in the wet, I rarely get a dry day). Tough tires, I subject them to abuse (MAJOR potholes/bumps etc) and they haven't burst or deformed yet, haha. Treadwear looks good, I have a torquey front-drive car (300lb/ft) and they don't show much wear yet after 5000km of abuse/hard pulls/auto-cross/track.

My main complaint is noise and ride; they are not very quiet except on the newly-paved smooth roads, and the ride isn't the best (but the XL sidewalls and much higher load rating than recommended I have probably don't help). They also seem to be a pain to balance properly; they don't seem to stay balanced or get unbalanced very easily.

i've never heard of a tire getting unbalanced, that's odd,
not to say it's true or w/e but, could it be your wheels?

What I meant is that they seem to need a lot of weights to balance out, and they get unbalanced easily? Not sure if it's my wheels or anything...

Good tire overall though.

im surprise you like the SPT


SPT is pretty bad in the rain


for the similar amount of money, General UHP > SPT

I run the Hankook V12 up front and am happy with how they have performed thus far, wet and dry. Great for the price IMO.
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Haven't tried the UHP, leery of the soft sidewall. My car rolls enough as it is, I want stiffer sidewalls for autocross.

The SPT is decent in the wet; not spectacular. It's much better than the stock Dunlop SP01 A/S that came with the car, or the ContiProContacts that I've used.

My SPT's are relatively new; maybe when it loses more tread it will suck more in the rain.

i would say the Hankook Ventus is the best value right now. You have a pm with price

I run Falken FK-452s on the wife's Audi. Fantastic tire, great wear and good levels of grip in both dry and wet.

back from the dead.

how long do these UHP tires with 320-380 treadwear last for you guys?

still haven't bought new tires, but i'm slipping on manholes so i should probably get on that now.

Depends how aggressively you drive. If you're driving to get milk and go to and from work, a lot longer than if you do track days and/or autox. Figure on 20k to 40k kilometres.

oh really? nice, i dont plan to track or auto x. maybe to the drag strip once a month.

good to know, thanks

I always though manufacturer's treadwear ratings were different, so you can't really compare two different tires even with the same ratings.

Have you chosen a tire yet?

i drive a little too aggresively apparently, my tires(bridgestone potenza allseason) from 80% to not being safe to pass a VI only took 10k miles....

no i haven't, i was thinking Hankook ventus' but a few people on G35 driver, complained about short life span.

i drive about 15k a year, so i want them to last at least 2 years, but HP summer tires aren't as popular as UHP,

also thinking about General Acclaims.