215/45/17 Tire opinions
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BS Potenza RE750s: Too expensive, but good on the street, good in the wet, ok on the track, will recommend if you don't mind the cost
Kumho SPT: good dry tire, grips like the RE750 on the track, in the wet its defenitely not as good as the 750, and a bit noisier, but nothing insane, will buy again,
Falken Azenis RT615: Very good in the autox, but gets greasy quickily when hot, grips the best at ambient temperature, hydroplanes quite badly too, but suprisingly isnt as hard as i thought, and quieter than i thought, not as good if you are getting one tire for all duties, but good if you want a short life autox tire
im gonna get General Exclaim UHP or Hankook RS2s for the street next... Azenis has probably 5000-7000km left
Kumho SPT: good dry tire, grips like the RE750 on the track, in the wet its defenitely not as good as the 750, and a bit noisier, but nothing insane, will buy again,
Falken Azenis RT615: Very good in the autox, but gets greasy quickily when hot, grips the best at ambient temperature, hydroplanes quite badly too, but suprisingly isnt as hard as i thought, and quieter than i thought, not as good if you are getting one tire for all duties, but good if you want a short life autox tire
im gonna get General Exclaim UHP or Hankook RS2s for the street next... Azenis has probably 5000-7000km left
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Kumho SPT 215/45/17 : for the price of this tire you cant go wrong, I've used a lot of the more expensive brands and the performance difference is very marginal.
I will defenitely buy these again. Some people may be willing to spend $60-80 more per tire to gain a 10% increase in performance, if your racing or competing then that could make a difference, but not for me. Price versus performance, you cant beat the Kumho.
I will defenitely buy these again. Some people may be willing to spend $60-80 more per tire to gain a 10% increase in performance, if your racing or competing then that could make a difference, but not for me. Price versus performance, you cant beat the Kumho.
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yes I had a set of Dunlop SP Sport Max in 215/45/17, when they were worn out I switched to something cheaper (BFGoodrich g-Force Sport) but I miss the Dunlops; they were stickier with great turn in... I got 15K out of them with some bad negative camber in the rear...
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the tires that PGT had said are good. i have them for street/ track and ok in the wet. expensive, but i would look into dunlop direzza Z1's... cheaper than the RE01's. oh yeah, sumitmo hrz lll seem to be pretty good from what i heard and read... pretty good bang for the buck imo.
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The Direzza Z1 is cheaper than the RE01R, but it comes at the cost of ride Q. Not that people are looking for a comfy tire when it comes to a summer set, but that's my understanding of the difference and what you get for 50% more money
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I hated the SPT, but I had them in 205/55/15....no steering response at all
The Direzza Z1 is cheaper than the RE01R, but it comes at the cost of ride Q. Not that people are looking for a comfy tire when it comes to a summer set, but that's my understanding of the difference and what you get for 50% more money
The Direzza Z1 is cheaper than the RE01R, but it comes at the cost of ride Q. Not that people are looking for a comfy tire when it comes to a summer set, but that's my understanding of the difference and what you get for 50% more money
I now have the Dunlop Direzza's and have been very content with them. They haven't gotten many super spirited runs yet.....but they've been good to me. And the price was very nice
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I put Yoko s.drives on the other half's Saab 9-3 Aero, much better than the Perelli's P-zeros and Kumho STPs. Not quite the performance handling I expected from Yoko, but a predictable, quieter tire with a good ride. I really liked the Potenza Re-01Rs on my TT. I won't go back to any Conti tire w/ how bad they were on my Toureg.
I want better handling on the Mini so I'm probably going w/ the Re-01Rs or possibly the BFG g-forces (heard decent things and they are cheaper)
Good luck
I want better handling on the Mini so I'm probably going w/ the Re-01Rs or possibly the BFG g-forces (heard decent things and they are cheaper)
Good luck
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