I'm planning on replacing the tires on my 8 in the next few weeks so I'm doing a bit of homework and have had a few quotes on different brands and all the same size ( 225/45/18 ).
I'm looking at Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus from Costco, an " out the door " price of @ $ 1500.00 I got a bit of a tip regarding a Dunlop tire, it's a model called Direzza DZ 101.
I was told that this Dunlop tire was an excellent all round tire for my 8 and when I price checked they were $ 400.00 cheaper " out the door ". I don't want to put " cheap " tires on my car but I also don't want to spend my hard earned cash on a product if I can find a similar product that basically will do the same job.
Any members out there have any info. regarding this Dunlop tire ??

Thanks from Kelowna.

 

Well, for a kickoff, the Michelin tires are all seasons while the Dunlop tires are summers so it somewhat comparing apples to oranges.

The Tire Rack reviews:



Plus some more qualitative and quantitative reviews:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=119
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=115
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...ay.jsp?ttid=78

If you want, depending where you live in BC, I can PM you the way I saved money getting my tires.

 

i just bought a new set of those Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus in a 235/40/18 for $800. resell them to you for $1200 lol keep looking can find better deal

 

sweet I was looking for summer tires too this will help alot. Thanks!

 

What about these, they are what I'm going for this spring (Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec)

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....t+Z1+Star+Spec

 

Rxeckless any reason not to choose the RE050A or Bridgestone Potenza RE-11?

http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-tir...star-spec.html

Tire Rack: Testing the New Extremes of Extreme Performance Summer Tires (May 2009)
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=118



Btw, Grassroots Motorsports results (heavy on auto-cross):

For the June 2009 issue. Just got my Grassroot motorsports where they did some Extreme tire testing. Tires were tested in 15 inch sizes on a hond civic.

Here is a summary of times from worst to first.

6th - Falken RT 615 Mean time: 35.302 Sec Quick time 35.125 Sec.
5th - Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec Mean time: 35.209 sec. Quick time 35.061
4th -Toyo Proxes R1R Mean time: 34.522 sec Quick Time 34.452 sec
3rd- Bridgestone RE-01R Mean time: 34.478 sec Quick Time 34.430 sec.
2nd- Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 Mean time: 34.266 Quick time 34.238 sec.
1st - Kumho ECSTA XS Mean time :34.170 Quick Time 34.030 sec.

All tires were shaved to 3/32 nd and test performed on an Autocross set up.

 

Just price got a quote last fall for 245/40/18's for under 1200 installed and balanced, tax in.

 

Well I'm not in a panic for tires for my 8 but I will be replacing them before the better weather arrives. Thanks for your input guys, some real good advice came through, sure the cost of tires in the States is much more attractive but my location would make it cost prohibitive.
Nothing quite like the opinions of folks other than the tire manufacturers, I quite enjoyed reading the different opinions on tires on "Tire Rack's " website. Total waste of time really when it comes to tire reviews, one guy gives the Dunlop tire I was interested in top marks all around while another guy says " don't put these tires on your car ".
So no matter which brand of tire you may be interested in everybody has their opinion, some rate them high and others low, regardless of brand. And I won't go to any of the local tire outlets around here and ask for advice, they will tell you what they like and their only interest is selling tires and that's it.

 

That's why we refer to people with racing experiences (Grassroot motorsports magazine) or using scientific method (Tire rack test)

 

I'm in Kelowna...e-mail me kstickney at shaw.ca
I can help ... and no I dont work for a tire dealer. I have an '07 RX8 and an '06 MX5 for autocross.
Brian

 

since iv owned my car iv had 5 different sets of tires not including race tires. i just keep trying different brands and sizes its amazing the variety thats out there with some looking around i'm sure you'll find the right tire for you.

 

so from your experience which one you like the most nate?

 

Toyo T1R. You won't be disappointed.