Advise choosing tires
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Advise choosing tires
Im in the market for buying some new tires. The tire size is going be 245/40/18. My current choise right now is between Yokohama S.drives or Goodyear Eagle F1 Asummetric. My budget is less than 200 per tire. My 8 sees only weekend use and autox maybe once a month. What do you guys think will last me a while and provide me the traction i need.
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I had Kuhmo SPTs, but recently changed over to the Nitto NT555. It's still a 300 rated tire, so it will wear well, and I feel like it has better grip than the SPT did. They were both really quirky in the rain, so you'd want to be light on the gas regardless when it's wet.
They dont list the tread wear on the SPT, but I'm pretty sure that it's 300 as well. You really can't go wrong with either tire for every day use.
http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...iremodel=NT555
http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...SPT+%28KU31%29
They dont list the tread wear on the SPT, but I'm pretty sure that it's 300 as well. You really can't go wrong with either tire for every day use.
http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...iremodel=NT555
http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...SPT+%28KU31%29
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Hankook Ventus V12 K110s. Cheap on tirerack.com and good reviews from C&D and German auto mag.
Pep Boys has buy 3 get 1 free. Get them to get close to TireRack price and you got it made.
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I recently got the General Exclaim UHP and have been extremely happy with them. They are quieter than all other tires I've had (Kuhmo SPT, KDW 2, OEM Bridgestone).
They are a bargain for the performance that you get...and it looks like I'll be getting more than 18k miles out of them, which is nice.
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They are a bargain for the performance that you get...and it looks like I'll be getting more than 18k miles out of them, which is nice.
My $0.02
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I found out General Tire is a subsidiary of Continental Tire, and started out as an American company. My experience so far is that these tires are pretty bad-***, especially for the price. There are better performing tires out there, for sure, but you will pay dearly for them.
On a side note, I went back to the OEM size (225/45/18) for the General UHP from the Kuhmo SPT (245/40/18) and have noticed much improved handling all around.
Make sure jumping to 245 is right for you. If you are looking to do auto-x, you should know that 245/40 is really pushing the limits of a 8" wide tire, for performance anyway. I noticed a lot of "squirminess" (side-wall flex?) with the 245/40/18. I agree that 245/40 looks better, but I have experienced a much better ride and performance on the OEM size.
Also take into account getting a proper balancing and alignment job.
Good luck.
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