Cascade Crew

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: Tire Post!

So what are the hot and not so hot tires in the ol 245/50R16 field these days?

Need something pretty sticky since the Maro is mostly a fair weather car. But I'm not looking to spend $250 a tire!

So far I'm looking at these:

Goodyear Eagle F1 G2-D3
Yokohama AVS ES100

So far the yoko is way cheaper and has a wider tread pattern. Tread design looks about the same.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

Goodyear F1 GS-D3. They are not cheap but not $250 per.

$181 at Tirerack.com http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Eagle+F1+GS-D3&vehicleSearch=false&partnum=45YR6F1GSD3&fromCompare1=yes&place=0

I got the local Goodyear store to price match. They did add the shipping in but ended up with same tires, same money but local shop. You know I have been happy with them. No experience with the others.

-Schultzy

charlie6178 · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject:

i run a 275/40/17 mickey thompson E.T. Street radial on my 98' Z28. the car runs 12.9's all day long with no traction issues, and they still stay planted pretty firm in the rain. i had a set on my nova also and they lasted just as long as my toyo T1R's did. i work at baxters, and they're like $190 a piece i think.

blue89 · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject:

I'd like the chance to run the Goodyear Eagles myself. If I can find a set of 17x10's that I like on my camaro I'd like to get rid of my black GTA 16x8's. I have some Hankook tires for them when my Ohtsu's wear down enough (in the size you are after).

Red Bird · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: auto x

Ive been looking at hankook ventus R-S2 as its a high performance summer tire in a 245/r16, and it wont break the bank. im running Kumho ASX's now their an great tire for the money! i beat the hell out of them, theyve held up well, and they grip well in the rain, i even ran them in snow, when i got dumped on coming home from a winter autoX, they got me home in one piece, i had to change my pants though Laughing

GREG DAVIDSON · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

i've ran alot of diff kinds of Kumo tires and when my bird needs them again thats what im going with even as dead set against foren stuff as i am i like the tires and i always get them fro america's tire here in salem they seem to be the cheapest well here in salem anywho

just my 2 cents

iansane · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

http://corner-carvers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=723863&postcount=26

Shrug

chevymad · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

I've been extremely happy with my bridgestone potenzas. Great grip compared to the pirellis i took off. So much so it took the fun out of the car. They seem to be wearing very well too. Wet traction is ok but the pirellis were better. I've also run 2 different set of coopers. The Z rated cooper sucked. Traction was bad, and they wore out in 20k miles. The cheaper H rated I think cooper was awesome. Very sticky and ran for 40k miles. The set of yokohama's I ran were just so/so and again about a 40k mile tire. I've got a set of yoko's on the truck right now and they're great though. Even snow traction is good on a 275/60/15. I think i've ran one other set on the car, but cant remember what they were.

I'd rank all these this way.

1. Potenza
2. Cheap cooper
3. Pirellis
4. Yokohama
5. Z rated cooper

91camaro_rs · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject:

Have you looked into Nitto at all? i am going to get some Nitto NT555 Extreme's for my new iroc rims

aaron_sK · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject:

GREG DAVIDSON · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:07 am Post subject:

but aaron ... going sideways is fun ! Laughing

i've done that myself i've learned to keep a smooth pedal when in comes to driving in crappy wether comes from growing up in driving in 2 feet of snow with ice under it with ni traction devices that people use out here for no reason Very Happy

ah good ol wisconsin winters oh how i dont miss them

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:09 am Post subject:

I have been pretty happy with the Falkens I have now, and the Hankook Ventus sports that I had before. I don't know if either of them are available in 16" sizes though.

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:12 am Post subject:

I understand that, but I still don't understand how people make claims about Kumho like "Wet traction is nearly as good as dry!" and whatever.

Pretty soon I'm not gonna be super worried about bad weather driving in the IROC anymore. That's what Ian's old Blazer is for. Wink

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:16 am Post subject:

I'm with you aaron. I like to stick to the pavement when it is wet. I havent driven kuhmo's, so I cant comment on them. The hankooks I had were OK, but not great in the rain, but they were better than a lot of other tires. The Falkens I have on now, have done great in the rain the couple of times I have driven in it. I was actualy really impressed with the wet grip.

GREG DAVIDSON · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:19 am Post subject:

i've had falcons before to i like em yea the kumo's are ok i havnt had the best luck with hancook just if i find a happy medium i stick with it and price wise there ok

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:19 am Post subject:

Irony. I chose the Kumhos over the Falkens because I heard such good things about their wet handling. Once the IROC gets off of daily-driver duty they'll be fine though. They actually launch pretty good on dry pavement for such a cheap tire.

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:27 am Post subject:

It all comes down to the model though, the Kuhmo 711s are not in the same range as the 712 is. Same with falken tires, they ahve so many different models, I can only speak for the ones I have.

'92 camaro boss · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:35 am Post subject:

toyo proxie 4's.. what we have on our suburban and on my camaro.. drove in the rain and 100 degree weather.. i don't have any issues with traction..

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:54 am Post subject:

Nitto NT455's wet traction is a joke. they are as bad as a worn non-performance tire. that said... my rears are now down to about 20% and the dry traction is still good. i have to TRY to break traction, it does not happen by accident.

cooper cobras can suck it.

91RSVert · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:05 am Post subject:

I have Goodyear eagles for daily drivers. They suck inless you plan to do alot of burnouts.

For racing (which I hardly do anymore) I have Firestone SZ50ep's, bought used and down to tread bars. Noticeibly more grip over the eagles.

On my show truck, I use to run mid-grade nittos(forget number). All around decent for the buck.