Summer performance tire suggestions
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http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...ewall=Blackwall&partnum=245WR8RE760&tab=Sizes
I have these in 225/50/16 on ssr type c's. Had them on my Maxima that I autoxed a bit and now on the Mazda3. Fairly quiet, great grip for their price/treadwear. These replaced the bridgestone RE050A I had on the maxima previously. Planning on some hpde in the 3 with them.
After these you are going down to 200 treadwear Rivals, Hankook RS3, Dunlop Direzza etc.
I have these in 225/50/16 on ssr type c's. Had them on my Maxima that I autoxed a bit and now on the Mazda3. Fairly quiet, great grip for their price/treadwear. These replaced the bridgestone RE050A I had on the maxima previously. Planning on some hpde in the 3 with them.
After these you are going down to 200 treadwear Rivals, Hankook RS3, Dunlop Direzza etc.
If you want a summer tire for DD use and occasional HPDE, and want to get some mileage out of it Michelin PSS. Really does stick hard, and good lifespan.
After that, I agree with Intel, you are looking at the "Almost R-comp" tires. They grip like hell, and perform on track great, but you REALLY don't want to be caught in the rain with them, and if you are lucky 20-25k miles at best on them.
If the PSS is too much, the Bridgestones he linked are probably good too, never rode in a car with those.
After that, I agree with Intel, you are looking at the "Almost R-comp" tires. They grip like hell, and perform on track great, but you REALLY don't want to be caught in the rain with them, and if you are lucky 20-25k miles at best on them.
If the PSS is too much, the Bridgestones he linked are probably good too, never rode in a car with those.
did you get a tune on it yet? I curse this car every time I try to pass someone with it lol, I tried to pass a car from 50 mph a week ago down shift to third pull out in traffic yeah no that's going to take too long, try again from second a few minutes later had a good 1/4 mile gap to the next on coming car and hardly made it, I need this thing to at least have as much mid range as my excursion, what's my options I know you have been researching this lol
I have the Michelin PSS tires on one of my cars. Only a little over 1,000 miles on them this summer, but by far a very sticky great handling tire. This is my first set and I'm hooked so far. Only other tires I've had on this list are the Continental DW's...also good but a notch below the Michelin's IMO.
If you wanted the ultimate summer street tire and didn't care about mileage the star specs would get a huge vote. But for a car that does DD duties? Need a more streetable longer wearing tire.
I can't see a set of Star Specs getting much more than 10-15k miles max before needing replacement.
I've had the Evo 2's on my GTI for 2 seasons now and they're doing great. 320 tread wear I believe. Even with the GTI's factory rear camber that cups tires I haven't noticed any yet.
[MENTION=5]Mook[/MENTION] had the original Evo's on his supra and liked them I think. They were laughable with 700hp even from a roll but I don't think the Cruze is going to put down those numbers.
depends on what you do on the street and how hard you are on them at the track, lighter car surely helps too... i feel like i get 2 years out of mine, although i've never really kept track either. 10-15k would be 1 year though and i've certainly never burned up any that quickly while doing double duty.
what rimzz
I loved these on wife's Subaru, should've picked up a set for the Regal instead of BF Goodrich G Force Sport Comps 2...oh well
The new owner has since moved on to toyo r888s.
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