I'm looking to get some new rubber for my car. Unfortunately price is going to be a factor this time as we just bought a house. So with that said, I've narrowed my tire search down to

Falken FK-452 - a little on the pricier side compared to the others but I've owned Falkens before.
Kumho Ecsta's
Nexen N3000
Nitto NT555

Which tires would you guys recommend... and if you have the tires that I've posted what do you think of them?

 

Falken FK-452s are awesome. They ride great and provide good grip as well. Both my roomate and my best friend had them on their cars at one point and they loved them.

The Kumhos would be my second choice, and then the Nittos.

Nexens....eh....those are about as nice as my shitty Nankangs that I have on my 19"s.....

 

BFG GForce KDW2s

 

Too much quid!

 

Bridgestone Potenza RE01 (Top rated performance street tire last 2 years in a row-Tire Rack)
may 06, aug 07
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....Potenza+RE-01R

OR

The May 08 New winner:
Dunlop Direzza

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...irePageLocQty=

Click on the "tests" tab for road and track results for 5 top street tires

 

What size you looking at 215/45/18? A lot depends on use. Is this a daily driver? Looking for long life? maximum stick? fuel mileage? does tire noise bother you? etc.

On other cars I've owned:
Kuhmo Ecsta MX, good tire, a bit noisy, great grip, club autocrossed with these. They did not last real long.
Nitto 555 on the front (Nitto DR rears), they were very good and lasted a little longer than the Kuhmo's, slightly not as good for grip.

I just bought BF Goodrich G-forces for the Cobalt, very nice tire at a very nice price.Tire Rack

 

keep it at 40 dood

 

go on ebay. get bfg kdw 2's. you will find them in any size you want. i think a store sells them on ebay. you can pick them up for like 725 shipped which is insane for them

 

thats a little much tirerack.com has them for like 168.00 a piece and i think it qualifies for free shipping...

 

Falkin one ware REALLY fast!

I have had many different stles andmy favorite to this date is the Rekin Raptor ZR.
the ones i have are a 225/40/17 and they have about 20,000k on them with about 15 angrey burn outs on them and still look to have 80% tread left!

 

I voted Falken, but if price wasn't an issue I woulda recommeneded a better brand like Goodyear, BFG, Yokohama, etc

 

do you have traction issues at launches like the sc's? doubtful

 

Anything by bridgestone, although the pole positions mentioned earlier are a nice choice. Reason? Bridgestone is the sole tire provider for F1, the trickle-down technology effect FTW! I had a set of the Re-960s on my balt also, they were pretty stout.

 

The N3000's are apparently a very decent tire for the money.

 

Has anybody got any experience with these..



they look awesome and Tire Rack has them rated pretty good. The price is awesome too

 

^^^ youre kidding right? How we supposed to knows what tire that is. I forgot to memorize tread patterns to know. MY BAD! LOL

 

haha WHOA!! calm your horses.. Sumitomo HtrZ II

i thought the pic was going to be bigger so you could read the side.. but it wasn't

 

tire rack is selling michelin pilot sport a/s's for 142 a tire...theyre awesome and they have incredibly good reviews...take a look at them(ultra high performance all season zr y rating)

 

BFG G-force Super sport

 

Getting lots of good info guys! Keep 'em coming!! I'm getting a lot of new options too!!

 

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=false&cs=235

 

nitto NT05 http://www.nittotire.com/#index%2Etire%2Ent05

toyo R1R


or toyo t1r


advan neova AD07


or even advan neova AD08 cant find pics. or the Sdrive. all good tires IMO.