I'm finally picking up my wheels next Friday. I've decided to go with the 18" MOMO Corse Rev in Anthracite from DiscountTire since they are on clearance. Here's a link to my other thread about which wheels should I get:

MOMO Corse Rev's in Anthracite

Anyway, I'll be purchasing tires in another month or two for them. I plan to have the wheels on before August so I can get a couple months on them this summer.

The tires I'm looking at are (all in 225/40/18):

1. BF Goodrich g-Force Sport
2. Yokohama S.drive
3. General Exclaim UHP

Do you think I should go with one of these or is there something else that would be a better and/or cheaper alternative? I'm looking to spend no more than $150/tire if possible.

The reason I'm looking into these tires is that I have a set of 15" steelies for winter with Hankook Winter iPike tires. I want a summer only tire for better handling. I'm looking at something for MN summers...dry weather or rainy weather...must have good rain handling abilities.

 

My last tires were the g-force sports - good traction but not uber sticky. A bit noisy. Rides a little rougher than some. (hard compound i think?) But overall EXCELLENT practicality for your $$$. Will last a long time.

You dont want the generals. ugh.

Cant go wrong with the Yokos! I like the S drives, should have many of the same attributes as the BFG's but possibly be a little softer/stickier.

 

whats wrong with the generals? i had them on my audi with no problems what so ever... but then again i was awd and didnt really have a tire spin issue unless it was raining and i was purposely trying to fishtail it : )

 

I've heard tons of back and forth on the General's, but almost only positive about the other tires...I can get the Exclaim UHP's for only $87 each on treadepot.com, otherwise I'm looking at $130-150 at TireRack and DiscountTire/DiscountTireDirect.

This is afterall a 2.2L with minimal mods...just want handling for now. Wouldn't the General's be good enough? I'm a spirited driver most of the time if that makes a difference.

 

just bought a set of 4 Hankook Ventus S1 Evo's from tirerack.com for $399.74 shipped (225/40zr18 was the only ones i saw at this price... $89/tire) heard they're pretty sticky with decent tread wear.... just my .02