I'm interested in getting new tires for my 09 ss. I have the stock 18inch rims. The tires i have right now are bad and i don't get much traction from them. I was wondering what are some of the best tires i can get for my car and snow is not a problem around here. maybe the 3 best tires. thanks

 

so i take it you dont want snow tires, lol.

so what do you want?

summer tires or all season?

how much do you want to spend?

you answer these questions I can give you an accurate opinion.

 

whats the difference between summer and all season? and price i dont want to go over 190 a tire

 

summer tires will have better dry grip than all seasons. better braking and acceleration traction, more ability to pull lateral g's. a stiffer tread pattern with better steering response.

all season tires sacrifice some of this performance to gain snow traction.

They are about the same when it comes to wet traction.

I'm looking at tires in that price range currently....just a sec.

 

If max traction is what you want the two best summer tires in that price range in that size are the:

Bridgestone Potenza RE760
Hankook V12 Evo K110

 

Then deff summer tires. and thanks

 

thanks. what are your thoughts on the BFGoodrich g-force?

 

The BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDWS are all season tires, and out of the price range you told me based on tire rack.

They wont be as good as the tires I mentioned for dry performance but will have better snow capability.

 

bf goodrich KDWS ard def not all season and i wouldnt even recommend anyone trying to drive them in the snow... they are great summers tho thats what i have

 

you must be thinking of a different g-Force.

 

oh i have the KDW2s and i thought thats what you were talking about

 

You also have to take into consideration how many miles you want to get out of them. I have the nitto invos and after 20000 miles they still have a lot of tread left. They have plenty of grip too.

 

I have the nitto invo's also and they are by far my favorite tire i have ever put on the balt.

 

my hankooks just arrived yesterday, the ventus v12 evo's... i'm going to install my springs, endlinks and steering rack spacers. then go get an alignment and have the tires put on at the same time...i'll let you know my immediate thoughts on them

 

should u let ur springs settle a little before getting an alignment or just get it right away? im doing the same thing basically.

 

you say youre doing the same thing basically..so are you getting youre alignment or letting them settle?...everything i see says to go get an alignment after

 

i just put on my pedders two weeks ago and got an alignment today your suppose to let them settle and drive about 200-300 miles and tires haha im on the same debate right now cept im doing 235/40/18 so far its between the dunlop direzza star specs bridgestone potenza 050 or those hankook v12 i really want the yokohama advans but there hella expensive lol

 

are the potenza RE050's cheaper than the RE11's?

 

You're not going to get a decent tire for under that.

 

hey thats not true theres a few even the dunlop direzza star specs are $198 on tire rack and thats what i really what i guess tirerack is the only place that sells those tho and and yea re11 are $269 on tirerack and re05 are $236 i got a better deal than those tho he was telling me a few diff tires and prices in my range

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Wow I'd expect the RE050's to be more expensive since they are an OEM tire. interesting.

 

I have a 09 also and I’m looking for an extremely good pair of all-seasons. The price doesn’t matter. Any suggestion

 

I personally like the RE960's for all season.

But the Conti extremecontact DWS's are real popular too.

 

i dont want contis again lol

 

I dont have any personal experience with them, but every time i mention RE960s someone else mentions the conti's, lol.