which tires would you guys get ?
these will be in 215/40/17 for four 17x7's and two 17x9's
considerations are , price , treadwear , appearance , handling


yokohama avs es 100's
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
97 a tire

yokohama avid h4's
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
85 a tire

kumho ecsta 711's
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....tnum=14HR7E711
54 a tire

general exclaim uhp's
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
70 a tire

 

Out of the list, I would get Generals or the Kumhos. Much better treadwear than the horrible Yoko AVS and The H4 are all season tires, so they have a tradeoff for performance on dry.

 

I am about to replace the front two Kumho Ecsta 711 on 205/50/16 on my Prelude. They are a decent tire for the budget minded buyer. Not the best in the world, but certainly not the worst. They handle pretty well, but again, the fronts wore pretty quickly on my Prelude. I must say though, that I drive it hard and commute over 100 miles every day to work.

 

how many miles you get out of em ?

 

Yoko's are infamous for being very loud. My friend has had good luck with the Kumho's.

 

i had the avs es 100's on my supra imo they were not loud at all. hell i even got about 15k or so out of em with 3-5 degrees of negative camber.

 

I couldn't tell you how many miles total off the top of my head. However they have lasted me close to 2 1/2 years of hard driven miles. And again, it is only the front I am about to replace. The rears are still good to go for quite a while.

I guess I shouldn't have been so lazy about rotating them.

 

wow 2.5 years , much better than i expected. how do they do in rain and such ?

 

getting the kumho's can't beat the price. like 250 cheaper for all six tires.

 

well i have FALKEN ZIEX ZE-512 ALL SEASON tires

SIZE - 215/40ZR-17 87W REIN (28757)

and VOXX SIZE - 17X7 4-100 rims wheels... but never used them they are lying in my garage since 4 mnts for sale
These seem to be good to... KUMHO are cheap and all our corrollas have them but they get torn once a yr so we have warranty on them. So if u decide to buy them get the warranty for free replacement will cost u 60-70 buck for 4 of them from discount tires.

 

discount tires , hells of expensive. but yeah i did get a replacement warranty.

 

Surprisingly they aren't bad in the rain for a "summer" tire. In fact I didn't even know they were a summer tire until after my first winter with them. I just happened to see it online.

Now, would I take the car out to an autocross event in the rain with these tires probably not. Would I jump in the car and drive to Sacramento in LA in the rain? No question.