Any experience with these tires, or any other budget "performance" tires, with decent tread wear?
General Exclaim UHP- $79
Kuhmo ECSTA Supra 712- $87
Kuhmo ECSTA SPT- $91
Sumitomo HTR Z II- $92
BFGoodrich g-Force Sport- $106
Yokohama AVS ES100- $118
Kumho ECSTA MX- $119

Need new tires on the maxima, and have never dealt with any of these tires before.
I have had some bald BFG g-Force Sports before.

Thanks

The link to tire rack:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare2.jsp?shipquote=N&RunFlat=None&autoMake=null&autoModel=null&autoYear=null&autoModClar=&byCurrVehicle=true&sortcode=&fromCompare1=yes&partNumber=&make=&model=&price=&prevprice=&discountPrice=&sidewall=&sidewallShown=&promoShortText=&promoUrl=&loadRating=&width=&ratio=&diameter=&speedRating=&qty=&stockMessage=&type=T&frontTire=&frontLeftTire=&rearTire=&rearLeftTire=&wantRHP=&RHPprice=&sortCode=&pre=&sumRating=&spec=&warranty=&comments=&tests=&surveys=&perf=&specCode=&promoLongText=&heatCycleAvail=&shaveAvail=&studAvail=&vehicleSearch=true&_445WR7EUHP_qty=4&_445WR7ES712_qty=4&_445WR7KU31_qty=4&_445WR7HTRZ2_qty=4&_445ZR7GFSP_qty=4&_445WR7ES100_qty=4&_445YR7EMX_qty=4&removeIndex=7%7C445YR7GFTAKDW&_445YR7GFTAKDW_qty=4&sortValue=0
haha, look at that long link. I wish I knew how to make it small.

3/29/2006 5:03:01 PM

ecsta supras tend to be a long wearing tire we install a lot of those at work, stay away from the g-forces,
the michelin harmony is a great all season tire for the money, its worth a little more for a long term investment, i've seen em go 80k+,
the michelin pilot exalto is also a super long wearing wearing performance tire, comparable to the kumho exsta in price



http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Pilot+Exalto+A%2FS

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 5:16 PM. Reason : blah]

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 5:19 PM. Reason : double blah]

3/29/2006 5:12:18 PM

^ well. he said budget.. and performance...

3/29/2006 5:19:03 PM

Quote :

"Kumho ECSTA MX"

had those on my vette when i got em. didnt quite perform like i wanted, but they seemed to be good tires if you half ass drive like you have some sense... seemed to wear ok too.

3/29/2006 5:32:24 PM

The size is 245/45/17.

3/29/2006 5:33:45 PM

mx
es100
spt
g-force sport
htr-z 2
712
general

dry grip, good to crap

spt
g-force
general
712
htr
mx
es100

wet grip, good to scary

i think the spt is best choice for budget performance tire. good grip in dry and wet plus decent life and fairly quiet.

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 5:39 PM. Reason : ]

3/29/2006 5:38:47 PM

toyo proxes 4


and dont bother with tire rack try this site: http://www.edgeracing.com

theyve got any price tirerack has beat

though the selection varies slightly, they still have excellent brands/models

3/29/2006 6:38:14 PM

toyo



especially the proxes 4

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 6:49 PM. Reason : allhypeallhypeallhypeallhypeallhypeallhypeallhype]

3/29/2006 6:48:24 PM

I get my tires locally (installed) for about 10% cheaper than online.

Looks like I need to look into the spt , mx, and the g-force so far.

3/29/2006 7:37:30 PM

I've loved the Bridgestone Fuzion ZRis.... just over 100 a tire for your size

3/29/2006 7:39:34 PM

I priced tires on that edge racing site:

195/60R14 Falken Azenis Rt615 are $64/tire

195/60R15 Falken Ziex Ze512 are $37/tire


shipping & handling is $62.88 for all eight tires. total is $466.88.

Anyone have anything negative to say about those Ziex or know of any better deals?

3/29/2006 8:20:22 PM

any info on these?

Falken Azenis St115

3/29/2006 8:27:16 PM

^5


eh, you might not like em but theyve never done me wrong


just my recommendation

3/29/2006 9:30:47 PM

g forces do not wear well

3/29/2006 10:24:12 PM

the ziex is a decent tire

the azenis 615s (the "new" azenis) have gotten good reviews for having excellent traction. not sure about the treadlife, but it sucked on the old azenis.

3/29/2006 10:45:44 PM

i am getting the Falken Azenis Rt615 14's to throw on the basket weaves for track/autocross, i say that even though i have never tracked or autocrossed, but i will by god in the year 2006. i am going to throw the Falken Ziex Ze512 15's on some koseis and use them as my dailys, i read they have a pretty long wear life.

3/30/2006 12:09:42 AM

I recently had ECSTA ASXs put on my car, I like them so far...haven't put a lot of miles on them yet though. I don't know how they compare to the ECSTA Supra or SPT though.

3/30/2006 12:16:34 AM

if your getting autoX/track tires please for the love of god get real ones.

not some bullshit falken St nigger crap

3/30/2006 1:01:54 PM

There may be one or two autoX or Drag strip trips during the life of these tires. I will be building this car for the next year at least.

3/30/2006 1:03:27 PM

oh well i was talking about doc rambo, but still.

dont get some stiff side wall tires for the strip. it defeats the whole purpose.

3/30/2006 1:10:47 PM