What tires do you recommend?

[ToplessBMW3]

Yoko ES100's are a great tire. I had them on my HM2s and I just got them on my CH's. They handle nicely, especially in the wet. They don't wear too fast and don't make all that much noise on the highway. For the money ($135 per tire for 235/40 18) you can't beat them

[Excidium28]

Thats where I did all my research tirerack.com MX only have a little better dry tractioin (9) over yokos (8.7) everything elce cornering, noise, wet traction the yokos are better. And yokos have 169 surveys submitted compared to 32 MX.

Yokos: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....h=true&index=6

Kuhmo Mx: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....h=true&index=1

Originally posted by jderry
If you track, I would not go with Yoko ES100's. There is a writeup of someone at bf.c that just bought yoko's and didn't like them. I would definitely pick the Kumho's over the AVS ES100's. E.g., turn in was harsher, cornering not as good, overall a good tire for the street; but, if you want good performance handling -- not a great choice. Visit the tirerack forum over there.

I know RyanC is doing OLOA with MX's. He just came back from beaverun and used MX's at the track. He was REALLY impressed with the dry and wet handling ability of them. He has the AA supercharged mcoupe. So, I would go with MX's IMHO. His tires only lasted him around 5K miles though. Then again, he's a friggin fast driver ... he was ripping some really good times EVEN in the wet ... only 1-3 seconds slower than his dry times.

[Excidium28]

I just called and checked Prices shipped & installed the Yokos would be $600 .. and Kuhmo $670 ...The guy at tire factory also suggested Sumitomo HTR Z II those would be $570.

[ToplessBMW3]

Don't go with Sumitomo, they're a cheap tire, as are Falkens. Sorry if anyone has these but they just are, I've had experience with both (on customer cars) and they're just not good.

[Excidium28]

So is $600 installed a good price or should i shop around?

[Excidium28]

I need to get my wheels aligned, just put brand new rear shocks.after the right driver side ripped out... Should I do it after I put the new tiers on or before? Also my front tiers are all gone on the inside.like if you look at it from the side of the car they look fine but if you turn the wheel and look on the other side of the tire you can almost see the strings in some parts ...very uneven tread wearing, my friend says its because my car is lowered I will never get even tread wear??? I aligned the car right before I got the new tiers.

[ToplessBMW3]

You're having uneven treadwear because of the car being lowered and not aligned properly. It's a camber issue. I had that problem as well when I got my first set of 18's and never ended up getting an alignment (stupid mistake which I learned from and will never do again). I had a tire actually blow on me, thank god I wasn't going really fast and it was a slow flat! Definitley get an alignment after you put your wheels and tires on.

[kalib0y]

Falken Azenis are great tires a bit stickier than the toyo t1s and friendlier with my fenders so because they run a bit narrow...then the Toyos come next...Kumho is good too.. and for dome reason, from my repectable tire source, he says he gets good reviews with hankook ventus...I dont know why but Ill let someone else try those tires first...

[Excidium28]

Got the tiers on today (yokohama AVS ES 100)! ..they look pritty beefy, didnt abuse them that much yet, its raining pritty hard here. Ill let ya know how I like am.

P.S what tire presure do you guys have for everyday street driving?

[MRoadster1382]

Dunlop anyone?? I think they look and perform super sweet. I have some on my Roadster and everyone compliments me:-)
If it's a BMW, I'd either get Pirelli's or some D's

[Excidium28]

I dont see a big dif at all if any with pilots and es 100's. They'r bad ass ... accept I think they'r a little taller in size, My front will rub sometime when turning into a uphill drive.