Help me pick a tire
02-24-2012 | 09:59 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Red To Go
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,600
From: Canton, MI
Help me pick a tire
hey guys i was looking at tires for the car today, and i had almost purchased a set of dunlop dz101 until i read the reviews. horrible wet tractions. so here i am again. i need something with around a 300 treadware, that i can autocross and abuse without to much trouble. starspecs are 200 treadware so they are not going to last long enough for me.
PS: have to be decent for dd duty
PS: have to be decent for dd duty
Last edited by RedTurboMiata; 02-24-2012 at 10:06 AM.
02-24-2012 | 10:09 AM
#4
MFz Regular
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 70
From: Navarre, FL
I'd say Kumho SPT (or whatever they call it now), but they don't make it in that size apparently.
What you're looking for is an ultra-high performance summer tire....
Tire rack-
Yokohama S.drive - 94/each
BFG g-force sport - 98/each
the BFGs are on closeout....idk what normal price normally is, but that's probably a good deal. Probably a new product line coming out or something. I got a set of bridgestone RE01Rs for like half off on closeout there right before the RE11s came out.
either of those should fit the bill. i assume you dont need/want all seasons?
What you're looking for is an ultra-high performance summer tire....
Tire rack-
Yokohama S.drive - 94/each
BFG g-force sport - 98/each
the BFGs are on closeout....idk what normal price normally is, but that's probably a good deal. Probably a new product line coming out or something. I got a set of bridgestone RE01Rs for like half off on closeout there right before the RE11s came out.
either of those should fit the bill. i assume you dont need/want all seasons?
02-24-2012 | 10:15 AM
#6
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Red To Go
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,600
From: Canton, MI
i autocross the car couple times a month, and its a nice weather daily 60-90miles a day. and with gas going up my dad might start driving it to work which is 100-150 miles a day. so 300 is about as low as i want to go.
02-24-2012 | 10:21 AM
#8
BAMFr
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,787
From: NC
well, Tadd, let me let you in on a little secret. There is no standard way of measuring treadwear. One manufacturer's 200 could be anothers 250, or 150 (arbitrary numbers, you can read about treadwear rating differences on google/tire rack).
I found that the star specs have pretty good life. Considering I put them through 15 track days at about 2hours each day, and still got about 12k miles out of them, I think a monthly autocross or two should allow you to get some pretty good life.
Otherwise, its going to be really hard to find a tire that is >200 treadwear and is actually "good" in the autocross environment.
Choose wisely!
I found that the star specs have pretty good life. Considering I put them through 15 track days at about 2hours each day, and still got about 12k miles out of them, I think a monthly autocross or two should allow you to get some pretty good life.
Otherwise, its going to be really hard to find a tire that is >200 treadwear and is actually "good" in the autocross environment.
Choose wisely!
02-24-2012 | 11:11 AM
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