Official Tire Review Thread

[Hippo Machine]

This is an informational thread for those shopping for tires.

Please post a review of the tires you have used and include the following in your review if possible:

• BRAND NAME (CAPS AND BOLD)
• Tire Name (Bold)
• Price paid per tire (Bold)
• Tire Type (ex. "Grand Touring All-Season")
• Tire Size
• Miles driven on the tire
• General Review (the more detail the better)
• Review on scale of 1-10
• Manufacturer's tread picture (include 1 at most keep it pretty small)
• How many you bought
• Any other relevant information

Try to keep this thread as clean, simple, and helpful as possible (follow the review below as a model). Post only one time, and edit in more information if you buy new tires etc.

[Hippo Machine]

DUNLOP Signature
$95 per tire

"Touring All-Season"
225/60/R16

400 Miles driven

I bought two of these tires just before it snowed last winter, as my car needed some new ones in the rear. I originally hadn't planned on these, but the installer suggested them and they are a decent price, so I went with them. They are very quiet and have had only slight wear in the 400 miles I have driven on them. I have not had any problems with traction. I really have no complaints with them so far, but I'm not so sure abut the tread life yet.

I give them 7.5/10

[brandonl2000]

HANKOOK Optimo H727
$9x per tire, they are higher now

Standard Touring All-Season
225/60/16

8k miles? maybe more...

I bought 4 of these things and I wish I would have got something more sticky having a torquey vehicle. In my opinion, they are not made for GP's...However, they are a nice quiet tire and they corner fine in the rain, believe me I push my limits. They are holding tread pretty decent. There is a difference by touch between front and rear but I have been to the track a few times so whatevs. They do fine in dry weather pretty much, but when it rains you can't jab the pedal or give it too much throttle without spin. BUT I will say that in the past few thousand miles, they seem to have gotten a bit more stickier... So maybe they just needed wearing in.
Overall, get something else.

6/10

[Odi]

• MICHELIN AGILITY TOURING (DISCONTINUED)
• $125/each
• Grand Touring All-Season
• 225/60/16
• 42000 miles + whatever previous owner did (~10k miles)
• Good all-season tire, absolutely no flat spots and balancing issues. I didn't rotate them religiously and they're still fine. After ~30k miles wet traction suffered. They are practically bald now and I'm looking for a replacement. They were replaced by DEFENDER iirc.
• 8/10
• 

[E IN v Y]

Whats a tire?

DUNLOP
SP Sport Signature
$160~ each
Ultra High Performance All-Season
245/45/18 8,000 miles
These tires are boss. I did lots of research before acquiring these. Good grip and quiet.
I drive like an A-hole.
I got (4) of these bad boys
11/10

[codyAK]

• YOKOHAMA S-Drive
• $180
• Ultra High Performance Summer tire
• 245/45-18

Bought a full set of four, ended up paying around $680 I believe mounted/balanced, got them slightly discounted. I've driven about 3,000 miles so far on these. No complaints yet. Very sticky tire, living in Florida I didn't need an all-season tire. I feel a little bit of slip if I try to get on it in the rain, but that's to be expected. Also to be expected with a slightly stiffer than normal sidewall, you feel more bumps(that's also due to my suspension). I drive a bit spirited at times, and these tires keep up. Can't really judge treadwear yet, still early, but none noticeable yet, I'll expect(and hope) to get around 20k out of them.

[KeithGTP03]

KUMHO
Ecsta ASX
$120 per
High Performance All-season
245/50/16
1,500 miles

Set of 4. Grippy, quiet. The last Kumhos that I had (AST's), the tread life was horrible. Only had 10k miles on them and the tread was getting low. So we'll see in 10K miles how well the tread on these last. (Dont hold your breath, I doubt this site will be around by the time I put 10k miles on them)

8/10 for now.

[Lakebum]

MICHELIN
Pilot HX MXM4

245/50r17
35,000 miles (Second set)

Bought these new a month after buying car. Had Yokohama YK520 in stock 225/55 size. Nice, but they got scary, easy. MXM4 impressed the entire time on nearly every surface and did it quietly and predictably. Dry is not crisp, but more forgiving and still able to be aimed. Magna-steer is the lick with these under power; perfectly grabby and the MXM4 transitions well under the duress that FWD vehicles provide. Rain acceleration from a 30 punch on my stock Comp G (on good highway pavement) was perfect for the grip level of these; slight spin the whole way with perfect control. Mud is not recommended. Snow doesn't really happen here, but ice traction was better than I expected, but it still sucked. FIRST SET 30k.

Bought same size Michelin Pilot A/S+ after the MXM4s were down to 4/32. Dry handling was WAY better with the MXM4s and they really have to be punished to scream like the A/S did under way lighter angles. Wet was about the same except in wet cornering, where the A/S really shined. No ice or snow feedback. 5k later, I sold them and opted again for the MXM4s.

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

Good lord. Almost $175-200 per tire with a tread rating of 300. I'm sorry but that ****ing sucks, maybe you should opt for a better tire that wont rape your pocket book.

[matt5112]

no cam, I'm rocking A/S plus right now.

Wet corning is downright scary.

Literally I can take 90* corners at 25-30 mph.

Haven't found the dry cornering limit yet, frankly afraid to.

Straight line traction is awesome.

Tire will loose grip for an instant, but quickly catch again, making little to no noise and away you go.

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

I'm talking about those MXM4's, but anyway to "ME" anyway you never get your money out of Michelins, cept for maybe 1 or 2 of there tires that have the 700+ tread rating and really go that far.

I have no doubts that they grip like no other, but for what you pay and how long they last its just not worth it.

[matt5112]

If you use the grip, its worth it.

At the rate I was using my fuel max tires, I would have only seen 10 000 miles out of them. They're a 65 000 mile tire too. So we'll see how long these A/S + tires last.

Tires with super long tread life tend to turn into hockey pucks and are basically useless to a more aggressive driver after a very short period of time.

[Lakebum]

I don't care how long a tire lasts if it doesn't stick like your driving style deserves. Longevity is a tie breaker in my decision; ride, noise, wet/dry handling are what tires are important for my use of this car. Power means nothing without control. Between my vehicles and the miles I drive, I easily buy a full set every year. I kick myself every time I try to get out cheap. Not worth it to me, but some cars definitely like some tires better than others.

IMO there are certain consumable things things that you don't buy cheap on a car; tires, batteries and windshield wipers all come to mind.

[matt5112]

Brakes as well.

[OLD ROUNDHEAD]

I work in a tire shop and by far the best tires are consistently anything that Michelin makes. and ignore the goodyear hype. these tires are terrible, we have so many people return them because of problems with them. I need some help deciding on some rims. I am able to get any rims from discount tire for retail price. and I have a 2 door red grand prix gt 1999. they must be from discount tire and be 16 inch rims so right now I am kinda torn between the "MB wheels viper" black and sliver......and between the Drag DR-9 black rims with gloss lips. any advice on either of these two rims?