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I've got the 15" Honda rims, and the tires are the P185/65-HR15. I don't want to drive on Firestone's. I'm just wondering what tires people recommend, they have to be All-Season's by the way. I'm thinking about Yokohama Avid H4's but I'm just wondering if these are any good, or are there better one's out there for around the same price? (under $60 USD).

 
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avid h4's are a good choice, i'm going to get those tires too, but in 205/40/17

 
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goodyear has some good all season tires out.. i'm not sure the name or anything but check out their website

 
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Awesome, thanks.

 
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Bridgestone Potenza RE950 are better..

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compar...=4&sortValue=1

 
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Damn! I guess they are!


Can anyone tell me what "TREADWEAR RATING" means, 400 vs 360. What do these numbers represent? And which is better, a higher or lower number?

 
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Tread wear rateing is the Value givien to compair how long tires will last in a controled enviornment. I.e. A 400 tread wear will last Longer then an 300 tread wear, but the 300 tread wear will most likely have better traction. Unfortunatly for us, you can not compair tread wear of tires between different companys. as in A Kumho tire rated at 300 may not be the same as a Falken tire of the same Tread wear. Each company submits there own base tire for compairison (Thank you US regulators.) IF you want a tire to last a long time get a Tire with a High tread wear rating. if you want good traction , get a tire with a Low Tread wear rating.


For an example, I have 2 sets of Wheels and tires, 1 I use Strictly for autocross, and they have a tread wear of 200 the other Is for the street, and they have a tread wear of 360. The race tires, have Gobs of traction, where the street tires are OK for racing, but Good for the street. I dont recomend getting Very high Tread wear rated tires, try to stay below 400 for street tires.

The tires I have,
Race, Falken Azenis Sports 205/50R15 rated 200 A A
Street, Falken Ziex 512 205/40ZR17 Rated 360 A A

 
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Thanks, very good explanation!

Yeah I'll definitely go with the Bridgestone's! They may be a little more expensive, but they look like they're well worth it.

 
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I say H4 those are the ones I am going to get next when ever these Kumho 712's wear out. I would have got the h4 to begin with but they were sold out of them and had a sale on the 712 I am impressed with them just not up here in OR in the rain.

Nick

 
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ooho I'm in the same spot.

I'm thinking Bridgestone RE950 - $284

Yokohama Avid H4 - $208
Yokohama Avid T4 - $204

or Dunlop SP Sport A2 - $240

all are high-performance all season tires...

bridgestone is the best, hands down... but look at the cost differences.

urgh.

The Dunlop is very close in terms of performance specs according to user survey and tirerack's own testing...

40 bucks in difference.

oooh. cuz i gotta get an alignment, so I really dont know what to get.

I know that any choice above will be better than the Firestone 690 we got right now...

I'm kinda torn between the RE950 or the SP Sport

$40 bucks difference.... not a lot, but when u compare say the H4 to the RE905... a clear $80 bucks diff.

 
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okay I've decided!

Dunlop it is!

I'll get the Bridgestone another time.

Dont anyone change my mind!

Dont do it!

 
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I have the potenzas and i love them. Great tires and really good traction. HUGE difference from stock.

 
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Yeah they have a nice looking tread pattern too, not that it matters that much. How is the tread doing? Are they holding up well, or do they wear out fast?

 
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seem to be good :-), i have had them for about 1600 miles, at that many miles on the firestones i could see a problem, lol.
I have the RE910 though- they were free so i dont care

 
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Nice.

 
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yes, I have good year gs-d 215/45/17 those tires are great, rain or shine, i got about 20k miles out of them. they are pretty loud (but when your exhaust and intake is just loud, you can't really tell)

they are great at cornering, the tires haven't slip once yet, i will be buying them again, they are such good tires ^_^

they cost about $70-130 at tirerack.com