bloodraven

Seeing as how I don't know much about tires....I was just wondering....which out of these three tires would be best for mostly street use, some track, very little autocross...Falken Ziex ZE-512, BFGoodrich g-Force Sport, Kumho ECSTA Supra 712. They can all be had for about the same price, and aside from Fuzion, these seem to be the tires I always hear about. So, which would be best?

CBM

I have heard some good things about the Falken Ziex. I have had great experience with other Falken tires (Azenis ST-115, not on a p-car) and horrible experience with the Ecsta Supra 512 (not on p-car). The Ecsta supra 512 is absolute crap. Wears poorly, sticks poorly, bad in water.

bearone

i just got some michelin pilot sports and they replaced some conti sports contacts, which were extremely noisy.

they had good ratings for wearability, water, dry and noise.

i've had a lot of michelins over the years on vaious cars and i don't drive anywhere near the limits of the car but figure i got a pretty good bang for the buck.

87951.

xsboost90

i liked my supra ecsta's....drove great and good in wet weather. No one else seems to like them though.

black944 turbo

Stay away from the KUMHO's I hated mine with a passion. My friend has G-force KDW 2s on his Z and I absolutely love them. I have Yoko AVS ES 100s and they are Ok.

95Juan

i had the 512's on my old supra.

marginal in the dry. wet? well, i hope you're a drifting fan.




in a 951, do yourself a favor, and grab a set of FK-451's and dont look back.


or fuzions. from what i've heard, people swear by them, so i might have to try a set next time around....

formerGMguy

I'd consider the AVS ES100's in that price range. Good all around tire for those of us who don't have $1000 to spend.

95Juan

oh yeah, the ES100's that were on my car before were really good, even when worn down and cupped.


good looking tire, too.

cjeckert

i've had really good luck with g force sport

black944 turbo

I have ES 100s and sort of like them. They are EXTREMELY LOUD, to the point where it sounds like I have a bad bearing. I know I don't because with my phone dials there is no noise at all. They have good grip wet and dry. They don't deliver the best steering fell either. But for the money a good tire.

Litespeeds

I would look into the Sumitomo HTRZ2 tires. They are excellent tires for the money. Quiet ride, good handling, pretty good wear.

I usually don't like Kumho tires unless it is their R compound race tires. My buddy picked up a set of Kumho SPT for his Matrix and I drove the car and it felt very good.

The ES100's are pretty good for the money but are very loud as they start wearing.

Scott at Team Harco

I let my money do the talking with the g Force Sport. Just finished mounting them a couple of days ago. It's too early to say how good they are - but so far - so good. Will know more after 944Fest and a few dozen laps of Nelson Ledges.

Took off Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Positions. They were excellent tires. Good grip wet or dry. Just a little pricey and wear was not great. Hope to improve in these two areas with the BFGs while giving up a little grip.

KuHL 951

I've run 3 of the tires you mention. Here's my opinion FWIW.

Kumho Ecsta 712: Run Forrest Run, absolutely crappy tire, flat spotting, noisy, and poor fry grip

Yoko ES 100: Excellent dry grip, good wet, very noisy after 5K and wore out much too fast in normal street driving. I only got 8K on them before the wear indicators were getting near.

Fuzions ZRi: Excellent dry and wet grip, predictable breakaway, wearing very well @ 8K miles, much quieter than the above choices, some tramlining in larger size fronts (255/40-17), all around good street tire at 20% less than the ES 100. I've bought another set for the Q45 (245/45-16) and am still very impressed for the price.

There I feel better now.

jim944s2

Those falken 615s come in 225/50/16 now (reportedly) for about $108 ea. 225/50 on all corners is not bad at all. I'd also be tempted to try Hankook R-S2 Z212, one of the few newer tires to come in 225/50 and 245/45 16, $90 and $110 or so at discounttiredirect. Of course you can't go wrong with Bridgestones, the RE750s look good for a lower priced Bridgestone http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes....=Potenza+RE750 .
I've auto-xed quite a bit on the Bridgestone S03s, those are great, especially in rain. From personal experience, I'd avoid Yoks for wet conditions (other than the 032R, -those are sweet in rain).