chaoscreature

I know that there are a ton of posts on the Sumi's but there is almost nothing on the Bridgestone RE760's.
I am going to order tires Monday and my local Fireston dealer has a good price on the Bridgestones putting them within about $35 (for the set) of the Sumi's.
For the record I am looking for 275/40 and 225/45 17's. My car serves as a weekend fun and backup car as well as track days with the local PCA.
So if the price was taken out of the equation, should I go with the Sumi's or the Bridgestones?

tjangi

sumi HR 3 best bang for the buck IMHO

timothymoffat

+1 on the Sumis. What model Bridgestone are you considering?

chaoscreature

The Bridgestones are RE760's.
They look like a pretty nice tire.
They have a 340A A rating compared to the Sumi's 300AA A rating.
Has anyone here run the Bridgestones?

timothymoffat

Was it like the following one?

chaoscreature

The RE760 is replacing the RE750, if that is what you are asking.

Tuner1

Neither! Any 993 that sees track time deserves better than these two options.

If you are willing to spend more $ I am happy to offer some suggestions.

1pcarnut

I'll start off by saying I've bought 2 sets of the Sumis so far and couldn't be happier with them on my 993. They handle very well, and are also very smooth and quiet compared to the Michelins and Pirellis I've had in the past. That being said the Bridgestones have had good reviews on TireRack.

Here is the link with the comparison data between the two:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/CompareTires.jsp

The search parameter was for my 325 wagon but the tests are what you ought to read. I prefer to put more weight in the test results rather than the survey results since the that is a real time comparison. If you scroll down towards the bottom of the page you can select the tests.

Both are good tires, probably can't go wrong with either.

24FPS

fwiw i'm lovin' my most recent set of bridgestone re-11's.
always ran bridgestone pole positions before & have been very happy w/ 'em. my 2¢
bol

Sooner

+1 here. I havea new set of RE11's with about 2000 miles on them, and so far so good. I switched from Michelin PS2's to save a little $$. Not quite as good as the PS2's IMHO, but for the street the difference is not noticible.

Curious to see what the wear is like, I got 13,000 R/25,000 FR out of my last PS2's.

Stealth 993

For price alone the Sumi is the best. But once you go beyond the price, there are much better. For track days you might want to get a better tire. How hard to you push the car, & how many track days to you do? If you are in the A run group & do 4+ a year, this is not your tire.

Tuner1

Now you're talkin'! This is a great do-it-all street/track tire

Bill Verburg

Dunlop Star Spec or BS RE11

trophy

Dunlop Star spec is my vote, However Tuner1 really does know his stuff, and though I haven't driven on the RE-11 I am sure they are very good.

Tuner1

You and Bill are right on the money

Dunlop Star Spec Z1, BS RE-11 and Yoko AD08 are, IMO, the best street/track performance tires going. For the street my 993 rolls on AD08s and Mich PS2s.