John Henry III - AZ

Just found out I will have to replace a tire due to road damage. The current tires are 4 years old and have about 13,000 miles on them so it's probably about time to replace them anyway. Of course I will repalce all 4

Any Reccomendations on a good value tile (Kumo) and a premium tire (Michelin) would be great. I will probably lean toward the premium tires. Thanks!

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Sumi HTZ III

Malakas

Conti Sports have overall been the longest lasting performance tires I've tried (on the track too). The PZeros had awesome grip but wore out very fast. I have Bridgestone REO50a now, and I like them but they weight 5 lbs more than the pirellis - negating the effect of my hollow spoke rims

carlos50

Pirelli P Zero all day long for me, i have Pilot Sports on my C4S (UK car) and will replace them with Rosso when the time comes.

Malakas

Did you notice any difference with the hollow spoke rims as oppose to the standard C4S rims?.

Malakas

... Not at all. The weights of my solids + PZeros were a little less than my hollow spokes + Bridgestones. I think you only save 5lbs per wheel with the hollow spokes... I never even thought to look at tire weights but if you check tire rack, it's suprising how much they vary

carlos50

Sorry, should have written that better, i meant positive differences, better handling for example?. My C4S rims need refurb so i was thinking about updating to genuine Turbo instead.

Phi1720

+1

I've had great experience with sumitomo and they're half the price of Michelins.

Dennis C

+2

The Sumitomo HTR ZIII is a good tire for the money.

In premium tires, I prefer Continentals. The Pirelli P-Zeros wear out extremely fast and I don't find the handling much better than the Continentals, especially on the street.

Topaz330ci

Nitto Invo!

John Henry III - AZ

I have heard the Sumis have a short tread life. Although a only drive about 5000 miles a year anyway.

Dennis C

I've got about 15,000 on my Sumis now and they still have more than 50% of the tread remaining.

dotframe

I'm in the same boat. Recently got my 03 C4S and need to decide on tires.

This seems like a pretty good tire thread that has a summary of brands:

https://rennlist.com/forums/autocros...for-a-c4s.html

C4CRNA

I just got Mich Pilot AS they are fantastic compared to the Pirelli P Zero Rosso's I had.
Should last longer also so I am told.

rpm's S2

The mother-of-all Sumitomo HTRZIII threads.

https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...-any-good.html

Bottom line: for the price they cannot be beaten.

vange_c4s

while i understand the economy of non-factory parts, it changes the character of the car. the factory boys work had to insure we have too much fun. ps2 n03 for me.