gocubs08

WOW, now i am really confused... I live in AZ, and I guess I dont need a A/S tire...

So fiveoh, do you get a hum from those Sumitomo's when driving on say a new paved road at like 25-40 mph? Is the Sumitomo's louder than your Turanza's?

I really need a quiet Summer tire, but not too much$$ My Potenza's RE050's are just soo dang loud.. even rolling to a stop they rumble until like 10 mph.. crazy..

FiveOhNine

New paved roads are usually fine....you shouldn't notice much noise at those speeds on any type of road. The HTRZs are louder than the turanzas, which weren't quiet to begin with.

If you aren't looking to max out on performance there are some very nice high performance and touring tires which should be nice and quiet while still pretty grippy. If you don't want/need all seasons, there isn't much point in paying a premium for them, even if they are nice tires.

Try looking at toyo and maybe falken for low $ tires.

Put the following in order by priority, and it should help you make a decision:

noise
dry performance
wet performance
ride comfort
tread life

gocubs08

I love my new Sumitomo's Htrz3's!! Very quiet and ride and handle awesome!! A+++ in my book, got about 3k on them so far.

ES3

Have you used them on an IS350?

BottomsUp

Hi Guys,

OP here and I finally bought new tires today

I ended up going with the Yokohama YK520. They have a 60K mile warrenty and are non directional all seasons which is what I wanted since I want more tread life and don't drive aggressive.

The discount tire guy said my old tires were only 1/32nd lower in the inside than the outside, but they seemed to wear much worse on the inside to me. I asked if I needed an alignment, but they said no.

From what I understand the camber is set this way from the factory for performance reasons, but I wonder if you could set it "out of spec" to minimize inner wear?

P.S. My car had 25,700 and the steel belts were starting to show in the inside edge.

FiveOhNine

Camber is not adjustable on a stock car. There may be a new kit on the market, but if you are concerned about the cost of tires, you won't want to install an aftermarket camber kit.

If you are only 1/32" different from one side to the other I'd chalk that up as a win and enjoy the new tires!

P.S. If you are lowered that would change your geometry a bit, but probably not enough to make a huge difference unless you are slammed.