Preferred tire for long life and great handling even in rain
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What tire does everyone prefer for long life, and great in rain occasionally? Someone told me nitto's but don't they have soft rubber leading to a shorter life? What size tire for 19x9 fronts and 19x10.5 rears? My is250 is lowered with zero wheel well gap on stock 18's. I don't want the tire stretched so much that the rim is protecting the tire. Wondering if I need to raise the car a little? ....
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What tire does everyone prefer for long life, and great in rain occasionally? Someone told me nitto's but don't they have soft rubber leading to a shorter life? What size tire for 19x9 fronts and 19x10.5 rears? My is250 is lowered with zero wheel well gap on stock 18's. I don't want the tire stretched so much that the rim is protecting the tire. Wondering if I need to raise the car a little? ....
A tire that lasts for 70,000 miles isn't going to offer the best performance.
A tire that offers the best performance won't last half as long as 70,000 miles.
Personally I prefer better handling (and more importantly better stopping distance) over super long tire life... so I'm running the Hankook Ventus V12s... they're about half the price of something like a Michelin PS2 while offering slightly better performance. From seeing others that have run them a while I expect to get somewhere in the 25-30k range out of a set.
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i call a long life not replacing every couple years. i would probably average about 12k miles a year. not far to travel in hawaii. I am also looking at the fact that 19x 9's and 19x10.5's won't be cheap. i'm guessing maybe 1000-1200 per set? obviously I would replace the rears more often on my RWD. No one has said Yay! to Nitto. I have always liked BFG's, but I've heard people liking Falkens. what's your take?
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I'm looking for a dedicated tire. I will store the stock wheels. I purchased another set of TPMS's for this cause. I'm in Hawaii for the next few years, but live in washington state.
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Hankook Ventus V12 Evo tires are great tires and probably the best bang for the buck compared to Michelin, Toyo, Pirelli and Nitto.
A few friends have them on their cars and I haven't heard a complaint yet!
A few friends have them on their cars and I haven't heard a complaint yet!
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http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...mparison_tests
Where the nittos finished pretty poorly in comparison (second to last out of 9 tires tested, way behind the Hankooks).... but those are the Invos specifically.