What performance tires
are the best for accord v6'rs
I'm planning to get nitto's
but I just wanted some feed back......
thanks...

 

I poop on Nittos... stick to something more practical like the Falken Azenis or the Kumhos...

 

nittos are crap
falkens, khumos

 

I dont need ultra high
performance tires, so
witch falken series do you
reccomend.?

 

Azenis

 

or the ziex 502's are good as well

 

Do not get Azenis unless you are a hardcore track racer.
I suspect you'll be very happy with the Kumho ECSTA Supra 712. Great price and great performance. If you want to shell out a bunch of money, the Brigdestone Potenza S-03s are nice

 

I'm ridding on 205/55/15 kumho supras... they are decent, and a good value. The threadwear is great on these things, 15k miles and I'm only worn halfway in the front, and less than 1/6 in the rear (they have 6 indicator measurement dots). Just rotated them a short while ago, so these will last a while.


Althou I really wish they stick better. w/ just a mild suspension upgrade (prokits/bilsteins) and stock brakes, the tires give up way before the rest of my suspension. I can peel out in first gear w/o even trying hard, lockup the tires easier than I'd like w/ the stock brake rotor/pads, and the tires squeal taking a corner fast.

My take is that if you want a good set of tires for a daily driver, get these. If you want total performance, look elsewhere.

 

15K and halfway worn is great. I'm happy if I can get a full 12K on a set of tires.

 

eh, i need to get some tires too, the aqua treads that are'nt worn at all really but id like a lil more traction i think ill get some Falken Azenis, save the aqua's for the rainy season lol.

how much do Azenis run?

 

did my own homework...


Falken AZENIS RS $65.00 4
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tire: 205/50/15 VR $260.00*
Shipping - UPS Ground: $53.31

 

ya ya ya take the aqua's off with the rims and send them over to me!!! haha

 

what the hell am i supposed to roll on foo? hopes dreams and rotors?

 

theres a first for everything man!!

 

shiaaaat, i will never become big ED's lover.

 

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...good point!

 

Kumhos are not known for good launching. They are performance handling tires, not drag tires.
Tires have almost nothing to do with locking up brakes. Most tires wont help braking any better than almost any other tire.
Any tire will squeel if you take a corner fast enough.

 

hmm... I was under the impression that the tire does the stopping of the car. The rotor/caliper/pad applies brake torque, and if the tires stopping limit is less than the brake torque applied, the wheels lockup before the car stops. Stickier tires should help w/ braking, shouldnt they?

The reason why I think the kumhos are great economy tires is because they are made of a hard compound, better on life but not so great for traction. Stickier tires would definately have less tirelife, but better traction in general.

and I think that 205/50/15's might be way too small for an accord. I run 205/55/15 and they are noticeably smaller than stock, 205/50's might be too small (its a civic/integra size).

 

explain, the tire is the only thing that actually touches the road

 

Yes, you are correct indeed!

 

What stops a car is the tires' surface area. The more rubber that touches the ground, the faster it stops. What I meant to say was one tires will not have abundently more surface area than another.

When people say 'sticky tires' they are refering to corner traction, and not stopping distances.

 

sticky tires refers to the compound of robber of the tire, which affect handling, traction stopping distances et all....

 

Which in effect allows for better handling. Obviously it will have something to do with stopping distances, but how much of an impact can it possibly have? I also was refering to tread patern ( to me), and how one specific tread pattern wont stop a car significantly better than another. Unless its some spiked off road tire with little surface area touching the ground.

 

Listen here you still dont understand, your facts are half formed and flawed, you have just learned half of the stuff you are trying to beat everyone else over the head with and you fully dont understand, so step back and pick your notepad back up and PLAY YOUR POSITION

what you dont understand is that the tread compund is what give the thire its stivky frictional properties and this directly effects stopping, cornering etc... and the tread pattern only matters really in adverse conditions and the reason more tred is better is due to the fact that the tire contact on the road is not always flat you have deflection, and variances in effective force exerted on the ground and vice versa. SO please if i catch you trying to beatr someone over the head with half baked and flawed info im going to have a feild day with you for everyon elses amusement

 

Um, yeah, ok.
I wasnt 'beating anyone over the head' with anything. In fact, after you replied, I was actually waiting to learn something because I know I dont know everything on this matter. Basically, if you can convince me my viewpoint maybe flawed, thats a for you.