Well as you all know I got my azenis installed after some trouble from the installer (and some scrathed rims, but I'm getting money for them). I drove the "glaze" off the tires and all I can say is WOW. These babies stick like no other. The only other rims that I tried tat are better are the yokohama A0-32Rs but they were 142 a tire. For $63 a tire you just can't go wrong. The sloppy feeling everyone is having is minimal but when you get on them the turn in is great and they are very predictable (even in the rain).

Now that point of my post. Before the Azenis I had the stock tire mounted and I have the current mods:

Mugen header
Mugen Twin Loop Exhaust
Carsound Cat
Comptech Icebox w/ filter
ATS final drive
Exedy Clutch (oh the problems with this)
toda flywheel

Before the Azenis's 1st gear was wicked and I could spin my tires at full throttle BEFORE vtec, when Vtec actually hit forget about traction and wheel hop was a bitch. After the AZenis though I could gun 1st all the way though redline and never loose traction. Chirp for 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 4th (yeah right these babies stick to much for that). My question is does anyone else have the Azenis with the final drive and expecience similiar results. Should my car still break them from the ground or is it somehow underpowered. 1st is stil fast as hell but now with traction

 

my sentiments exactly!! I can finally drop the clutch & floor it in 1st & 2nd!

 

I don't have a FD but they really do stick ! I had been at Raceway Park, instead of the tires spinning in second they stuck and the clutch spun!!! YEAH they work real nice

And as for chiping tires, no more.

 

Don't forget that Azenis is one of the <u>heaviest</u> tires in the market. (But, they are wider than advertised... oh well.)

 

I noticed that when I took one of the wheels off.
How much do you think that hurts performance?
I gues it hurts the most at the strip and not on the auto-X.