I am looking for a good performance tire with good wet capabilities (I live in Seattle) in a 205/40ZR-17. What do you guys recommend? What do you have?

 

Kuhmos for good dry and wet traction

 

if you have the money Dunlop SP Sport 9000's

 

Or Bridgestone S03s, if they come in that size. Excellent rain tire.

--buji

 

kumho 712s

 

Kumhos suck for water IMO i have had them and they suck. The yoko paradas are real good and what I have now are the toyo proxes t1-s are the best tires I have ever had and still have.

 

go with the yoko a520's

 

i'd check out Falken azenis'
i dont know if they come in 17's though

 

i thought the kumho's were a good rain tire

 

well they're better wet than they are dry . dunlop sp's in whatever you can afford will do nicely. 8000's pretty much grip better wet and dry thank ecsta 712's and they came out to $6 more for the set. They supposedly wear faster thought (200 v 280). I guess I'll see

 

my 712s grip great, you are all crazy. Not saying other tires suck. Just that they are a HUGE implovement from stock.

 

I've had SP9000 since April. They have been very good in the rain. I even took them up to Whistler in the middle of a storm.

 

you obviously didnt have GSR wheelz with the Michellin XGT V4'zz

those michellinzz are awesome ... but i like the Kuhmo supra 712zz there like half the price (:

 

You have got to be kidding, XGT-V4's are the WORST tire I've ever owned!

 

werd

 

S03's rock.You get what you pay for with the 712's

 

so the yoko parada's are a generally good tire? how long do they typically last?

 

i have the Kumho 712s on my 17s and Azenis for autocross on a set of 14s. i had to run one event on the kumhos and it went pretty well. so far my driving with them in the wet has been fine. for the money, i don't think you can do better than the kumho 712s. for more than double the price, the S03s are probably a little better, but are they worth the difference in price? that's for you to decide, but there are plenty of bmw/porsche, etc. owners that put kumhos on when their bridgestone/pirelli oem tires wear out and never turn back.

 

I agree AMAZING wet/dry tires.... I dunno what JDMCRVTEC is talking about, I had these tires for 10k miles and they still grip like crazy in near hurricane rains to just the ground wetting rains.

 

SECOND THAT!
AND..................................they run about $70/tire compared to about $120+ for the others! It just doesn't make sense!


[Modified by GM2000ITR, 9:32 AM 7/2/2002]

 

i have the pirelli p7000ss, very good traction in the rain!! It sticks pretty nice in the dry also

 

best all around tires i owned were the Toyo Proxes T1-s.

 

Well... I got my 17's as a package deal, but I got a good quality tire.(Faulken) I would definetly recommend Faulken tires definetly stick to the pavement!!!

 

"Falken" not faulken... azenis sports are the best set of street compound rubber i have ever driven on. a032's get my R compound vote

 

how are the azneis in the rain. im getting some 15in rims soon and dont know what tires to get