Just wondering about this???

Please give me a small review of the tires if used on the street, please.

Tell me everything, like weather, temp, traction, and wear...

thanks!

 

I hear a humming noise in my head just thinking about them on the street. I use them on the track only so i can't comment how they wear on the street but i know they won't last near as long as a normal street tire. I bet you would have a hard time getting 10k miles out of them assuming you rotated every oil change. They are super soft compared to street tires.

 

hmmm...
I'm thinking about getting them when I kill the Azenis... but not sure about the traction in cold/cool weather.

SO they are that soft compared to reg street tires...?

 

traction-A,temp.-A, treadwear-60. In the dry they are exceptional, and decent in the rain. If you try to use them in the snow, you wont go anywhere. Why dont you want to get the Azenis again? I was going to get them. The Advans are double the $$ also. If you have any kind of serious camber problems, it will show a lot quicker..

 

The DOT approved A032R grips pretty well on dry once it's warmed up. IMO I think they warm up slower than the Kumho V70A I have. I just auto-xed with both of these before. Not sure for track days after both warms-up.

For wet traction wise I won't drive fast with both in the rain anyway. And when it's cold & dry u gotta be careful too coz it's R compounds always grips better when they're in working temperature. Under outdoor low temperature it's harder to keep them warm enough I meant.

For noise level, both models are acceptable to me. Coz A032RS in SS compound are the tires I've ever tired. VERY noisy!

 

I love Falken, dunno about those

 

I had them on my old car.

A little noisy but you get used to it. They do wear much quicker than you would think, and it is true about the camber. If your camber is neagtive enough, it'll chew right through the inside of those tires

As for the weather, they were okay in the rain, but never took them out in the now, nor did I expect them to perform too well in that aspect because it was stored throughout the winter months.

In my opinion, save the $$ and go for azenis again or SO3s

 

I use them for daily driving during one summer. The traction is very very good. They held there own in the wet also but you should use caution as they will lose traction without warning, as mentionned above, they get noisy as they wear out and at the end it was getting a little annoying. Get use to grabing your streering wheel with both hands because those tires (if you get the 205/50R15) really transmit road imperfection. If I had cash to spare I would keep getting them.

 

i have a hatch crapper.....hope that is ohkay

daily driven.....
225/50/15 on the fronts
205/50/15 on the rears

fronts are almost gone....15000 miles 3 track events 1 race weekend on front and rear
over 300 drag launches
daily driven 18000 miles....rears still look brand new....
i didn't notice them being any LOUDER
grip exceptional in dry good in wet....

anytime i was oging to use the tires it was a drive to where i was going so they had plenty of heat in them by the time i used them (ie spirited driving)

track use
started at 26 front 28 rear
came off track at 34-36 this worked best for me....some start out at 32....
i found the tires fell off over 37 degrees....seemed to slide alot

 

A032R is pretty good when they warm up. They don't won't good in low-temp. They are kind of noisy and you have to get use to it. They kick *** in summer.

 

falken sux compare to those R tires..

 

where did you get a032RS??

 

Not really!

Compair cost agianst the performance!

Falken wins hand down!

Eric

 

Thanks for the reviews guys.

 

How the hell do you get 15000 miles out of them?
I get about 7-8 k MAX out of a set of 'normal' street tyres (IE Yoko A539's, Falkens, Bridgestone Re10's etc)
Do you not have many corners over there in the US?

Over here its rare to find a straight over 1/4 mile long unless your on a motorway.

 

I used Advan AO32R on my GSR sedan a year ago... I still have them and plan on finishing them off at trackdays this year on my Hatchcrap.
Daily driven? YES! All four were 205/50/15

Because of frequent rotation from side to side front to back, they wore very evenly, even with a lot of neg. camber on the rear of my GSR.
Now the AO32R are almost bald, meaning there is almost no trace of tread left.
This is after 7000 miles including-
1 track event, 20 autocrosses, 10 drag launches and daily driving for 6 months

The tires are very loud, louder than my exhaust at certian mph's and are even louder when cold. I live in Upstate NY and they are very hard and greasy when cold, well after about 3000 miles is when you will notice this more, and they take much longer to get soft after that 3000 miles, so be careful on half-dead AO32R in a cold fall or spring morning. They are great in th erain as long as the tread depth is not half-gone, but it really is dependent on water depth on the road surface, I found I could still drive 65mph in hard rain on the thruway even when they are almost-dead.
They helped me finish very well at autocrosses, but I also tried V700's and the V700's warm up much faster so you will be quicker on the Kumhos, but the Kumhos will not last as long on a daily driver.

At the price of AO32R, I feel its not justified for a streetcar / daily driver, I mean the speeds you can attaain on corners on public roads are completely unsafe. Trust me, I know, you will be hitting 20mph faster tops over Azenis on off ramps, etc and it is a very dangerous mix if something mechanical goes wrong or someone gets in your way. Sidenote, the braking of your car with warm AO32R will be incredible, that was my favorite part of owning/using/daily-driving on these. For their short lifespan and big pricetag, they are not a wise choice but will still make you happy to drive on them, because you'll forget about your thin wallet when cornering at ridiculous speeds.

I vote for Azenis, used these last year... the Azenis last twice as long and cost half as much, so the Azenis are 4 times the deal compared to AO32R.


[Modified by owen_the_soyboy, 1:30 PM 1/22/2003]