Can you people please rate all the above 3 tires in terms of traction, comfort and wear? I am looking for a set of 205/45 R 16 tires. Thanks!!

 

I've had Avid V4's and am now on ES100's. The Avid V4 is identical in tread to the H4, just V speed rated compared to the H4's H speed rating. The V4 is awesome in rain, tread life, and noise. It's almost completely silent. The V4's I had were 205/55-15. I switched to the ES100's when I went to 205/50-15. They are nice but they make a little road noise that is starting to get annoying. They kick *** in the rain though. If they made a 205/50-15 V4 it would be perfect. There are a lot of differences between H and V rated tires so I guess it depends on what you're going after. A friend of mine loved the parada's but they wore out quick. I know a lot about tires so let me know if you've got any other q's. hope that helps

 

i had the avid h4's on my civic... definitely liked them a lot - pretty good in the wet, really good on dry, and really great price!

 

How much traction does the ES100 provide over the avid v4's?

 

wow either im spoiled with better tires or the es100 sucks too. ive had falken ziex 502's 205/50/15- very stiff, decent dry, kinda poor wet. many say they suck royally. next i upgraded to dunlop fm901's in 195/50/15. compared to the falkens they were softer (200tread compared to 350, soft sidewall), wayy better dry, better wet. paid 89 each i think.

so back to the avid h4's. i consider them stock tires since they came with my car on the stock alloys. original owner was a middle aged, caucasion school teacher. id hate to see what the real stock (michelin's?) are like. they suck royally compared to what ive had. they squeal and break loose easily while cornering or while launching, probably have at least 2x less grip, super soft sidewalls = mushy steering response. i hate having them on again.
now since reviews on tires are extremely subjective, let me rate them based on the others i used, with falken ziex = 5. dunlop fm901 = 7.9. yoko h4 = 1.

90integra sedan, eibach sportlines, front/rear/lower bars, st f/r sways, poly bushings.

 

interesting you should mention the ze502's
deffinately the worst tyre i've used on any of my cars. it's lousy when the rubber is cold, worse when it heats up. slippery as a bastard in the wet and noisy as ****. this is why they bundle them in with 16" rims...

do you have access to yokohama a539's over there?? i have them at the moment, best tyres i've used on my car so far. not up to the fm901's high standard from what i hear though.