I know this has been covered before but found nothing. There are an assload of Azenis threads in the archives talking about different stuff.

I am buying new tires and looking for azenis. How long should I expect the life of them to be? I have stock wheels and I dont autoX or goto the track, some aggressive street driving (non street racing) just pure fun driving.

How many miles/months/years should I expect from well inflated/maintained/aligned azenis last me thanx.

I am going to be buying a set today because I need new tires.

 

The lifespan of any tire is totally related to how you drive and the tires application,(besides alignment and other anomalies). As well some people will run a tire till corded whereas others get frightened when they notice the wear-bars coming up.

http://www.vulcantire.com lists the Azenis sports with a tread-wear of 200 but, just as the tire is definitely Wider than other 205 series tires in that catagory so may it wear quicker than others... It's sticky and a great cheap tire IMHO.

Good luck,


A.

 

They are indeed short lived. I got my Type R in March and the Azenis had about 80% tread and now I need to replace them in the next month or so. I've done three autocrosses and don't drag race at all. There cheap for a reason, but they are super sticky.

 

I got about 12k miles out of my first set. That included about 4-5 track days and 3-4 autox. I drive slowly around town and on the freeway, so if you drive "aggressive" as you put it, they probably won't last as long.

 

I just finished my first set of Azenis. I drive pretty aggressively on the street (onramps and offramps) and I logged 14.5k miles on them with regular rotation. Keep in mind though, the last 2500 miles or so was driving across the country... so I doubt they would have lasted quite as long if it were still my normal driving habits.

 

4 track days + 2 autocrosses + 5000 street miles = Looking pretty good.

Gripping better than ever.

But, I'd say they only have 3 more track days before they are totally bald. But, according to willard, that's when they are at their best.

But anyhoo, for street driving, I would think you could get at least as many miles out of them as you could get out of the RE-010's, if not many more.

 

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When they get to the wear bars they start getting really really greasy when they get hot. Be careful.

 

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When they get to the wear bars they start getting really really greasy when they get hot. Be careful.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Very True!!

I have had 3 sets, I still belive these tires are the best for the price!

Eric

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Chris N &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for street driving, I would think you could get at least as many miles out of them as you could get out of the RE-010's, if not many more.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wouldn't say that.

I must admit that I don't know how long the RE010 tires last. I have about 16K miles (including a couple of track events) on my original ones that came on the car, and I still have plenty of tread on them. But I would be surprised if I had gotten that many miles on a set of Azenis, based on what others have posted about them.

'01 PY ITR 1091
20K total miles
16K on RE010
2K on A032R
2K on Arctic Alpin

 

Depending on how you drive I guess.

I don't wear my tires much at all around town/on the highway. Yet I noticed wear very fast on my RE-010's that I do not notice on my Azenis.

For me, all that counts is that they get me to/from the track and do very admirably on the track.

As a strict street tire, my guess is as good as yours: I have no idea how long they'll actually last not counting tracking/autox time.

 

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I did too. I only got 6.5k out of my 010's as opposed to 14.5k out of the Azenis.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=241859

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TypeR 01 886 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I have stock wheels and I dont autoX or goto the track, some aggressive street driving (non street racing) just pure fun driving.

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Unless price is the determining factor, get something other than 205/50/ZR15 Azenis on stock wheels. Steering response sucks donkey ***** for Azenis + 6" wheels. Especially, if you're going to run at street tire pressure.

If you have 6.5" or 7" wheels, I would completely recommend it, but for 6" you'll lose some of ITR's telephatic steering response & feel.

Azenis are must have for STX, STS autoX class, but there are many other great street tires. (S-03, P-zero, MX, etc.)

 

im rolling in on 11K on my first set. I rotate them whenever the front feels
a bit lower than the rears... hence about every 1500mi... I am expecting
about 3-4K more... but not betting on them. making plans to buy another
set... I drive agressively most of the time. One autoX, alot
of in town on and off ramp 3rd gear entrance/exits...

 

just got mine.......hope they last..........

 

About 12,000 miles and 100 autocross runs for me, which I calculate to be about 17,500 street miles.

 

I got my set back in early February. So far, after just over 5000 miles, they look brand new !! Yes, I drag-race and drive "spiritedly"

It looks like I can expect about 14-16k miles off these tires. Just make sure you rotate them regularly and, most importantly, align your car.

I will DEFINITELY get another set of Azenis once these go bald.

 

when u say greesy when bald does that mean when theyre bald and get hott they grip even better?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by igotyofire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">when u say greesy when bald does that mean when theyre bald and get hott they grip even better?</TD></TR></TABLE>

1) Grease is a lubricant. Does comparing a tire's performance to that of a lubricant suggest that they grip well?

2) If "greasy" meant that they grip well, would a warning to "be careful" make sense?

 

does anyone have azenis on their stock wheels?? im in the same boat as TypeR 01 886. But from what Cosworth posted they dont sound too attractive for stock wheels.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Moose6x3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does anyone have azenis on their stock wheels??</TD></TR></TABLE>

this link https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=241859 was posted above.

 

I might test the azenis life next.. but I'm still happy with the wet weather performance of the S-03.. plus I'll probably get 40k or so out of them. (currently at 30k on two of them and close to 10k on two others because I flat spotted two of them when I was using a Civic spindle (no abs, which I forgot about )).

I bet I could get 15-20K out of the azenis, i'm just not too sure how they'll do in the rain and we get lots of f'ing rain in florida during the summer.

 

When i had a set i think the lasted for only 4000 miles no track events.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by davanca24 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When i had a set i think the lasted for only 4000 miles no track events.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I don't even want to think about your driving habits..

 

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I don't even want to think about your driving habits..</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL i do drive hard.