Ran across a good deal for some Khumo Ecstas 205/40/17. Has anyone ran with these tires and what is your opinion on them. What kind of prices have you seen them going for?? our help is much appreciated

 

I actually have those exact tires on my stock wheels, and I have no problems with them. The tread wear is very good, although I only use them on the street. I don't know if they are any good on the track. I would recommend them for a rather inexpensive tire.

The Falken Azenis, on the other hand, are an excellent tire for traction, although they are bad on rainy streets.

Just do a little looking around, and searching.

 

Yea but the azenis do not come in a 17" size thanks for you input though. Anyone else??

 

I have the same tires in 205/45/16 and the sidewalls flex. That is the general complaint about these tires IMO.

 

I got a bubble on the sidewall on mine when I hit a nasty *** pothole, but other than that they were ok...

 

Cool...thanks guys. Yea I think a lot of tires will give you a bubble if the pothole is nasty enough. Lol Thanks for your help. I think I am gonna give them a try!

 

Philip...I have these tires on my GSR. If you'd like, you can check them out on friday. I'm on stock blades, though.

 

Whats wrong with the Yokahamas you have now? Is it that time. Kumhos are a good tire if your looking for a long life, but they dont do **** for traction. I would look for something stickier

 

not to thread jack, but what tires have good traction in the rain and dry?

 

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Bridgestone Potenza S-03

Best tires you can get, imho.

 

The yokes are about dead. Buddy from what i hear these aren't too bad with traction. Jarrod is running them on his gsr stocks and said it hooks up pretty good! He said just as good if not better than the parada and those are shitty tires but sticky as hell. I found a deal I can't pass up so I think im gonna go with it. I am tired of paying $100-$120 a tire ya know

 

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The same thing happened to me. Also, when u push the 712s they break loose, i used to have them and they lasted a long time, but after a couple thousand miles they turned into a non-performance tire.

 

Just spend some extra cash on some yoko parada's ..... its a safety issue might as well have some of the best! IMO

 

I've had paradas...hate em. I go through tires like a hot knife goes though butter. Tired of "spending the money" on good ones