I have a 1998 GSR.

I live in Toronto, Canada. I am looking for a good set of all season (summer / winter) tires. Can anyone give me some recommendations. I dont wanna go cheap....

 

ANYONE?

 

I can't think of the model of the tire...but look at Michelin. I know they make good tires, and maybe it'd be worth checking out their all-season stuff.

Just a suggestion.

 

I heard that they came stock from the dealer on our cars.. and apparently they were the worst tire Michelin ever made?!

Can anyone else confirm this.

Also right now I am running 205/50/15

 

I use Bridgestone potenza RE950's. The dry and wet handling are much better than the stock Michelins, However the snow traction is slightly worse.
jim

 

i run bfgoodrich touring t/a on the integra. we have michelin pilot sports on the mercedes. we are switching to michelin hydroedge tires on next.
those are excellent tires,
http://www.michelinman.com/cat...ire=0

 

Many Integras came with the Michelin XGT as stock. These are not very good tires, especially on wet handling. Harder rubber tread to get longer mileage.

There are many options for all season. One is the Falken Ziex ME-512. It's a reasonable performance tire that handles snow fairly well for an all-season. It does come in 195/55-15. Another option is the new Kumho Ecsta ASX. Reasonable price, nice looking, good performance tire. It may not be too good in snow as the tread design looks like it's primarily a summer tire that has just enough extra grooves/sipes to get an all-season rating. Kumho also sells an Ecsta 716 that is better in snow but isn't as much a performance tire. I think there is a BF Goodrich Traction A/T that is a very good all-around all-season in this size.

The decision largely hinges upon how much snow traction you hope to get from the tire. In general all-season tires are not all that good in the snow, and if they are, then they will tend to be not all that good on dry and/or will be noisy. If you want really good summer performance and really good winter performance, then you should run summer tires in summer and winter tires in winter. If you are going to compromise for all-seasons, then you need to prioritize what is most important - dry, wet, snow, noise, ride, etc - and buy accordingly.

Also if snow traction is important, then you should stay with 195/55-15 tires and not get anything wider, like 205/50-15. The wider the tire, the worse you'll do in snow.


Modified by Bombadil at 1:57 AM 5/30/2004

 

the falken ziex 512 would be a good choice or dunlops would be ur next best choice but they cost a little more

 

Bombadil

Thanks for the advice...

I think I will look into the Falken 512's.

 

michelins are the best possible tires you can buy.

 

Wow, actualy another Canadian

 

I switched the michelin's to falken Zeix's and I LOVE the difference

most def not a high performance tire but it's soooooooooooooooo much quieter on the highway and I love the difference

just my .02

Nick

 

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most def not a high performance tire but it's soooooooooooooooo much quieter on the highway and I love the difference

just my .02

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Yep, I must agree Falken Zeix's great all around tire in my book. Does wonders in the rain and snow.

 

I've had most of the above mentioned tires........ziex are really good, especially for the price.
But I would recommend picking up a set of rims to mount studless winter tires on with good channels for water. I have a set of yokohama winter tires that work very nicely in the wet and dry.....and kick *** in the snow, but they are not performance tires.....took them 100 mph once since I had them....not the best feeling but I do 80 mph regularly with them and it's fine.
Then have your good set of rims for late spring to early fall with good spring/summer tires high speed rating performance tires.
imo........all-season tires are a compromise on both fronts and don't give you the best of anything.

 

i just got some Khumo ECSTA ASX .. their suppose to be a really good tire all season