I've been looking at buying some new tires in 205/45/16.

Yokohama Avid H4S
Kuhmo Ecsta ASX
Pirelli PZero Nero M&S
Bridgestone Potenza RE750
Fuzion ZRi
Hankook Ventus HRII H405
BF-Goodrich G-Force Sport
Falken Zeix ZE-512

Anyone have any experience with these tires, as in performance driving? I'm not talking about riding in your buddy's swaped hatch that runs 12's. I need people that race cars, and use these as street tires. Thanks for the help guys.

Scott


EDIT: I'm replacing some Yokohama Parada Spec-2s and I absolutely hate the wet weather traction. I forgot to add, I'm in Seattle, so the tire with the BEST wet weather traction AS IT WEARS is what I'm probably going to buy. I would also like good treadwear rating. The Paradas were good in the rain when they were new, but they suck now. I race on Azenis, and have driven those in the rain. They're good, but they scare me sometimes, as they're unpredictable in heavy rain.

 

I ran the avid h4's for a while, and they were pretty sticky for an all-season tire. It was pretty cool. Did some auto-x's and some mountain runs, and they were nice to me, very predictable. Bad thing, though, is that they lasted for about 8 months before they were to the cords But I drive like a lunatic when there are turns, so maybe that's why they wore so quickly.

 

Wow, with a 400 treadwear rating, I would have assumed those to last longer. How many miles was that? What are your alignment specs?

EDIT: how long have your 712's lasted?

 

bump for more responses i need tires the same size with good dry/wet traction!

 

I'm looking for an ALL SEASON TIRE. Please don't get too off topic with things like the AVS ES100 or 712's. Those tires won't last long enough for me. Here's my priorities (in order from most to least important)

Wet traction
Treadlife
Ride Quality
Dry Traction

 

Best All Season I've found after alot of research and reading reviews is Bridgestone Potenza RE910. Have them on my 94 RS, my son's 95 Civic and wife's Maxima. Good balance of dry, wet, snow and also very quiet. They are still available at Tire Rack and a few distributors but I hear that they have been replaced by a new model. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...RE910

Put Toyo Spectrums on my daughters 93 Civic. A great buy and has been rated similar to the RE910. Haven't tried in snow yet, but performance is similar to the RE-910.


Looking for 15" 4x100 Blade or Mesh wheels.

 

could you please delete your post. those don't come in a 205/45/16. could a mod please delete that if he doesnt?

 

Sorry. Thought I mentioned that they aren't made any more - at least in that size. Have that size on my Teg now though.

 

With the h4's, I believe it was something like 10k miles. Let me remind you that those are a very very hard 10k miles They would have lasted a lot longer if I didn't push them to and beyond their limits all of the time. As for alignment, at the time, I was running a lot of negative camber and toe in (don't ask) so to get the tires to wear evenly, I had to push them. Funny thing was, they actually wore pretty evenly across the tread when it was time to replace them. With my current 712's, I don't really drive like an idiot with these and the alignment is dead on. I've had them on for about 4 months, and they're wearing a little quickly for my taste, the fronts have worn to about half depth, rears are pretty good still. Although, they have great wet traction and pretty good dry.

 

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Dang dude he was just trying to make a suggestion. It's a public forum, you can't expect somebody to delete a post just because you don't like it for some reason (unless it violates the TOS, which this does not).

I personally love the ES100's. Whether they are meant to be an all-season tire or not, I ride them in all weather and they are DAMN good in the rain. My last set lasted 35K miles even w/ -2.5 camber in front.

 

I just don't want the thread to get off topic. I think it would be nice to have a thread about some performance all-season tires.

 

i'm going with Falken Zeix ZE-512 as my next tires. i've read countless reviews and the only bad thing i've heard about them has been from driver's that wanted more grip (read: non all-season tires). i read great things about their all-season capability and respectable grip. PM this guy ( https://honda-tech.com/zerouser...87298 ) he's got some decent deals on tires (free shipping too).