Anyone running these in 205/50-15? What's your impression?



I'm looking for something that behaves well both dry and wet, and have narrowed my choices down to Kumho Ecsta 712s and Sumitomos. Falken Azenis are out of the question due to poor treadwear as well as questionable wet handling.

 

why not the Falken Ziex ZE-502's or 512's??

 

You're running 512s - they seem like great tires for the price, but I've also heard about poor wet handling and quick/uneven wear issues associated with them.

I'd prefer to be able to get 25-30k out of my tires, and many of those would be in the rain.

 

Sumi's are way underrated. I run the all season HTR4's and LOVE them! I've seen the old HTR 100's used at Mid Ohio on a fast GSR and was impressed. This is the same guy who ATE thru a set of EBC greens in 2 30 minute run sessions.

The HTR4's are killer in the wet, never really slowed down till I couldn't see WTF I was going.

 

Sumitomo tires and they got to be run flats

 

Thank you for the positive review.
I'll give these tires a try - seem like a great value.