gary and others... need help picking a set of all season 18" tires..
01-25-2005, 11:13 PM
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gary and others... need help picking a set of all season 18" tires..
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i had 225/40/18 kumho ecsta supra 712 on 18x8.5 radons on a lowered a4 but need something with more tread life and a bit more quiet. i will not be doing any spirted drives with the new tires on the radons just normal everyday driving. so i've been looking into the following tires in 235/40/18
Continental ContiExtremeContact $140
Kumho ECSTA ASX $117
Pirelli PZero Nero M&S $142
Sumitomo HTR+ $117
Falken Azenis St115 $121
Falken Ziex Ze-512 $118
i've read reviews on the tirerack site and searched them on audiworld and i'm still not completely sure what i should go with. i was leaning towards the conti's but they don't seem to be in stock unitl april at tirerack or any other tire shops. if i can't get conti's would kumho be the next best?
i had 225/40/18 kumho ecsta supra 712 on 18x8.5 radons on a lowered a4 but need something with more tread life and a bit more quiet. i will not be doing any spirted drives with the new tires on the radons just normal everyday driving. so i've been looking into the following tires in 235/40/18
Continental ContiExtremeContact $140
Kumho ECSTA ASX $117
Pirelli PZero Nero M&S $142
Sumitomo HTR+ $117
Falken Azenis St115 $121
Falken Ziex Ze-512 $118
i've read reviews on the tirerack site and searched them on audiworld and i'm still not completely sure what i should go with. i was leaning towards the conti's but they don't seem to be in stock unitl april at tirerack or any other tire shops. if i can't get conti's would kumho be the next best?
01-26-2005, 04:12 AM
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Re: gary and others... need help picking a set of all season 18" tires..
I have experience with the first four. The Conti is indeed on backorder, estimated April ETA. The Nero M+S is consistantly one of the highest rated by our own customers, while both the Sumi HTR+ and Kumho ASX have done very well at a lower pricepoint. You might find these test results more helpful than the surveys :<ul><li><a href="http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AR4&url=%2Ftires%2Ftests%2Fkumho_ecsta_asx .jsp">UPH A/S Test</a></li></ul>
01-26-2005, 04:14 AM
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Nero M+S
A blurb from the test "The PZero Nero M+S really felt at home on our dry handling course, behaving more like a summer-only tire than an all-season one. Sharing the same tread pattern as its summer-only counterpart, the Nero M+S proved superior on the handling track, producing the fastest slalom segment time, highest average cornering g's and average overall lap time of this all-season tire test."<ul><li><a href="http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AR4&url=%2Ftires%2Ftests%2Fkumho_ecsta _asx.jsp">Tire Test</a></li></ul>
01-26-2005, 07:07 AM
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Gary - Are all the conti sizes on back order?
I just placed an order for 215/55VR16's in the conti extremecontact for my car. I however didnt get any notification of them being on backorder.