I need new tires. Recommendations?

svx_commuter · #1 09-16-2006, 08:54 AM

Well it is getting to the point where I have to buy new tires. Does anybody have any recommendations for an all season tire? I liked the Continental Xtreme Contact very well for noise, wear and SNOW. The tire is great in the snow and rain, charges thru the standing water. Very good traction in the snow, the surefootedSVX. However they do take a set over night and tend to go thump thump thump…. until the set comes out. This of course is worse in the cold weather and also more noticeable when the SVX sits for several days which is not to often for me.

In the cold weather it can take 2-3 miles for the set to come out. In the warm weather the tires do not always take a set and when they do it takes a few hundred feet to go away.

So I may just go with the ContiXtremes again and put up with the set unless someone has a better Idea.

Thanks

John

shelfy · #2 09-16-2006, 08:58 AM

take a set of what?

svx_commuter · #3 09-16-2006, 09:05 AM

This refers to the part of the tire that touches the ground. It tends to get a flat spot in it and when the tire rolls the tire is not round. There is a thump every time the tire rolls thru the place that is not round. So I refer to it as taking a "set".

shelfy · #4 09-16-2006, 09:15 AM

i see. in my head i am now hearing the thump-a-thump-a-thump you get when driving down concrete streets.

as for tires, i was thinking of the yokohama avs dbs2 because of the quiet factor, but i hear the continentals are better in the snow. i have blizzak ws-50s year-round on my svx, but only because my orignal re-92s were starting to rot on the sidewalls with only 9000 miles. when i put into daily driver service, i plan to get some summer tires.

svx_commuter · #5 09-18-2006, 08:05 AM

Has anybody heard of the FALKEN ZIEX ZE512 tires?

benebob · #6 09-18-2006, 08:59 AM

Yes and they aren't a bad tire for the price BUT my tire guy tells me that Falken tends to change patterns quite often on the same tire model so you're taking a chance that if you blow one you might not be able to get a replacement that is the same. I've heard good things about the Mastercraft tire. I think MikeCJ has 'em on his car at the moment (as far as a cheaper good performing tire).

The Goat · #7 09-23-2006, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by svx_commuter

Has anybody heard of the FALKEN ZIEX ZE512 tires?

If you have not yet purcahsed these tires, DO NOT DO SO.

They ride great for about 5,000 miles. then they get loud. They have a 30,000 year warranty, but they wear fast, and weird. I went through my fronts at 14,000 miles, and Sears would not honor the warranty because of "uneven tread wear"

I will NEVER buy Falken tires again. They hold the road great, and they're awesome in rain and snow, but they don't last. My next set will be Toyo Proxes.

cdigerlando · #8 10-04-2006, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by svx_commuter

Has anybody heard of the FALKEN ZIEX ZE512 tires?

I got some and like them. I'm in florida, so I don't see snow or ice. I got the V rated. I think they also come in H rated?

dcarrb · #9 10-03-2006, 05:34 AM

I've been real happy with my V-rated Cooper Lifeliner SLE Touring tires. Cost was a tick over $500 with balancing, mounting, old tire disposal fee, yada-yada. Quiet, fine ride and handling, with no discernible tread wear after about a year of daily driving on curvy Appalachian roads. Don't know about snow, tho'.

dcb