Tire suggestions?

[rapter]

Hey i wanted to buy pirelli tires, but man there not cheap.
Only summer performance tires, im looking to get.
Or i can get some Federal performance tires, for like more than half the price, but not pirelli's

????? so should i be cheap.

 

[rapter]

hey so what do you guys think for the speed 6.
Im looking at some nice summer performance tires.
Federal SS595 or toyo proxes or Perilli nero.

they go from cheapest to more $$. the federal being cheaper, and perilli's being pretty up there in price, but is it worth it???

 

[wannabe]

i have kumho spts which i found as the best performance/price combo

 

[rapter]

yeah how do you find them? good traction? and hows the tread wear?

 

[MShreve]

I've owned several sets of Kumho Ecsta somethings on various cars. They are quiet and have excellent grip, but the trade-off for the excellent grip is that the rubber is quite soft so the tires seem to wear faster than most...especially with a little spirited driving.

I didn't even know that my MS6 needed an alignment done until I bought a full set of Kumho Ecsta SPT's. The factory Michelins seemed to wear fine, but 7000 miles later the Kumho tread was worn clean off the inside of the front tires. After the alignment was done and I replaced the front tires the amount of wear decreased significantly. I have 10k on the new set so far and no complaints.

 

[ddfee]

Tire Selection

i have kumho spts which i found as the best performance/price combo

Thx for the reassurance. I want to buy replacements for my '06 SPD6 but the Bridgestones in Canada are outrageously priced. I see Dicount Tire in the USA is currently selling the KUMHO Ecsta SPTS for $128 per tire. Even with the exchange rate it is a better deal when compared with the Potenzas.

Thx

Dave

 

[wannabe]

yeah how do you find them? good traction? and hows the tread wear?

traction is good in dry, pretty good in wet.

tread wear seems good so far, they have only been on for about 1500 miles

 

[rapter]

Any on heard of the Federal ss595?
how do those handle??