Well summer is near by and I’m sure everyone is looking to run new rubber for
the summer.
Whether it’d be high-perf summer tires or even all-season just for daily driving,
let’s see what everone is (or plans to) run this summer. Maybe give us an idea
as to why you plan to use those tires.
Here’s my current choices of tires for the summer.
My reason for the FK452 is that it’s gotten good reviews and is competitively
priced and had good features. The same goes for the 512. I just need them
for daily driving and I’ve read good things about them as well.
And both have fairly good ratings from 1010Tires.com
federal 595s actually are very similar in grip to the falken 452, and 1/2 the price literally. falken tires are pretty good, but are overrated now. 452 would cost you around 700$ AT LEAST for a size like 225/45/17 while the 595s will cost around 530 for the same size. $200 difference is a lot. Ive heard nothing but good stuff about the 595s, whether it be drifting or normal driving.
i would try the following tires, in order of which is the best bang for the buck.
Federal 595 (zilvia guys swear by these tires, and would pick these over the 452s)
Dunlop Direzza DZ101
Kumho Ecsta SPT
BFgoodrich g-force kdw
also, look into hankook, they got some pretty good tires.
there are more tires obviously, but those are the tires i would personally try with a budget in mind.
I am going with Federal sport 595 again i just need 2 rear tires the fronts are still pretty new i just got thne last summer, i am happy with the tire…they are pretty hard so they tend to last 1 year for me haha
tires23 has the best prices locally since your from the west end.
i would say they are probably one of the cheapest places to get tires in the GTA.
i called Wheels Direct and their prices are still higher than tires23, and wheels direct is located in markham.
note: tires23 carries the most variety in tire selection than anyone i know (that have reasonable pricing). wheels direct carries the main brands. they can’t get the import brands like falken and federal (i know since i just called them asking for falken 512s for my parent’s car).
Walter, those MX’s have a UTQG rating of 220… where as the other summer tires you mentioned are around 280-300… those MX’s are probably a lot stickier but they do wear out quicker.
