GheyrodX - bigger, fatter, gheyer!

[Kracka]

Hankook Ventus V12 evo K110 tires mounted/balanced @ PTP in Fort Worth today! Goodbye howl-monster OEM Advans :) I got 10,500 miles out of the stock tires, hoping to get 20k out of these.
My hopes came true, plus some. I'll be replacing them at about 35k miles which is 25k miles on this set of tires. They're getting replaced with Sumitomo HTR Z III's.

[rose0529]

Any specific reason you are going back to the Sumi's? I know you had them on your IX.

[Rmondoh]

Any specific reason you are going back to the Sumi's? I know you had them on your IX.

Cheaper price than the Hankooks. It's like a $30-$40 difference in price. Back when I was deciding between both those tires, they were about $8 apart with the Sumi's being cheaper. So I went with the Sumi's. Now it seems like they are in higher demand so the price has shot up to like $180 as opposed to the $130 for the Sumi's.

[scheides]

Any specific reason you are going back to the Sumi's? I know you had them on your IX.

Because I said so.








:D

[Kracka]

Cheaper price than the Hankooks. It's like a $30-$40 difference in price. Back when I was deciding between both those tires, they were about $8 apart with the Sumi's being cheaper. So I went with the Sumi's. Now it seems like they are in higher demand so the price has shot up to like $180 as opposed to the $130 for the Sumi's.
Exactly. When I bought this set of Hankooks they were only $1/tire more than the Sumis, but now that they're $43/tire more it's just not worth it. They're better tires, but not that much better. I was hoping Hankook would throw a $100/set rebate on them, then I would have gotten them again, but no such luck.

[rose0529]

Sounds good, yeah thats alot extra per tire.

[Murlo26]

Summis aren't all season are they?

I have never really looked at tires so I am a tire nub.

[Rmondoh]

Summis aren't all season are they?

I have never really looked at tires so I am a tire nub.

They have an All Season tire (HTR A/S P01) in addition to the Max Performance Summer HTR Z III.

[Murlo26]

They have an All Season tire (HTR A/S P01) in addition to the Max Performance Summer HTR Z III.

Ah, I am guessing those have a decent wear rating if Kracka is planning 25k on them. I am thinking my star specs will be toast after this summer. (prolly less thank 15k miles)

[Rmondoh]

Keep in mind that I didn't choose the correct wheel size. :P

All Seasons: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Sumitomo&tireModel=HTR+A/S+P01+(W)&partnum=445WR8HTRAS

Summers: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Sumitomo&tireModel=HTR+Z+III&partnum=345YR7HTRZ3