Tire Recommendations for 06 Vette

[Kracka]

V12's are mushy pieces of shit. Agreed that HTRZ III's are way better for same price.
Quite a bit cheaper actually...the Hankooks have really gone up in price this past year.

[asshanson]

NT-05, sorry Kracka haha.
Or the RE-11.

[Murlo26]

I am surprised that you guys say the v12's aren't that good. For the price and how long they last I like them a lot.

I cheaped out on tires for these as I had just spent 1500 on tires the year before (275's are pricey :() and didn't want to spend a lot.

Maybe its just my rim/tire size setup but I think they are pretty good for DD duty and have plenty of grip, even when I was making 750whp.

[Kracka]

NT-05, sorry Kracka haha.
NT-05's are good tires, it's the NeoGens that I have (got 6 nearly brand new ones for free with my BBS wheels).

[goodhart]

I am surprised that you guys say the v12's aren't that good. For the price and how long they last I like them a lot.

I cheaped out on tires for these as I had just spent 1500 on tires the year before (275's are pricey :() and didn't want to spend a lot.

Maybe its just my rim/tire size setup but I think they are pretty good for DD duty and have plenty of grip, even when I was making 750whp.

Did you ever corner hard on them? Maybe if they had a little stretch on them they wouldn't be so bad, but the 245/45-17's I had cornered like fuckin snow tires. Mushy.

[Goat Blower]

I picked up the Sumitomo's this year with my new wheels, I have to say I'm pretty impressed. Even in the rain, they had awesome grip up at Brainerd, and with the Koni's on full stiff, they don't even make a peep at 70 around clover leafs.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Damn, I have only ever seen those shitty NeoGens on Hondas, and they are extremely common on them. For as traction limited that Hondas are, they all seem to pick some of the worst tires. The pilot super sports are popular on the Vipers. I have had some decent HP RWD domestic V8s in that run the Nitto NT-01 road race tires on the street and they seem to hookup very well at low speeds, but won't last long at all.

[Murlo26]

He ended up with the continental extremecontact DW's. Even though I told him to check tirerack he ended up using discount tire and he said the pole positions were out of stock.

But they are supposed to be here next week. He goes out of town Thursday so we will see if he gets them in time.

[dsmghost]

I work for Bridgestone/Firestone and get pretty damn good deals on tires, including no charge mount/balance. All the ultra high performance classed tires including the whole pole position line. Or even if you looking for regular cheap tires or snow tires I can get you a great deal. When you buy tires you can get a free alignment check also if interested.

PM me for a tire quote if interested.

[Murlo26]

I think i need new tires for my Kizashi now, almost 30,000 miles and I think I will get some before snow flies. Yesterday in the rain we had I was really getting close to hydroplaning quite a few times, had to drive slow so guessing treads are getting low, ill confirm later today.

Discount tire recommended Pirelli P7's, anyone have good recommendations for an all season tire for a DD. The P7's look like they have a pretty beast wear rating, 700AA.