Need help with tires!
08-03-15, 10:12 AM
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I think i had the hankook V2 concepts... they were alright not bad in the snow.... dont expect it to preform ok in the snow. overall i say good for its price. I have cooper tires RS3-A haven't played in teh snow yet... I think theyre good for the price too maybe... I dont know how to test tires so.... yea.... any break in procedures?
08-03-15, 10:51 AM
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I'm hesitant to post because it may just be due to my naivete, but in regards to the Hankook V12s everyone seems to recommend here:
I recently had 3 of my Hankook V12 evos fail in exactly the same manner within 800 miles of each other, all were put on new and had less than 22,000 miles on them when some internal belts broke and they started experiencing serious tread separation. No blowouts, luckily, but I think it did damage to my front-end as it was somewhat hard to tell the difference between crappy road surfaces and wobbling tires at 80mph in long stretches of highway driving (though, it was obvious at 20mph). The tires that failed had 4/32 or 5/32 remaining in tread. Granted, this was along a 1000 mile road trip between Miami and Dallas in July, >90 deg. F, which I know can bring out problems. Or, maybe it was that the car lived in Miami for several years -dry rot?
The tires were just under 3 years old, and when I took it to my (new) dealer in Dallas, they said the Hankooks were 'cheap' tires and I shouldn't expect much more than 20k out of them - particularly on a high performance car like the 3GS. Seemed a bit odd to me, since I pretty much grandmother-drive my 3GS 350.
I ended up buying a new set of Falken Ziex ZE329s, they seem fine for the last 1000 miles, but I can't particularly recommend them due to inexperience, either.
I recently had 3 of my Hankook V12 evos fail in exactly the same manner within 800 miles of each other, all were put on new and had less than 22,000 miles on them when some internal belts broke and they started experiencing serious tread separation. No blowouts, luckily, but I think it did damage to my front-end as it was somewhat hard to tell the difference between crappy road surfaces and wobbling tires at 80mph in long stretches of highway driving (though, it was obvious at 20mph). The tires that failed had 4/32 or 5/32 remaining in tread. Granted, this was along a 1000 mile road trip between Miami and Dallas in July, >90 deg. F, which I know can bring out problems. Or, maybe it was that the car lived in Miami for several years -dry rot?
The tires were just under 3 years old, and when I took it to my (new) dealer in Dallas, they said the Hankooks were 'cheap' tires and I shouldn't expect much more than 20k out of them - particularly on a high performance car like the 3GS. Seemed a bit odd to me, since I pretty much grandmother-drive my 3GS 350.
I ended up buying a new set of Falken Ziex ZE329s, they seem fine for the last 1000 miles, but I can't particularly recommend them due to inexperience, either.
08-03-15, 11:23 AM
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I had good luck with my V12 on my S2000. a few track days, only last 14k miles for me. on my second set. no issues. I have Falken Azenis PT722 on my lexus, one of them had tread separation. Falken warranty the tire. They didn't give me a hard time at all
08-03-15, 12:20 PM
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Thanks for the feedback guys I have hankook right now but need to replace them im just looking for quiet tires use to have Goodyear eagle and those tires had horrible road noise
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08-03-15, 02:35 PM
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how is hankook V12 EVO as DD?
i have Conty DWS now and **** are noisy after 20k miles, they are down to the wear edge now and i can't wait to get rid of them.
I had the Hankook for 2 months on my old G35 and i love them as far as handling goes, but didn't drive long enough to know how their noise goes, since G35 are pretty damn noisy itself.
i have Conty DWS now and **** are noisy after 20k miles, they are down to the wear edge now and i can't wait to get rid of them.
I had the Hankook for 2 months on my old G35 and i love them as far as handling goes, but didn't drive long enough to know how their noise goes, since G35 are pretty damn noisy itself.
08-04-15, 05:55 PM
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The Bridgestone turanza serenity is nice, have a set of those on my gf's G35. I am going to put those on my GS next spring, it would be sooner but i run blizzak in winter I'm running on cooper zeon right now.... they're ok
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