I think I may go with HanKook. Prices are very good for this kind of performance.

 

Dojoman, what size are you rolling on? 18? 19?

You are comparing an All season tire to a Summer tire, assuming you are on stock 18s.
The 960A/S tire will give you better traction in the wet compared to the 760, although I would assume you probably pay a little more for the 960s. Either one you choose will be great tires, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

As for alternates. PS2s are great but also $, and not many people will deny they are great tires, and pretty much the best for street. Alot of ISx50 people love our Toyo t1rs all around price and performance =).

FYI onlinetires.com sells tires pretty cheap and their shipping is not inflated so you may wanna check there. For everyone in so cal you can pick up from their warehouse direct in Cerritos so can get great pricing plus no shipping.


IMO the 960/760 are way better the hankook ventus v4 and the 760 is only a 8 dollar difference/tire

 

yeah i'm on 18 stock wheels. i still have quite a lot tread left maybe last 5k-10k miles left? still haven't decided but bridgestone and hankook are on my list.

 

Just got some tires for my g/f's IS and was considering the Potenza RE050s her G Coupe had but went with some Genereal Exclaim UHPs instead. The Potenzas as someone else mentioned did not last long though, she went through 2 sets in under 30k miles and she doesn't drive THAT hard, though she does tend to go kinda fast on the turns and on/off ramps...

Anyway, the General Exclaims get fairly good reviews by the Euro crowds so we decided to try 'em; they're pretty cheap too. First time I ever heard about them a guy was getting them put onto his modded E55 AMG and said it was one of the best tires he's ever used. We'll see what kind of life she gets out of them, she says they are noticeably smoother/quieter than the stock Turanzas.

 

Of course she went through two sets of re50s the treadwear rating on those is 140. The other 760 & 960 have treadwear ratings 380 & 400, same as the the general uhp. The general is a good tire as well i just threw the general altimaxs on my gfs jetta.

 

The Hankook V12s beat the Bridgestone 760s pretty much in every category FYI- (not familiar with the V4 and hadn't seen anyone suggest them either)

Better skidpad numbers wet and dry:
http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezfl...fa4477cd02.pdf

Better braking wet and dry:
Wet:
http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezfl...ecd0eaf943.pdf

Dry:
http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezfl...66f4a3c932.pdf

Better wet autocross

http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezfl...db6d08bbf2.pdf



Some categories it's closer than others, but the Hankooks perform better in every single one... pretty significantly on the skidpad and wet braking especially (and better than the PS2s in most too)

The 760s did win one category over the Hankooks, dry autox, by 0.2 seconds:
http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezfl...14a5f2ed7d.pdf

 

Cool, thanks for this info. I would, however, like to see how they compare the v12s a max performance tire to the Bridgestone RE50a pole position which is their max performance tire. I only compared the V4 because we were talking all season or summer tires.

But given this, the v12s are pretty damn nice for the price.

I drive in so cal. we get no need for wet tires, I wrap mine in T1rs and called it a day. Would have gotten PS2s but ya i'll save my $$ for mods.

 

Thanks for PDF links. Good references. I think I'll go with Hankook. Who knew Korean makes good tires.

 

oh ya since you are on stocks. dont forget you can save some cash on rears by going from 255/40 to the 245/40. (Only 0.2% difference from the "true" OEM wheel; which are the 17x7.5 wheels)

 

wow i wish i read this before i have gotten my nitto nt555 -____-

 

Do you know if they do any special cash price deal (i.e. no tax)?

 

I got 760 too, I think they are skinier than the 960 a little bit.
I was not able to stick my fingers between the rear fender b4, but after I got the 760 now I can poke my finger in!..(I dropped with F-Sport)

 

re050s came stock for my 335i and they really suck. they don't stick and im slippin like im on ice on turns. surprising for bridgestones. Never get re050s, ever.