Tires! Can't decide, help!

[turtl631]

i'm going to be getting some FN01RCs in 17x8 this fall and now I'm looking at tires (in 225/45/17). Basically, I'm torn between the Yok ES100 and teh Kumho MX. Most of the year, my car is at school in Atlanta so I don't drive it too much, but I like to hit the mountain roads and hopefully get into autoX a little. It rains a lot here so I need decent rain traction in case I'm out fishing or something in the mountains and it starts raining...I don't wanna get stranded. On the same token, I'm on a budget and I drive to/from Chicago several times a year, so treadwear is a concern as well. I'd love the MXs but the price and some of the horror stories I've heard about them blowing for no reason are scaring me. Would I be better off just getting the ES100s?

[240marcuSX]

you cant get some decent all around tires for your FN's, and then put some nice grippy tires on your stock wheels for racing/mountain roads?

[Razorshock]

MX are fine tires.

[Gary@Tirerack]

We have a lot of experience with the MX, and I can tell you that they won't just blow for no reason. These are a noticable step up in both wet and dry traction, as well as having lower road noise than the ES100. Fear not, the MX is a great choice.

[turtl631]

you cant get some decent all around tires for your FN's, and then put some nice grippy tires on your stock wheels for racing/mountain roads?

Too expensive If I had that much money, I'd just get some S03 pole positions or something like that

[Dano]

i have 17x8 fn's and 245/45 avs es 100s, kikass tire.

-Dan

[hannibal]

Hey Dan,I just wanted to tell you how sweet your S14 looks in your sig. Hotness!

[Dano]

Hey Dan,I just wanted to tell you how sweet your S14 looks in your sig. Hotness!

haha, thanks man!

-Dan

[AZhitman]

You should see it in person - It has MAD attitude!!!

The color is the sweetness, too!

[Dano]

:oface

-Dan

[Exar-Kun]

take your mahn sechs out of my forums.



the Es-100 is a great tire, but its not..uhm...as Mark found "heat stable"...they get greasy with more heat, but grip better in cold conditions than the MX(the MX uses a more sticky, but higher-temp range carbon compound..the ES is a silica/carbon blend)

anyways...I prefer the yokohama on a street car, but the MX would fare better in dry cornering, esspecially on extended runs.

myself?

soon to be running either KD's or a048R.-chet

[turtl631]

so for about 10 to 11 miles of mountain run, it might be nice to have the mx, eh?

[Exar-Kun]

*shrug* can you USE the MX's..? keep in mind, the es-100 is a stick tire, no doubt...the wquestion is can you keep the tire heated or at its stickiest with the MX?

I'd get the es-100's just because I like yokohama more..why not get the AVS sport?-chet

[Nismo_Freak]

MX's hands down.

[turtl631]

maybe ill try the es100s in the interest of price and better treadwear. since i'm jsut getting started with my s14 it'll be a while til i can fully utilize a super sticky tire. do you sell them exar? im at emory with yuda..you sold him some ziex 512. my email is [email protected]. thanks!

[Exar-Kun]

tell yuda I replied to him twice, but it keeps getting counced back. Yeah, I can special order them, tire rack+shipping on pricing(sorry grant, he's a local..) shoot ME and e-mail(I am far to lazy to write anyone..I work 50 hours a week) or call me at work, Yuda has the number.

-chet[email protected]

[turtl631]

Okay cool, I'll probably do that once I get my wheels...which will hopefully be sometime this fall. Yuda will prolly read this, he's pretty NICO addicted

[LiU]

yea sorry exar I changed internet providers so I forgot to change the email address I used on NICO.