What brand tires should I buy?

[SHIFT_CR]

are 225/45 the best for 18s?

also im stuck between...

Kumho Ecsta SPT for $470

vs.

Falken Ziex ZE-912 for $500
Modified by SHIFT_CR at 4:05 AM 10/2/2008

[NYblkcoupe]

Your best bet is to go onto tirerack.com and look them up. They will tell you how much road noise you have and everything. Don't cheap out on tires they are very important.

[NYblkcoupe]

Nevermind if you have any snow near you the Kuhmo's are a bad idea. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...a+SPT

Scroll down to the rating, they are a very good site when it come to their ratings.

http://www.1010tires.com/tire....E-912

and this is what i found on tirerack, but they don't sell them.

I originally had these tires on a 2005 Forester (which I sold to in-laws to get this one). I hated these tires, poor tread life, lot's of squealing and hydroplaning toward the end , worn out edges, and they didn't even make 20,000, so I bought Falken Ziex ZE-512 and they were WORSE, finally got smart and got Bridgestone Potenza G0009 (new version is G019), those were GREAT (and according to my in-law are still GREAT). So I talked to the tire guys and Subaru mechanics and find that in order to reduce the roll-over rate for the Forester, Subaru has us under-inflate the Geolanders from the recommended 35psi down to Front 28 & Back 29! So when I bought my new 2007 Forester I have been running the Geolanders at Front 30 & Back 32 and what a difference! Still squeals at 25mph on corners but grips the road better and voila, normal tire wear. Going great at 18,000, hard to tell if I have lost any tread. WARNING Subaru will deflate you back to recommended pressures but even the Subaru mechanics remind me to re-inflate when I get home as they have discovered the same thing! (This is from a review)

[SHIFT_CR]

thanks for your input, anyone else? imma buy the tires tonight

[NYblkcoupe]

No problem gald to help.

[Colton92]

i got the falken ziex-912 and i love them!!!!!!!

[NYblkcoupe]

Yea i would definatly go with the Falkens, no doubt.

[Infantry1327]

TOYO T1R's all the way.

[NYblkcoupe]

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...ing=T

These are cheap and they are REALLY good. Ive heard they handle very nicely but i can only get them on the stockers, not my 18's. They don't have them