need some new tires...

well...it's time for some new tires, i'm looking for 225/55 16's or as small as 225/50, here's what i've been looking at
Kumho ECSTA ASX 225/50zr16 - Kumho ECSTA HP4 225/55r16 - Kumho Solus Hp4 225/55r16
does anyone have any advice or experience with those tires or can suggest some better ones within a reasonable price? thanks!

oh yeah....i need tires that i won't stand a good chance of dying because of every time it rains
EDIT: what about nitto nt 450's? what would be better, now it has 235/55's, to go 225/50 or 225/55? thanks!

haha...got more now too, toyo t1-s 225/55zr16 http://www.toyo.com/tires/tire_lines/sports_car/t1s.html or http://www.toyo.com/tires/tire_lines/sports_car/proxes_4.html 225/55's?

if you get the rain tires, make sure they are put on the right way. When I got my camaro half the wheels had the water grooves going the wrong direction :banghead: .

haha, thanks for the tip, i need tires that will be okay in the rain, i'd had to think i'm going to die every time it rains!

other than check the direction I have no other advice. I haven't had to buy tires for my 4th gen yet, or my old 3rd gen for that matter either... it had new tires on it when I bought it, and I didn't keep it that long.

i've got goodyear eagle gt2's or something like that now, they were on the car at around 15k miles on the car when i bought it, has 85,xxx now, 70k miles on them, time for some new ones i believe...i really like the toyo t1-s but would like some other opinions before i go buy them

If you want rain tires get the Eagle F1's... they dont last long but they're sweet on water..

i dont want rain tires but i want tires that wont kill me when it rains

The Kumho ASX tires are great. Got some on my car right now and they work great during rain.

i went today to order the kumho asx tires and they said that it would take a month to get them in even though they have the exact ones i need on display...god damn sears

why don't you order them from summit?

good thought, i'm really starting to think i want the toyo's now though, and i'm trying to keep from having to have them shipped, it's expensive having them shipped

doesn't cost too much to ship tires.

couple sites i have looked at quoted $100+

i found one site that had a deal on the toyo's and would ship them free, making them $105 total a tire, but a local tire shop said they could get them for $110 each and put them on for me included in that price

that's not a bad deal at all, you should go for it.

I tried the Toyo tires once.............Hated Em!
That was a costly mistake for me. I was lured in by the cheaper price. Felt like i was driving on a sponge for tires , and the road noise wasn't accepatable to me either.
I ran those for one week and gave them to the first sucker that would take them and put back on the GoodYear Eagles

Try Tirerack.com that is where i get all of my tires and the shipping is usually only about $43 for the set via Fed Ex Express Saver. The tires are first quality (not seconds or blems) & i have never had an issue with any that i got from there. I just recently put on a set of GoodYear Eagle GA on my RS and 3 of the 4 were perfectly balanced (0-0) on the wheel without adding any weights and the other tire only required .5 on the inside to balance.

I have the Sumitomo HTR+ tires. I love them. They are performance enough for me with the ability to not dy in bad weather, and they are resonably priced. I got them from Sears.
Here is there website on the tire: http://www.sumitomotire.com/theline/product.asp?c=per&id=2

sears also told me those would take 3-4 weeks to get in because "they had to be shipped in on a boat from japan, but i should buy these michelin"

what did you pay for those tires, and how long did you have to wait to get them? one person told me 2-3 days, the next guy the next day when i went to order them said 3-4 weeks and he wouldn't sell me the size i wanted because "he had been in this business a lot longer than me"

It has been a while since I bought them, but i want to say around $120 a tire...i think. They had them in stock at the time so there was no wait, except for the install time.

well...i ended up with the toyo proxes and so far i have to say i like them a lot

It has been a while since I bought them, but i want to say around $120 a tire...i think. They had them in stock at the time so there was no wait, except for the install time.
Try some hankooks in my sig........122 each (well thats for 275/40ZR17). Their the best tires I have ever had, and say they compare to the Kumo's......