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Originally Posted by 90gs
i didnt read all of the posts but falken azenis are hands down the best for autocrossing. and as another note, the letter rating (z rated) is for top speed, not necessarily how well it performs. the treadwear has a lot to do with how it grabs. treadwear on a azeni is 200 i think (correct me if i'm wrong i dunno tires that well). azenis are the stickiest tires you can get without getting a drag slick. also... dont get 17s if you want performance. get a nice 15" rim and put some 205/50r15s on it, that'll be your best all around performer.
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Not true. One of the best auto-X tires is thwe Kumho Victorracers, and the Kumho MX. Alose possibly even better (though a DOT legal R-compound tire) is the Yokohama/Advan A-032R. It has a tread wear of 60! That's right, it's only rated to last some 8k miles when NOT driven hard.
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Originally Posted by 93DXon18s
Kumho Ecsta Supra 712's are by far the best in my opinion. The traction is great in the rain also. $86 on whalentire.com, check it out
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Of course personal opinion is what matters. But you're not part of the exception here, which you should be glad of. The problem with the 712's is that their QC on those tires varies so much, it's scary. Countless times I've ehard of people that end up with a "bad" set of 712's and then replace them with new ones of the same that perform COMPLETELY different as far as handling is concerned. I was following a friend once through a canyon, when a set of 712's failed on him, and sent up into the side of a dirt hill, that tweaked the frame of his CRX. Basically the tires lost their grip FAR sooner than they should have to the given situation, of which he's pushed his car even harder that what he did when the mishap happened. The 712's seem to be really the only tire I've heard of this happening to, where each set you get will be totally different from the previous set.