Ditching my sleeve coilovers, need good lowering springs

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally posted by 90gs
yea they grip a little better too, but they're softer rubber so they wear out faster too.... if i was autocrossing i'd put them on if i had a set but if you have any negative camber and you corner hard they'll get so trashed so fast. friend had a set of z-rated tires, 500 for the set and there were threads showing after 3 months... go go waste of money!

The best handling tires out there aren't Z-rated.

Advan DNA GP's certainly aren't, I know a friend who sports some, oh, and they aren't even DOT legal either since the tread wear rating on them is SO low. How about tires rated at 10K miles? That's about what they are. They also cost $750 for a set. They are exactly like Yoko ES100's in design, but just made from a much softer rubber compound for grip, not to mention they will handle better than a set of Pirelli P-Zeros which ARE Z-rated. Speed ratings don't mean how much better the tire will corner or handle, it just means how fast of speed it'll handle since the faster you go, the hotter a tire gets.

[BullShifter]

Originally posted by SilverY2KCivic


The best handling tires out there aren't Z-rated.

Speed ratings don't mean how much better the tire will corner or handle, it just means how fast of speed it'll handle since the faster you go, the hotter a tire gets.

- the best handling tires would be warm race slicks