High Performance Tires

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by THEOLDMAN

I have the EAGLE F1 GS-D3's on our RSX-s 225/45/ZR17 on 17X7.5 inch rims. These are awesome tires in either wet or dry conditions. They tend to get a little hard in temps below 40* though. I love them on the RSX-s. Cornering is astounding it's almost like the car is on rails. I caught myself doing 80mph in a rainstorm that ordinarily I wouldn't have gone past 60. They aren't too noisy, just make sure they are on the right way, they are directional and you must order right and left side tires.

Hey, thanks for the opinion on the Eagle F1 GS-D3's. Anyone else have any experince with this tire or the BF Goodrich G-Force T/A KDW 2? Again, thanks for the opinion on that tire, I appericate it.

[michaelsd16c]

Man, to me the parada's are a dam good tire and the cornering is of the chart. But now that I switch to the G-force I must say that the G's are slightly better. I put both tires to the test and also one I my friends has the paradas on his civic and he also notice the difference so there u have it. But like some man people say it's Just one oppinion
......G-force...you know you want them

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by michaelsd16c

Man, to me the parada's are a dam good tire and the cornering is of the chart. But now that I switch to the G-force I must say that the G's are slightly better. I put both tires to the test and also one I my friends has the paradas on his civic and he also notice the difference so there u have it. But like some man people say it's Just one oppinion
......G-force...you know you want them

FYI, Paradas have NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING on ES100's, Azenis Sports, and Azenis ST-115's Paradas were designed with one thing in mind, and that's looks. Yeah they handle better than many, but not anywhere near the best that's DOT street legal.

[liquidflame8]

so silvery2kcivic. do you think the es100's would be better than the azenis sports? or close? cuz i want to get some azenis sports but the 200 treadwear just isn't enough. i noticed that the es100's had a rating of 280 and the traction was AA compared to the azenis sport A

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by liquidflame8

so silvery2kcivic. do you think the es100's would be better than the azenis sports? or close? cuz i want to get some azenis sports but the 200 treadwear just isn't enough. i noticed that the es100's had a rating of 280 and the traction was AA compared to the azenis sport A

I gather you read the Super Street article on this. Re-read it carefully. It explains that on the tread ratings, some of the tires listed have been around before the "AA" rating was added on, and so they will only have the "A" ratring even if they are as good or BETTER than "AA" rated tires. I had wondered about that myself when reading it, then had to go back and re-read. It's on the first page talking about tires.

With that said... next thing to look at is the tread wear number. Generally and typically the lower the number, the better it's grip is going to be, so do the math on that. The Azenis Sports are a much grippier tire than the ES100s, but that's not to say that the ES's are slouches. The ES100 are one of the grippiest typical wear life tires around, that can actually handle wet weather better than decent. I auto-X on my set if that tells you anything about them... If 200 wear isn't enough for you, then get the ES100's. If maximum grip is what favors you more, then you really can't get any grippier of a tire DOT street legal tire than the Azenis sports, unless you opt for the 60 teard wear Advan A032R's wnich are also street legal, and considered about the grippiest street legal tire you can get. I ALMOST got some of those till I saw their price, and then their life span. Lucky if you get 10,000 miles out of them. The Azenis should last you about 20k - 25k if driven on just normal D/D type driving. Once you start taking lots of quick corners with them, expect to see that lifespan drop of course.