Superior ride, lower road noise, predictable handling,excellent in the rain. And for half the price.

 

Superior ride, lower road noise, predictable handling,excellent in the rain. And for half the price.
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has anyone tried the 295/30/18s yet?

 

Superior ride, lower road noise, predictable handling,excellent in the rain. And for half the price.
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How about overall grip and cornering stability. Anything besides "predictable"?

 

They have excellent grip for their price, they aren't in the league with Star Spec's/RS3's but they have a forgiving, sure footed grip that is predictable at it's limit of adhesion. Remember your paying for a tire that does just about everything you want in a DD tire and is comfortable when pushed hard. One thing I found about the Hankooks is it takes about 200 miles to wear off the mold release off the tires which gives them a greasy feel till it's worn off.

 

I'm basically trying to figure out if these are going to be a performance upgrade or downgrade from the stock RE050s As of now I haven't gotten a clear answer to that. I expect them to be lower performance than Starspecs and the like, but I'd like not to move down in performance from the OEM tires I currently have.

 

Performance Downgrade.

Pros: Cost, Wet handling, Grip per $, tread wear, comfort

Cons: squishy sidewall, grip (subjective)

 

Actually, I and testing disagree. When tested against the "superior" star specs, the hankooks were as good in not better in all tested categories except for lateral g grip in dry conditions which the hankooks were only about 1.5mph slower and about .01 g's less. For about half the price I would say the hankooks are more than sufficient with their only down fall being a softer side wall that flexes more than you'd like a performance tire to.
I will say that after about half life on these tires, they tend to have a gradual (noticable) decline in over all performance. But most tires are like this though.

 

I have read review after review saying the sidewall is soft/squishy compared to its competition. Not saying they don't grip, but have a numb feeling. I have been debating for a month or so about getting these or going with the Yokohama S-Drive tire. I have recently decided against both and went with the Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires. They have a mileage warranty even with staggered sizes and did not cost but $40 more per tire than the Hankook's. I sell tires for a living at a local tire shop and there is nothing like a good Michelin tire. My sizes are 18x8 +50 P245/45r18 front and 18x9.5 +55 P265/35r18 rear. I'm installing them today so I will report back or start a thread.

 

Would i get the hankooks again? probably not the bridgestones are a better tyre overall.

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