Tires Kumho or Firestone

I've got the firehawks on mine and i love them. I chose them precisely because of their price.

Can't speak to the super sports, but the firehawks are absolutely worth the money

Beat bang for buck is the Firestone indy500 Firehawk. There is a reason they have a lot of hype around them

I'm extremely happy with my Firestone Destination X/T's in LT285/65R20E. They are quiet, good in the rain and very solid feeling even on my 1 Ton.

One of the TireRack reps suggested the Firestone WeatherGrip tire. He drives an Alltrack and said that tire is the best all season/winter mild tire, but not at lot of people buy it because they think is not a really all season.

Highly rate Kumhos and have happily put them on anything from my daily to my high performance 4wd fun car.

I got a set of Kumho WINTERCRAFT ICE Wi31 from Quattro Tires which have been great for me. Quiet and good traction in snow.

Without checking the prices on any of those links, Kumhos give the most performance and life for the dollar price typically

The Firehawk Indy 500 tires aren't perfect but they hold up well on a track known for eating tires. Additionally they are predictable in wet/dry conditions which is perhaps more important for learning.

As other have mentioned, that tread issue does kinda remind me of how my Firestone snow tires looked after a couple of summers driving on them and doing a fair amount of burnouts and drifting in my 350HP E23.

I had a set of Firestone Winterforce 2's on the WRX, and they were downright dangerous if they were on anything other than snow.