Tires YOKOHAMA or SUMITOMO

YOKOHAMA Tires

I gave up on 512's, they stretched awesome but i found that s drives stretch almost as good and they come in 195/45/17. Plus they are a nice v tread and not an all season tire. Grip great compared to 512's.

Pros: Grip great, nice v tread
Cons: stretch almost as good
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SUMITOMO Tires
novws
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Rating 4.0

I had Falken 512s on a Miata and I hated them. Very noisy at and before the limit. For Foxes, I've always gone with 185/60/14s. Not any real reason. It was the stock size for the Rabbit GTI and it doesn't throw the speedo off too much, which doesn't really matter on a Fox. The profile also looks natural; the sidewall isn't too short or too tall. And the 185 width isn't too wide; not a bad thing on a car that has no power steering. But you should be fine with any similar size. On my current Fox, I have these Sumitomo HTR A/S P01s. I like them a lot. They're a great all around tire. Very quiet, wonderful in the rain, rides nicely and handle well. I'd like a little more dry grip, but, really for a street tire these are great. I had these BF Goodriches on the Fox I sold last summer. They were noisier than the Sumitomos and the steering feel felt a touch heavier, but they were also a nice all around tire and perhaps a bit grippier than the Sumitomos or at least they gave that impression.

Pros: very quiet, wonderful in rain
Cons: less dry grip
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YOKOHAMA Tires

The car handles exceptionally well with them. The West Virginia turn pike is easily handled at 95mph. Downfall- tires need to be rotated sooner then normal and they always run thin way before their due date.

Pros: exceptional handling
Cons: thin, rotate sooner
Vehicle: Honda Civic
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YOKOHAMA Tires
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Rating 5.0

i have 19x8's up front and 19x9.5's in the back, 215/35/19 yokohama s.drives all around. i've taken it up to about 135 mph so far and its super smooth.

Pros: super smooth, high speed
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YOKOHAMA Tires

I've had 512s, 912s, and currently S. Drives. I couldn't tell you which ones stretch better but performance wise, the Falkens don't come close to the Yoks. My car is a summer daily and the S. Drives are great in dry and wet conditions. Good luck.

Pros: great in dry and wet
Cons: Falkens don't come close
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YOKOHAMA Tires

S-Drives are by far the stickier tire. Much much stickier than the bull**** Falken. I still would not have a problem running a Falken for the pure look of it. Never would I get it for any performance oriented reason.

Pros: stickier tire
Cons: Falken not performance oriented
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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YOKOHAMA Tires

im running s drives on my 17x8 momos, 205 40. the stretch is minimal but these tires stick very well for the street.

Pros: tires stick very well
Cons: stretch is minimal
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YOKOHAMA Tires

I can't speak for the stretch as I have them on my stock bugatti's but the S.Drives are an extremely nice tire (at least for regular street driving). Got them on a couple months ago and love them. Wet and dry performance has been outstanding.

Pros: Wet and dry performance outstanding
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YOKOHAMA Tires

S.Drives NO QUESTION!!! I have had both. . . I will NEVER run those garbage falkens again. im running 195/40 16's on my 9's as we speak and they are 100% exactly what I have been looking for in a tire. the falkens were 100% opposite.

Pros: exactly what I have been looking for
Cons: falkens suck in EVERY way
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YOKOHAMA Tires
Phagus
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Rating 2.0

Some big diameter Yokohama tires are unbalanceable. My 3 times rebalanced Geolanders G-52 vibrate depending on road curvature, wind direction, ambient temperature etc. Simply crazy.

Pros: good wear, thread-looking-good
Cons: vibrate depending on conditions
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