New tires

[Ronnie]

Hi Ephatchers, i was looking for a set of 205/50/16 sticky tires for ma ep3 and i wanted to see some of you all's opinion:

i was looking at those General Exclaim UHP that tirerack (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=General&tireModel=Exclaim+UHP&partnum=05WR6EUHP&i1_Qty=4&autoMake=Honda&autoModel=Civic%20Si%20Hatchback&autoYear=2002&autoModClar=&vehicleSearch=true) had them for sale

BUT,
I still wanted to see that what do u guys think? What brand? ...etc

Thanks a lot

[Ronnie]

anyone?

[rd02SiR]

never tried them.

i've run flaken 452- they were pretty decent, altho easy to break traction, but better than oem
currently running Dunlop direzza star specs and they are great, sticky when warm, good tread wear, and i got them for a decent price. Altho i find that the sidewall is a bit softer than the 452's.

all i gotta say is, don't cheap out on tires. it's one of the biggest performance handling mod you can do.

[lbk02si]

never tried them.

i've run flaken 452- they were pretty decent, altho easy to break traction, but better than oem
currently running Dunlop direzza star specs and they are great, sticky when warm, good tread wear, and i got them for a decent price. Altho i find that the sidewall is a bit softer than the 452's.

all i gotta say is, don't cheap out on tires. it's one of the biggest performance handling mod you can do.

AMEN to that! I have the same tires and I'm loving them so far!

[cloumep3]

...all i gotta say is, don't cheap out on tires. it's one of the biggest performance handling mod you can do.

Word!!!

[Ronnie]

never tried them.

i've run flaken 452- they were pretty decent, altho easy to break traction, but better than oem
currently running Dunlop direzza star specs and they are great, sticky when warm, good tread wear, and i got them for a decent price. Altho i find that the sidewall is a bit softer than the 452's.

all i gotta say is, don't cheap out on tires. it's one of the biggest performance handling mod you can do.


Never cheap out of tires... I have gone through 3 sets of Falken , 452 and 512 ... & absolutely loved them...
However, currently i am running on Hankook Ventus R-s2 and I luve these tires too.... but they are not available for order right now (and idk why!)
so i was just reading these reviews on tirerack about those General Exclaim and i thought maybe i should talk to some other ppl before i purchase them.
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Dunlop or Kumho or BFGoodrich ??

[Sub]

Well I need new tires also and with the weather down here being random at best I'm going with Continental ExtremeContact DWS Tire.
Also I want some tires with a better trend life as I drive 40 miles one way to work.

I think the Sticky verison of the tire is Continental ExtremeContact DW Tire.

[rd02SiR]

Never cheap out of tires... I have gone through 3 sets of Falken , 452 and 512 ... & absolutely loved them...
However, currently i am running on Hankook Ventus R-s2 and I luve these tires too.... but they are not available for order right now (and idk why!)
so i was just reading these reviews on tirerack about those General Exclaim and i thought maybe i should talk to some other ppl before i purchase them.
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Dunlop or Kumho or BFGoodrich ??

i think the rs-2 are discontinued. the rs-3 is the new replacement.

I also find that the 452's had a much stiffer sidewall, and a higher speed rating than the Star specs. Maybe the stiffer sidewall is due to the higher speed rating?? I just found the 452's had more initial response.