SROC276

Final count....6859 miles:

Avg. speed 75-80mph hwy cruising
Avg. speed 35-45 mph city driving
Cornering speed + 10-15mph better than stock
Little no slip on launches when heated properly.
20% hard driving
80% daily driving
Front - 45% tread left
Rear - 10-15% left .....scary on light rain! aquaplaning.
Road noise - loud at first then you get used to it.
Final result - phenomenal performance, aggressive tread design....not at all bad for street use. Scary in heavy rain conditions toward end of tire life.

*most thought my tires would last no more than 3500 miles.

roadtalontsi

great to here, ill probably throw a set on my c63 soon. I've had great luck with those tires on my supra. Its amazing how such a soft tire that comes with such little tread new can last so long and perform so well in comparison to other tires.

daniel3ooo

these are a popular tire with the GTR crowd..I hear the road noise is pretty bad on these but they grip like no other. Glad to hear that you've had a positive experience with them so far.

BenzoBoi

Definitely an awesome tire. I used them as my track set. LOVED the way they grip and I was able to go a lot faster into the corner. Fun times.

ced357

Would you say they are better in straight line acceleration compared to PSS's?

mdgrwl

yes, they are much better then PSS. softer R compound & higher % of rubber contact patch

Guilty

Who cares about grip if all you wanna do is drift taking corners hahaha

roadtalontsi

gtr's are awd and dont drift. They are one of a handful of 1000whp+ streetable cars in existance. lets not even get into stock for stock on a road course.

yes r888's way better than pss not even in the same league. A michelin pilot sport cup would be similar/comparable.

Diabolis

SO - you ran them as DD street tires? Did they get heat-cycled out or remain relatively soft/sticky throughout their life?

4ramin

What size tires are you running?

SROC276

Yes used them for daily driving....they basically came new with the wheels I bought off a fellow member a few months back. Decided to just use them instead of going out and buying another set of new tires.

Sticky all the way, no issues even after cruising at 75-80mph for 20-30 min straight. I did notice the rear of the car carried a lot more black dust from them after long drives.

SROC276

265-30-r19 rear and 235-35-r19 front

SROC276

Simply awesome....always ready for action....if it just had better water channels I would have kept them on and wasted them down....my rears were basically gone but fronts were still real good after almost 7k miles....outstanding tire.....

As for the noise....first few driving will annoy you....actually continental xtremecontact I am running is way too quiet now for me haha....I grew to love the sound....as long as the wifey isn't in the care haha

alexmtl

Does it grip well when they are not warmed up? I have a lot of short commutes to drive to work and so on, and I was disappointed by the PSS, because they seem to work fine only when warmed up

roadtalontsi

no they definately need to have some heat in them before they start sticking. Not like burnout/roadrace laps heat. But some decent 100+ degrees.

alexmtl

Ok thanks .