I just put a set of Cooper 2XS's on my S before WTD because my front S02's were cupped (I got it aligned also). After my WTD experience, I would give the tire a mixed review. The Coopers were awesome Saturday in the rain. In the dry, the Cooper tires were getting slick 3/4's through the dragon. It was not a great dry test because my air pressure was a bit high)

I would recommend the Cooper 2XS for a average driver who wants a smooth ride, low road noise, Decent dry traction and no white knuckle drives in the rain. All four tires cost me $450 mounted and balanced. Not a bad price for a decent tire.

I kept my rear SO2's and will buy a set of fronts and rims for drives when I plan on pushing the limit.

 

Now,

for what its worth. I drove from Columbus to the Dragon on a S02 with less than 25% thread left. As you know, it rained the whole time. Not just a small rain drops....it was full blown storm.

I made it out there fine. Got a few scary moments but I knew I had to drive carefully. But I would not recommand driving on worn out SO2 in rain.

Lastly, I am 100% with Jon on this tire issue. It is about finding the tire that suits your needs. I had RE750 for nearly two years. Now that I am back at SO2 I very much enjoy the sharp turn ins and much more responsive handling.

To each of his own...

 

I may be giving these a try since they are now in stock

 

the gforce sports? I'm curious to see your impression (my faith in doug's review after he "beats the snot out of them" is pretty low ).....I'd prefer to stay away from the MX's from now on...sidewall is just way too soft, reminds me of heffe

 

 

Based on the results from this weekend's autocross, my next street tire will be the Hankook RS-2. I've been pretty impressed by how well the cars running those do in the dry. I was amazed at how well they worked in the wet. The guy I saw running the RS-2s crushed the field in the rain, and was running times that weren't that far off the only dry heat's times.

 

Larry, IAA tester of tires, what other tires did you see being run this past weekend?

 

There was an Integra Type R that set some pretty good times in the wet- I think he was on the Falken Azenis Sport 615s. I don't think those are available in S2000 sizes, though. At least not AP1 sizes, anyway. The fastest S2000 was Andy, in an AP2 on stock RE050s (I think). Andy said the Hankook is the wet tire though, and he thought it was faster for autocrossing than Hoosier's wet racing tire.

This event was difficult to judge, since heat 1 was dry, heat 2 was started dry and finished with rain, and heat 3 had continuous rain and finished with standing water on course. I was working the only dry heat, so I didn't get to check what people were running. When it was raining, I was either running or trying to stay dry. I was on R-compounds and was scared to death most of the time. I had two fast spins with zero warning, but that wasn't unexpected considering I was essentially running slicks in the rain.
I was white knuckling it the whole drive home. I seriously was picking lanes based on which looked dryest.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the Kumho Ecsta SPT has been getting good reviews, too, especially in the wet. I don't know if the sidewalls are soft on the SPT like on some other Kumhos, though. SPTs won a street tire class at a recent SCCA ProSolo event in the rain.

I've heard good things about the Kumho Ecsta ASX as an all season tire. I'm running Falken Ziex 512s on my Integra as an all-season and am happy with them - respectable grip wet and dry, acceptable in snow, probably the quietest tire I've found for the Integra, seem to be wearing well, and affordable.

I also have a set of Kumho Ecsta 712s for my Integra, but I would not recommend them. They are *extremely* loud after 10k miles, squirmy, and grip is basically the same as the Ziex 512s in dry and rain, and of course they're about useless in snow since they're summor only.

 

I've seen some folks use the Falken beta 451. I have those tires now and can't believe they would make a good autocross tire.