I would like to hear some opinions and suggestions from those who actually drive their S and not just to meet and then garage it all the time.
I've always had Yokohama S Drive but if there's better out there and fairly priced (maybe better driving experience, last longer, quieter, cheaper but better, etc...), fill me in! If possible, consider car being lowered, OEM wheels vs aftermarket (stretch tires?).

 

I'm running Nitto Motivos on my rear and have to buy new fronts in weeks or (2) months, so this interests me.

We can do ride alongs if you are serious about wanting to get the feel of different wheels.

 

I'm running Falken Ziex ZE-612 all around and they are great I'm lowered I got about 6k miles on them now front still have plenty of meat in them rear it about another 1k miles or so left .. I'm definitely buyin new rears soon and they are fairly priced I payed about 500 installed for all 4

 

Best street tires are Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Amazing in dry and wet, excellent give away characteristics. They also ride really really well and have a 15k warranty of you are staggered and 30k for non-staggered. This means that if you can wear them out faster you get a free replacement. Nothing beats this tire on the street. They even work reasonably well when its cold, unlike some other summer tires i have used.

If you want to autocross or track your car you can try extreme performance tires (hankook rs3's, dunlop Z2 etc.)

 

I don't recommend hankook v12

 

There's a set of Michelins on CL Houston right now for $490. Just the right size for an S.

http://houston.craigslist.org/for/3698496342.html

 

I would jump right in on these

 

I had continental extreme on my stock wheels. Felt confident driving in the rain. However im on after market wheels now and I stretch slightly in the rear on the same tire now thr confidence is gone lol.

 

I had good experience with the S Drives. They are being discontinued is certain sizes though. Wet traction was good, and dry traction was the best. Road noise wasn't annoying.

 

Yeah I'm down with that.


So the rear last about 7K miles?


Thanks
I'm gonna look into pricing for those.


Will keep that in mind!


Good deal but not ready to buy them yet, soon though. I've always had 255 40 17 & 225 45 17 on my OEM wheels vs factory spec 245 40 17 & 215 45 17.


Thanks for the input. I'll stay away from those for stretch.


Yeah that's why I always stick with them but since the price went up because of our size, I wanna look into alternatives.

By the way, good site for tire price comparison http://www.tiretab.com/, an s2ki member built it.