So I need some new rears, and im transfering to out of state, so Im looking for tires that will have good life on them. Knowing I still drive an s2000 i would like to have tires that are still somewhat sporty, and nice for hard driving. Basically I dont want all-season tires. They can be directional, but i would prefer to be able to swap the rears for better life.

Ill be a broke college student so i dont want to have to shell out $400 for tires every 10k miles. Im looking to keep the price down on each as much as possible, while still having decent rubber under my car

Any suggestions? Right now im looking at the Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sports, as they are about $175 each, and arnt directional, so with I can swap sides to maximize tread life.

 

dunlop star spec

 

Decent price with great preformance I have no compliants with my z1 star specs

 

Swapping sides left to right won't "maximize tread life", unless your alignment is fubar'd! Don't bother.

What front tires are you on now? Should get rears that have similar performance characteristics.

If you're considering RE760's, I'd presume there is no possibility you'll be driving in snow/ice, right? [edit: I see you "don't want all-seasons", presumably that means no snow/ice]

FWIW, Tire Rack shows RE760's in 225/50-16 for $111.
In that performance category (ultra high performance Summer tires), there are cheaper tires that perform well: Fuzion ZRi, Kumho Ecsta SPT, Yokohama S.drive are all under $100.

 

Keep clear of the fuzions. Had them on my ap1 and car handled like a 15 foot John boat. Side walls must have been way to soft. I just ordered summito zIII, $100 each for 255/40/17. Good reviews and treadwear life

 

Ive got Axis Halo rims so my rears I have are 18x9.5
The tires that i have on right now are the Hankook Ventus SportK104s in 255/35/18s but they are now discontinued, plus I think there are probably better out there for cheaper.

How are the Dunlop Direzza DZ101s? They have similar tread patterns and are priced well. Ive heard alot of good about the Z1 star specs so I figured these couldnt be too bad either

 

According to Tire Rack tests, the Fuzion ZRi should give better performance in the dry, and much better performance in the wet vs. the DZ101.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...ay.jsp?ttid=97
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...ay.jsp?ttid=78

But I haven't driven on the Fuzions, they just looked like a good option for low-$$$ tires for 16's. The DZ101's don't look like a good choice at all.

I didn't realize you were on 18's. Tire costs of course will be much greater than on the OEM 16's!

The Sumitomo HTRZ III's look to be your best choice, as mentioned above.

 

what i would do is get directional tires so that you can un mount and mount the rear tires from left wheel to right. that way it wears out evenly if you have camber... if you dont have semi aggressive camber, then you dont have to worry about anything.

 

I have about 2 degrees of camber in the rear, I was running 2.5 degrees camber in the rear but it wore the insides baaad so we took out as much as we could and put the proper amount of toe in to make them wear as evenly as possible since my tires right now are bald bald bald

Thanks for all the tips, the Hankook Ventus V12 evos have some good reviews on this site so far, i may give those a go, discounttire has them for just $163 a piece

I need tires pronto though so ill pretty much be getting whatever (decent) tire i can find tomorrow when I call my friends shop and Discount tire