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How sh*tty are my Hankook Ventus K104s?

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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 07:11 AM
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Default How sh*tty are my Hankook Ventus K104s?

I had my tire blow and I needed two quick replacements, only tires they had in stock where these, I have these tires on my front & backI wanted to go with the Direzzas, and I still might for the summer but are these Hankook K104's that shitty grip wise?
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 11:52 AM
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I would look at the new Sumitomo HTRZ III. In the testing that we did here they were excellent and they are inexpensive.
If I can help let me know.
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 11:53 AM
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thanks.....
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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So those tires are on your car right now? So wouldn't you be able to tell us how shitty they are?

I had these on my integra back in the day and there wasn't really anything special about them. Squeaked a lot at the autox I ran in.
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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They seem fine to me, but I rarely push my car and I have never driven with something like the Direzza Star-spec, I was wonderinf anyone else has experience with the Hankooks and their thoughts
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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They won't even come close at all to something like Star Specs when it comes to performance.
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 05:41 AM
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ok, Im going to just bite it and spend the cash for the StarSpecs if they are that much better
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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K106 are some of the worst tires I've ever ran. Lacked grip and really weren't even that great in bad weather. What do expect from a cheap "High Performance" tire?
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