My original SO-2's have 14-15K miles on them. The rears have little tread left, but the fronts have quite a bit. I'm thinking of replacing all four in the Spring.

2/3 of my driving is highway 70-80 mph, with no autocross mileage. I would also like a tire that has adequate wet weather traction and have narrowed it down to these two.

I'd like some feedback on both tires and if I should widen my search and consider any others.

 

like comparing Porsche Carrera GT's to Boxster's..

sO3's all the way

 

S2Ksimon is correct. They are not the same kind of tire.

Jim

 

I can vouch for the quality of the S0-3's I absolutely love mine. They have worn much slower than I expected, most of my driving is highway conditions as well.

 

im on my second rear set of S03's.... i would have it no other way... es100's may be a good tire for a civic or something...but for the S...no comaprison. S03 with 110% of my vote.

 

Yep,I agree with the other guys.

I have a set of the ES100's on my 96 GST and the treadwear # is 280. In contrast,the S03,is a 140 # tire.

The lower the # of course,the softer the tire compound = more grip.

David( redlineracing)
Former NASCAR,ARCA,USAC driver

 

S-03's would be a great choice if you want to gain a bit more wet weather traction over what you'd get with the OEM S-02's.

Otherwise, I always found the S-02's were still the best tire for this car in the dry (I also do a bit of road course racing).

 

You are confusing the original S-02 with the S-03. While the wear index on the S-02 is indeed 140, the index on the S-03 is 220. I just bought a pair.


Specs for S-03

rw

 

personally I don't think I drive that hard, but somehow I've gone through 2 sets of S03's in under 20k miles

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ash
personally I don't think I drive that hard, but somehow I've gone through 2 sets of S03's in under 20k miles