kendroz

After researching on Tire Rack I decided to change my tires ( Yokohama AVS ES100 ) to Avon Tech M500.
I installed the tires today and this is my first impression:

1. Quiet Ride.
2. Softer on the Bumps.
3. GREAT wet handling.
4. Cannot run car to the limits like the Yokos, but perfect for highway ride.
5. Nice tire for the money

I will wait until next week to do some hard cornering test with my brother G-Tech-pro and post somo photos of the tires ok.

Take care all.

jlukja

Thanks for the post. The M500 is the tire I was planning to go to once I wear out the stockies. Can you elaborate a bit more about your first (quiet) and fourth (not like Yokos at limits) points.

kendroz

1. The Yokos always produce this whooop sound at the highway, the M500 dont.
2. At high speed when you turn the steering you can feel the precision and effort needed to make the car turn, on the M500 the handling is not as sharp at HS but is predictable.

Hope that respond to your questions.

Take care

jlukja

Thanks! The M500 is great bang for the buck (just like our TSX)

LannyM

My ES100s are FAR from quiet (or smooth) so I agree with you on that point, although mine don't make a whoop sound, I would say a low pitched rumble.......are you talking asphalt or concrete?

dom

Were your Yoko's already worn out?

Or do you just like chnaging tires?

kendroz

Yeah, a low pitched rumble running on concrete.
Since I have the car those were the third set of those tires at 44K miles.

kendroz

Mine were worn out and I decided to change tires.
I read about Fuzion ZRi, Potenza RE750, Goodyear KDW2, or Avon M500.
The potenzas and goodyear where not cheap ( around 150.00 ) ea.
So the Fuzion, Avon and Yokos were very close in price.
I selected the Avons and the ride is sweet, better grid in wet and no noise.

Hope this helps

jlukja

Just curious, how much did it wind up costing you for all 4 including mounting etc.?

LannyM

Yeah, if I had to do a lot of driving on concrete I'd look to change too....they're perfectly acceptable to me on asphalt though.

kendroz

Shipping to PR is $238.00
Installation and balancing = $40.00

wiz

I just put the Fuzionz Zr1 on my TSX last week. So far so good with them. They are much better than the stock tires.

gbaker

I just put Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2 tires on my 04 TSX about 4k miles ago. They are new and a bit pricy, but are quiet and handle incredibly well. There was a great review of them on another Honda site.

The size is 225/45-17 and which is a bit shorter than the 215/50-17 stock tires (unfortunately more than I expected). Nevertheless, I have an A-Spec suspension kit and Comptech rear anti-roll bar in the garage ready to install, so the tire-fender gap should be corrected back to the stock amount (or slightly less).

I'm interested to see how long these tires last... I'm hoping for 20k+ miles, but we'll see. Performance tires are the best mod for the $$ IMHO.

-Gary