So what are the best handling tires you've had on your CL? And what size and rim width?

 

So far, BFG GForce Summer tires. I forget the full model name. 17-45/225 (stock wheels, one tire size up). Great in the rain, and nice and grippy. Cost alittle north of $500 for all four installed at Costco. Free rotation and balance for the life of the tires. So far Ive got about 14k on them, and they still seem to have life in them.

 

on my CL the only set ive had besides stock has been the Falken FK452 --- grip the road very well ---

On other cars ive had goodyear f-1's and yokohama es100s --- both nice and sticky

however i really dont push any cars to the threshold of losing grip --- so to me the summer tires all do the job i need them to do -- the stocks suck for that.

 

Apart from stockies.
i had falkens and now the yokohoma s drives.
Not bad , so far
wheels 19

 

Toyo proxes4, great tire but too expensive

225.35.19

 

These aren't best grip tires. I currently run the Bridestone Potenza RE050A pole position 235/45/17...now these are real tires.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....+Pole+Position

 

toyo t1r hands down.

 

I got a set of these coming:http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=3 They are supposed to stick better than Azenis which I felt were awesome, so I'm pretty excited to see. I was trying to get them on before New Year, but special order will put it back a couple weeks.
Anyway, keep 'em coming guys as its interesting to see what people have run.

 

michelin pilot sports on my stock wheels.
bfg gforce sports on my 18's. the gforce sports last me forever. usually 50k miles when they hit the wear bars.

 

Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 225/50 17 on stock 17 x 7 wheels by far. Excellent dry and wet traction...high limits..excellent grip...good winter traction for a high performance tire

 

I've had my Dunlop Direzza Z1 Starspecs on for about two weeks now and these things stick. Noise level is a bit higher than the Toyo Proxes 4, Federal SS595, and Falken ST115, but nothing obtrusive. From recall, which is always questionable, these seem a bit quieter than Kumho SPT and Yokohama ES100. The sidewalls are quite stiff on this tire so hitting the big stuff can be a bit jarring, but the soft compound actually makes smoother roads comfy. Turn-in is right now. The only other tires I've experianced that give you that suction cup feeling grip were Falken Azenis. These tires make the CL feel more nimble and less like the big and heavy car that it is.
Oh yeah: 225/45/17s on stock wheels.

 

Goodyear Eagle F1's, good in rain, heat and snow. Has carbon fiber panels in the sidewalls for cornering stiffness.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....nSpeedRating=V

 

i like my Yokohoma S.drives 235/45/17. it sticks way harder than my proxy 4s and the oems

 

Good to know about the S-drives as I have a set of Proxes4 for comparison.

 

best tires i've had on my car to date were still the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. since i've been stretching my tires, I like the Toyo T1Rs.

 

best tires yet, goodyear eagle f1 gs-d3

 

Toyo T1R's are pretty solid tires, Michelin PS2's are the nicest one's i've used though

 

I just ordered a set of BF Goodrich g-Force Super Sport A/S 235/45ZR17 tires. I bought these for my wife's 3000GT. All I can say is "wow." A corner that the Yokohama AS430s handled at 35-40 MPH suddenly became a 60 MPH curve in testing. Unbelievable traction.

Avon Tech M550 A/S
-- TireRack user ratings = 10 out of 10 for Acura CL. Highest rated A/S tire for CL.
-- Awesome the first 10k miles, but at 19k miles ---> The tires are cupping, and the edges are breaking down. Very loud tires after break-in period.

Michelin Pilot Sport A/S -- Not bad, but not overly impressed either.

Stock Michelin tires were awful.

I use the Wife's 3000GT as a test bed of sorts. If a tire handles poorly on that car, if won't have a prayer on the CL-S.

Tire we have tried and dislike:
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Michelin MXMH4 -- Good all around traction, overrated dry traction, soft side walls.
Yokohama AS430 -- Poor wet traction, easy to hydroplane.
Dunlop SP 9000 -- Mileage??? What is this thing you speak of? Wet Traction??? You drive when it rains?
Dunlop SP 5000 -- Extremely Poor wet traction, makes hydroplaning a sport.

 

 

had michelin pilot sports on both my cobra and cl and they don't hold up well in dry hot climates. Have falken fk452 and I can't complain there relatively inexpensive, not noisy at all, grip fairly well, good bang for the buck.

 

What is the Dunlop SP (Sport?) Signature considered? 5000? 9000? Neither??

Thanks

 

i have falken ze-912...i need all season tires which is what those are..in the winter, there not the greatest but thats why i have a winter car..but when its dry...tons of grip..and there pretty cheap too

 

In the dry, for street tires that are affordable I vote for hankook RS2's in 235's.

 

Bridgestone Potenza RE01R's FTW!!!

 

ive got Nitto T555's up front, best tire ive ever had and ive gone through many racing all of the hondas ive had. great in wet, incredible in dry. i push the shit out of my car and they hold up, but what doesnt are the GARBAGE pilot sport 2s! cant wait till they are gone and im gonna slap on G-force to see how they hold up...

 

falken 452

275-30-19
235-35-19

sticks well.

 

Those tires are discontinued btw, but they were great tires.

 

My car had four new Kumaho Excta ASX tires when I bought it. They are complete crap! The wear on them is terrible. Wet traction is non existent. Within 8 months all four looked like them were 5 years old. Three tires developed bubbles. I know these are from potholes but I drive the same roads with two different cars both have 50 series tires and the other car has no bubbles at all. (1975 Plymouth Scamp w/bridgestones) Kumaho's had 4/32's of tread left after 8,000 and I don't burn rubber or run low tire pressure. I check my tires every time I get gas. Just crap crap crap tires. I now have Michelin MXM4's and love them. About 7 thousand miles on them and they still look new. Wet and snow traction is very good. I can really feel these tire hook up from a stand still. To each his own but I will buy Michelin next time.

 

Hey will these handle well on a 2001 CL-S 205/50R17

 

I had Pilot Sport A/S on the factory wheels adn they did very well, now i have Nitto NeoGen On my 18"X7.5 they are a 225/40/zr18 and they do fairly well but they wear out way to fast! the 280 tread wear has alot to do with that!!!

 

Now I've got my Yokohama S.Drives on my 18s. I love them SOOOOOO much more then the BF-Gs. Theyre quieter, grippier, and handle much better in the rain. They were exensive though. Almost $750 shipped without installation.

The shop near me wanted $210 per tire, but I got them online for $160 a piece.

 

slapped a set of R-Compounds on my car the other day and did some spirited driving in them, i guess you could consider those the best "handling tires" ever put on my car.

 

Hahaha

 

Im a suscriber of consumer reports and i have the list of the tire tests:

17INCHES:


All Season Tires


Series 35

Yokohama Avid TRZ 71
Michelin HydroEdge 68
Kelly Navigator Platinum TE 59

H-Rated Perfomance All-Seasons

Dunlop SP Sport 5000 85
Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S 83
Continental ContiProContact 81
BFGoodrich Traction T/A HR 78
Yokohama Avid H4S 77
Michelin Energy MXV4 Plus 73
Goodyear Assurance TripleTred 72
Kumho Solus KH16 72
Pirelli P6 Four Seasons 70
Bridgestone Potenza G009 70
Dayton Daytona HR 69
Fuzion Hri 69
Continental PremierContact H 68
Hankook Optimo H418 62
Sumitomo HTR H4


V-Rated High Performance Tires

Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 85
Yokohama Avid V4S 83
Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S 80
Continental ContiProContact 79
Falken Ziex ZE-512 76
Michelin Energy MXV4 Plus 74
BFGoodrich Traction T/A V 73
Sumitomo HTR+ 63
Pirelli P6 Four Seasons 55
Continental ContiExtremeContact 50

UHP All Season Tires

Falken ZE 912 85
Nitto Neo Gen ZR 85
Yokohama Advan S4 75
Falken Ziex ZE 512 73
General Exclaim UHP 73
Continental ContiExtreme Contact 72
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 66
Kumho ECSTA ASX 63
Sumitomo HTR + 62
Pirelli P-Zero Nero M+S 60
Bridgestone Potenza RE960 60
Toyo Proxes 4 57
Cooper Zeon Sport A/S 54
Avon Tech M550 A/S 52
Hankook Ventus V4 ES H105 50


UHP summer:



UHP Summer Tires

Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 85
Pirelli P-Zero 84
BFG g-Force T/A KDW2 78
Bridgestone Potenza RE 050 A Pole Position 77
Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2 76
Dunlop SP Sport MAXX 76
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 73
Kumho ECSTA SPT 73
Fuzion Zri 68
Toyo Proxes T1R 68
Falken FK452 66
Yokohama Advan Sport 66
Firestone Firehawk Wide Oval 65
BFG g-Force Sport 64
Hankook Ventus S1 evoK07 63
Pirelli P-Zero Nero 62
Avon Tech M500 61
Nitto Invo 59
Nitto NT 555 Extreme ZR 55
Pirelli P-Zero Rosso 50

 

I'm assuming the number after the name is the grade?

 

its the rating

 

There are so many positive and negative reviews on tires out there! Once person loves them, the next person hates them. Ahhh... its frustrating because I'm in the market for tires and don't want to make a bad choice. I would say i drive pretty conservative most of the time, but every once and awhile i will hit a corner or on ramp up. I live in seattle and we do get rain! So I guess I'm looking for a tire that performs well but as well as give me some dicent milage out of them.

 

Id go with some high performance all seasons if I were you.

 

REO1R is probably the best tire i've ever had experience with. I liked them a lot more on my Civic that I owned than My falken azenis or kumho MX

BTW, when they discontinued them, The price was dropped by about 30%. Sick steals on some RE01Rs

Grippiest tire I've ever owned was a 245/35/13 Kumho V700 on my miata's race wheels.

 

Has anyone ran the Falken 912? Consumer reports rates it high and discount tire reviews seem to be good. Its a Ultra High performance all season.