Hi guys-

I'm looking for some tires for my TL. I'm on 85k and going on my third set of tires.... Here's my wish list:

1) QUIET
2) Good in the snow
3) Good treadwear.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Schlotkins

 

check out the tirerack.com.

i would recomend the


Continental ContiPremierContact
Yokohama Avid H4S
chack out the ratings on the tires and customer survey comments.

 

IF you're a member of Costco. Check out the BFGoodrich KDWS tire @ about a

hundred dollers each installed and road hazard and lifetime balance inc. I plus sized 1

to 225/50/16. Tires look awsome on my stock '99 silver tl. grips great in all weather.

one draw back is it wears fast with semi-hard driving(fast exit ramps).

 

Well, they tell me the Goodyear Assurance ComforTred would be the best match... Here's what I'm down to:

Assurance ComforTred (All-Season)
ContiPremierContact (Grand Touring All-Season)
Avid H4S (High Performance All-Season)

My guess is from top to bottom is the quietest and the bottom up is the best performance... How would the snow performance compare?

Thanks,
Schlotkins

 

I dont get it, when you do plus size one doesnt that mean you go up in rim size? But ur still saying you got 16's, or did you mean that you went up 10mm in width ?

And I have conti extreme contacts, and I love them!!!

 

I think 225/55/16 is closest to the stock diameter. Important for speedometer and odometer concerns.

As for a tire, check out BFGoodrich Traction T/A. I have them and have been pretty pleased.

 

Nokian WR without a doubt. These are all season tires in Finland but in North America are more like a cross between an all season and a snow tire. They are the only all season tire that won't suck in the snow.

 

Yokohama Avid V4S, this is one super tire!!!!!! $101 at Tirerack.

 

i would pick the conti over the other 2 the conti has high ratings for noise,wear, handeling, wet, snow dry traction CLICK HERE FOR RATING
conti makes a good tire

 

don't get the bridgestone turanza ls-V they as are noisy. good grip dry/wet/snow and wear though.

i'm going to try the conti's next time.

 

The Contis were recommended to me by many. I got them a few weeks ago, and although I haven't tried them in snow yet, they're great in both dry and wet conditions. They're MUCH better than the originals, and I highly recommend them.

 

Be careful with the tires you buy ... The Continental ContiExtreme Contact 215/50WR17s only have a load rating of 90 while Acura calls for at least a 93 load rating and recommends a 93 loading rating with an XL rating (~41psi recommended air pressure).

You shouldn't notice a difference under normal driving but potentially you could have a tire blowout under hard cornering or when driving with a lot of weight in the car (like extra passengers). With an SL rated tire, you should be wary of tire pressure especially in the winter when temperature changes can cause a large loss in tire pressure even overnight.. (even with an XL rated tire you still want to make sure of tire pressure, but more so with an SL rated tire). Unfortunately our cars are rather heavy so they have the 93 XL recommendation.

Will you realistically have a problem? Probably not, but its still a word of caution to anyone looking to get tires with too low of a load rating.

The problem of course is finding a tire thats 215/50/17 *and* has a load rating of at least 93. The only ones on tire rack I could find were:
- Yokohama Avid V4S
- Michelin MXM4s (OEM tires)

I'm not 100% sure whether a 91 versus a 93 makes a huge difference or not.. but the potential is there for a problem.

 

All that sounded like gibberish to me... i have no idea what ne of it means.

 

he will be just fine. does he even have a type s??????????????????????

 

Haha ... Sorry! The OEM Michelins have a load rating of 93. The load rating represents how much weight the tire can carry. A load rating of 93 is equal to about 1433lbs per tire. A load rating of 90 is equal to about 1323lbs per tire. Our cars weighs about 3500lbs which means you still have 1792lbs left over when the car is sitting still.. which is a lot. However, under hard cornering you transfer a lot of weight onto one or two of the tires. So thats why I said potentially you could have a tire blowout if you're under hard cornering or have a lot of people in the car.

As I was doing some more searching it sounds like the XL rating just means that the tire is meant to handle more load. Some manufacturers have two models of the same kindof tire. So if there were two of the exact same model tire that came in 215/50/17, and one had a higher load rating, then it might be marked as an 'XL' version. In this case, Acura recommends you choose the 'XL' version. So anything with a 93 load rating or above should suffice.

 

I have a 2000 non-type S, 16" wheels. According to tirerack, the stock size is 205/60-16. I'm looking for things are stock as possible. My deathwish days are over (don't ask.. :>) and I'm just looking for something that's quiet and good in the snow/rain. I have a set of Dunlop A2's on there now and am not real happy with them.

So sounds like I'm down to the Conti's or the Goodyears... Similar price, 80k warranty... Of course, no one has the Goodyears so that's a tough call.

Chris

 

Go for the Yokohama Avid V4S.. great writeup on tirerack.com - and at $101 each tire.. saves you almost $100 each tire if you get the $hitty OEM Michelin's.

 

My brother got ContiExtremeContacts a while ago on his '01 Eclipse GT. It also calls for 215/50/17.

They are relatively quiet on the highway. Before he got them, he was on the OEM Eagle RS-A's and we used to yell at each other at highway speeds because they were so focking loud. More or less because his car doesn't have as much sound deadening materials as our cars do. But after he got the Conti's, we didn't have to yell anymore.

They are pretty darn good in the snow, too. I haven't felt any hydroplaning in the rain, either. I think they are pretty decent tires for the price, but the only drawback was that I could feel the tread swaying under abrupt hard cornering. With the RS-A's, the car stuck to the ground, but the Conti's give a little bit. Then again, they don't advertise them as performance tires in the first place. But being that they are on a sport coupe, my brother doesn't like the fact that he has lost cornering capabilities.

 

I have Falken Ziex on my car and they ride and handle the rain very well due to the treads that repels the water. NO PULLING in puddles at ALL!!!