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jacoviii
ok i have the stock brigstones and need new what is a good comparable tire
peteh110
I'm happy with the Yokohama s.Drive tires that I just put on a set of Speed6 wheels for my 2005 5-door... I put 225-40-18 and really like how they look. Sorry - no pictures at the moment!
jacoviii
what about good yr Eagle F1 All Season
225 45 18
posttosh
QUOTE (jacoviii @ Jul 8 2008, 06:34 PM) *
what about good yr Eagle F1 All Season
225 45 18

Fine if you will drive more in snow (where all seasons have an advantage) than on wet pavement (where all-season tires are at a disadvantage). The S.drives that peteh110 recommends will stop in a shorter distance on wet pavement than the Goodyear Eagle F1 All Seasons will.
Stealth01
Are you looking for all-seasons or summer tires? I really liked my Kumho Ecsta ASXs on my 6S. I am running General Exclaim UHPs (summer) on the MS6 and they seem very good, too. But not for snow.
aviator79
everyone needs to keep in mind that the stock MS6 tires are MAX PERFORMANCE Summer tires! not UHP's and especially not all seasons. So first decided if your going to keep the car handeling like it does and if not you can go with a UHP and it should work fairly good compaired to the stock tires if you get the high rated UHP's like the General exclaim or S.drives. But to get the most out of the handleing you want to stick with a max perf summer tire IMO for use in the summer. If you get a all seasone you are sort of screwing yourself.
triplejumper18
I'll put money on the S-Drives outperforming some other higher priced "max performance" tires dry and wet.
FICHSTIX
I went with Falken FK 452 UHP Summers, so far the ride is great and feels much better than the Pirelli from the start but I'll know more with a few more miles on them.
jacoviii
ok i need all seasons cause i need new tires now like yesterday and can't aford to buy new summer tires and snow tires and rims
what about these
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?ti...yes&place=1
posttosh
QUOTE (aviator79 @ Jul 16 2008, 11:13 AM) *
everyone needs to keep in mind that the stock MS6 tires are MAX PERFORMANCE Summer tires! not UHP's and especially not all seasons. So first decided if your going to keep the car handeling like it does and if not you can go with a UHP and it should work fairly good compaired to the stock tires if you get the high rated UHP's like the General exclaim or S.drives. But to get the most out of the handleing you want to stick with a max perf summer tire IMO for use in the summer. If you get a all seasone you are sort of screwing yourself.

The terms "ultra high performance and "max performance" are kind of arbitrary --they appear to relate to the speed ratings, which have naught to do with handling and everything to do with temperature tolerance. Much better predictors of how a tire will handle are its internal constriction, its treadwear rating, and whether there is a continuous rib in the tread area. Internal construction: generally, rayon-cord carcass ("sidewall plies") tires perform marginally better than polyester-cord carcass tires (and aramid-cord carcass tires perform the best of all). The treadwear rating is fairly proportional to how soft the tread compound is, so the tires with lower treadwear ratings tend to stick better than tires with higher treadwear ratings. Tires that lack a t least one rib that is continuous (unbroken by a channel or sipe) around the tread tend to "hunt" and steer less precisely than tires that have a continuous rib. (Note: the continuous rib need not be a straight line: see the Yokohama AVS Sport "Y" design, which is a continuous zig-zag, but is unbroken around the tread.) And all-season tires are decent in light snow and acceptable in the dry, but in the rain, drive on all-season tires as if your Speed6 were a Toyota Avalon, because that is the level of grip you will get on wet pavement.
2URBO6
Im in AL so I can use summer tires all year. I have tried kumohs and had to return them. Stockers are the only ones for me.

Your replacement choice at tire rack looks good though. Don't go any less than XL rated.
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