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Nitto Invo Review
There are many tire choices out there and it’s always a tough decision to figure out which set to go with. Nitto was nice enough to send us a set of their new Invo tires to review on the Project STI. Our size of choice, 245/35ZR -17 mounted on our stock B
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There are many tire choices out there and it’s always a tough decision to figure out which set to go with. Nitto was nice enough to send us a set of their new Invo tires to review on the Project STI. Our size of choice, 245/35ZR -17 mounted on our stock BBS wheels. With the new Invo tires mounted and installed on the car, it was time to see how they perform.
Street Impressions Street
impressions is what we feel is the most important aspect when it comes
to choosing a tire that can be used on a daily basis. Keeping that in
mind, we exposed these tires to the same conditions we exposed our previous tires, which included the following:
- Dry Conditions - Wet Conditions
Dry Conditions
Within the first 30 seconds of driving around town, we could notice a
difference between the Invo and our old tires. The difference being
noise. The Invo’s are surprisingly quieter compared to the stock tires which
is a plus if you drive your STI on a daily basis. Turn in while going
through an exit ramp is precise and carries the same turn in feeling we had before. Grip feels to be about the same and turn in is good enogh to give the driver more confidence to push harder.
Under heavy braking the grip is on par with the previous tires so
nothing out of the ordinary, which was something we liked with the
older tires. With traffic conditions being pretty light during our test
on the highway, we decided to do quick lane changes (at highway speed
limit) to get an idea of higher speed stability. The stability of the
car felt very good and almost as good as the stock tires
Wet Conditions
Our wet conditions test consisted of normal amounts of rain, heavy
downpours, and light drizzles. During our test the Invo’s seemed to be a better performer then what the stock tires could provide in wet conditions. The Invo's
had better stability at highway speeds and generally felt better in all
wet conditions. Turn in was better, braking, lane changes, and even
starts with the Nitto's.
Conclusion
The Nitto Invo is a good tire. Choosing the right tire to do everything
is hard to do. We feel that the Invo had great performance in dry
weather. Wet weather conditions were
very good and never once did we feel that these tires couldn’t
handle themselves. Icy/Snowy conditions was a difficult test to conduct
because these tires are not at all intended for this use, but with an
experience driver that knows how to handle slippery conditions, these
tires worked as well as could be expected.
One point to
mention is that these tires are not the cheapest set around but they
are not the most expensive. When choosing a tire that can pretty much
do it all, you do have to make some sacrifices for performance in
certain conditions. Being that we care more about dry & wet
conditions then anything else, we believe these tires are the way to
go. Of course we haven’t tested all the tire options available out
there with this specific category, but until we do we are sticking with
the Invo.
**Special note to mention, the stock tires
that come with the STI are great tires but are in a different category
of tire. The stock tires are more of an extreme performance tire (140 tread
wear) that performs better in dry conditions then anything else. The
tires we reviewed are more an all in one.
Nitto Invo Review
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