Ug - Totally cant justify this right now.

 

Just called my tire friend who is a manager at America's tire, he said that the XL just means that the tire has a higher weight load rating, which makes no difference in terms of performance on our cars what so ever. So I placed my order, and I get them mounted and everything for free.


Check out this price for:
245/45ZR17 Hankook Ventus R-S2
In Stock 4 tires $71.00 $284.00

Total cost for 4 tires, with shipping out the door:

$331.44


I don't even need tires right now cuz I got a new set like 3 weeks ago, but damn, for that price, I just couldn't pass that up!


Thanks original poster for the info!!!



PS: I don't autox anymore, and wanted something similar to the stock STi tires and these are rated better then them in almost every category.

 

Yeah, I remember the S02pp's were like that... They are very expensive tires and were in an odd size so no one would buy them, so when it came down to moving them out they discounted them greatly and since no one really bought that size they had some old ones in stock. The tires are still fine and that doesn't really make a difference because they keep them in a warehouse and out of sunlight.

These hankooks haven't been around that long and weren't ever really expensive so they moved them rather quickly so I doubt that will be the case with these.

 

I jumped on these yesterday.

Hey Brucelee, I would recommend running 245x40 instead of 245x45. The 245x40 is closer to the OEM size than the 245x45. Not a big deal...you will just have a little more sidewall, and your speedometer/odometer will be off an extra couple MPHs.

 

These are really nice tires! I would have gone with them if goodyear didn't have a good offer when I needed new ones.

Oh, and TireRack has only carried these for 2 or 3 years.

 

its official, ordered my set as well

surprised the 245 are cheaper than the 225s

 

If you break them in properly (taking it easy the first 500 miles) you can get some good life out of these too.

 

They didnt have the 40 series otherwise I would have bought them. I have 235/45's right now so its not a big deal.

 

wow $312 for my car, that a great price!

 

Just don't drive fast when it's raining with these tires on.

 

do these tires run wider than normal or they are just normal?

 

+1 These tires don't do too well in rain.

 

Damnit why didn't someone tell me that when I bought them? There is always a thunderstorm in Dallas, and it floods REALLY easily...

 

Um, its dumb to drive "fast" with ANY tire in the rain. I had these through some intense storms and they were fine at the speed limit.

 

Don't worry they are at least better then the stock sti tire in the rain!

Their wet rating isn't as bad as some of the guys in this thread say, besides who in their right minds drives fast on public streets in the pouring rain? I'm sure they are fine during normal driving just not so great during wet track days but that's to be expected with extreme performance summer tires.