A/W Tires...what are you running

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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 07:52 AM
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A/W Tires...what are you running

Going to need to replace tires soon. What are you using for all weather and how do you like em??
Old Apr 7, 2012 | 08:43 AM
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Got conti extreme contact dsw on my wifes legacy. Liked the tire, very quiet on the road, good snow traction and good wear characteristics.
Old Apr 7, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bluwrxwgn
Got conti extreme contact dsw on my wifes legacy. Liked the tire, very quiet on the road, good snow traction and good wear characteristics.
+1

I have them on the specB and they're great.
Old Apr 7, 2012 | 01:06 PM
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I've got falken 912s on my wrx and my girlfriends 2.5i...good wear, great in the rain, I think they have a 40-50k warranty on defects...and they are pretty cheap compared to other tires...

I did get them at cost and installed them myself though haha
Old Apr 7, 2012 | 01:29 PM
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Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position! had been on the for a couple months and they are great! very quiet sticky tires. lots of grip in the rain.
Old Apr 7, 2012 | 10:44 PM
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I've had Pirelli PZero Nero M+S, Bridgestone RE960AS, and Toyo Proxes 4.

Pirellis were great, I think my favorite All season to date in terms of gripping. Definitely not the best daily, since it tramlines a little and gets progressively worse as the tire wears. Also, I got really bad wear on it, I had excessive wear on the inner tire on all 4. I had my alignment done with toe always at 0, yet it still wore pretty bad. This problem never showed up on my other sets of tires. Ride was fine with them, road noise was a minimum, but these suckers loved to squeal in the turns even though there was still loads of grip left. Absolutely love these in the rain, tons of confidence driving in these. Never took them to the snow, so can't comment on them.

Bridgestones scared the crap out of me the first few hundred miles. I think it had some preliminary rubber to burn off because they wouldn't grip at all, barely avoided some accidents when people cut me off and they didn't grip right away. However, after that, they were okay. Not as grippy as the Pirellis, but very little to no tramlining and wore much better than my Pirellis. Ride was fine with them and road noise was fine. Good in the rain, no problems, just not as confidence inspiring as the Pirellis. Never took them to snow, so can't comment on them.

Toyo proxes 4 are terrible in terms of grip. They're quite squishy on the sidewall too. Had to get used to the significant reduced grip around corners between these and the previous 2 sets of tires. Really regret buying these tires.

These are all based on 225/50/16 tires, which are slightly different than the stock 205/55/16 tires. I have the RS 6-spoke wheels on my WRX, so the tires are not stretched.
Old Apr 8, 2012 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by SolSurferX
+1

I have them on the specB and they're great.
+2 i have the conti dws's on my sti. they are great in snow.
Old Apr 8, 2012 | 12:31 AM
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+2 i have the conti dws's on my sti. they are great in snow.
PLUS 3 I also have had them and they are an all around great tire!
Old Apr 8, 2012 | 11:52 AM
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PLUS 3 I also have had them and they are an all around great tire!
+4

have taken em to the snow a few times and was pretty impressed. great all around tire.
Old Apr 8, 2012 | 12:01 PM
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POTENZA RE970AS Pole Position went from a RE11 to this no complaints. they love the rain.
Old Apr 8, 2012 | 03:49 PM
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Had Pirelli PZero Nero M+S before and currently on Continental Extreme Contact DWS. No complaints on either.
Old Apr 8, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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Goodyear Eagle GT. For me, it wasn't too expensive at all. Excellent dry grip, amazing grip in the rain, and not bad on slush. Only drawback is the noise.
Old Apr 8, 2012 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by McLovinMyWRX
+4

have taken em to the snow a few times and was pretty impressed. great all around tire.
i got em too. They're not bad on dry grip either.
Old Apr 9, 2012 | 12:45 AM
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I've got falken ziex 912, great tire! Has held up amazingly in the snow as well



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