Contental extreme contact DW (max performance summer tire)
05-14-2011 | 06:38 AM
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Hey guys,
It's that time of year.. Summer.. FINALLY!!
I need new summer tires for my 5er. I currently have 4 Falken n452's on my 19's (245/35/19) but 2 tires are worn out. I was happy for price vs performance with the falkens. Unsure what to do..
Option 1: should I buy 2 more Falken tires for $220 locally? But the downfall with that means I'll still be using falkens.
Option 2: continental tires from tire rack $240/ tire.
Option :3: hankook V12's $171/tire from tire rack
Option 4: Friends tire shop has a sale on Toyo t1r $220/tire (but from reviews, I hear they are very similar to Falkens)
Option 5: you recommend me something else. My options are open. My only concern is $$, I don't want to spend $580/tire on Pirelli P Zero Corsa's. Roughly $250/tire is good
I think I'm leaning towards the hankook V12 as they seem like not only a favorite on the site, but have read lots of good reviews for 'bang for buck'.
Thanks in advance!
It's that time of year.. Summer.. FINALLY!!
I need new summer tires for my 5er. I currently have 4 Falken n452's on my 19's (245/35/19) but 2 tires are worn out. I was happy for price vs performance with the falkens. Unsure what to do..
Option 1: should I buy 2 more Falken tires for $220 locally? But the downfall with that means I'll still be using falkens.
Option 2: continental tires from tire rack $240/ tire.
Option :3: hankook V12's $171/tire from tire rack
Option 4: Friends tire shop has a sale on Toyo t1r $220/tire (but from reviews, I hear they are very similar to Falkens)
Option 5: you recommend me something else. My options are open. My only concern is $$, I don't want to spend $580/tire on Pirelli P Zero Corsa's. Roughly $250/tire is good
I think I'm leaning towards the hankook V12 as they seem like not only a favorite on the site, but have read lots of good reviews for 'bang for buck'.
Thanks in advance!
05-14-2011 | 02:41 PM
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Ya that's another concern of mine. Definitely don't want a loud tire. Falkens are not bad at all. Any review on hankooks noise?
My mechanic told me to get the continentals, but all reviews I read pretty much say "save the $70/tire ($280 total) you would spend on continentals, buy hankooks, and use the extra $$$ for something else". Who concours?
My mechanic told me to get the continentals, but all reviews I read pretty much say "save the $70/tire ($280 total) you would spend on continentals, buy hankooks, and use the extra $$$ for something else". Who concours?
05-14-2011 | 05:25 PM
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I just put the V12's on my 545 and couldn't be happier. Comming from the Goodyear F1's I had on the car when I purchased it, the Hankook's are nice. Quiet, responsive for my needs, but a step down from the Goodyear's in grip. I tried to get the Conti DWS, but the backorder forced me to go with the Hankook's. Hankook's soak up quite a bit of inperfections in the road especially here in northern ohio. The pot holes are terrible this year.... I've got about 1K miles on them so far.
05-14-2011 | 06:09 PM
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My Ride: 04' 545i, Sport Package, Black, Active Xenon, ARS, Aux Input
'10 Tahoe, Black on Black, leather, Nav/XM, 20" tires, full body kit, power 2nd row, loaded
'93 Jeep Wrangler, lifted 4.5", 33" meats, Rampage Recovery Bumper w/Tire Swing, etc
25' Aquasport Osprey, Center Console,2012 200 HO Etec
DWS recently installed... love them!
05-15-2011 | 07:35 AM
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My Ride: 2005 545i - 36k
miro 111's
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sport package, cold package, Sirius, Nav, Logic 7, Rear Shade, Ipod Integration
I had good year f1's and replaced them with conti dw - great tire so far, very quiet and smooth, the grip is very good as well 
05-15-2011 | 08:00 AM
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My Ride: 2007 530d M Sport Automatic, Le Mans Edition.Le Mans Blue Individual Paint Special, Syrah Blue Individual Leather, Piano Black Individual Interior Trim, Front seat heating,M Double Spoke 172 19
Hankook Ventus V12 evo gets my vote for value for money.
05-15-2011 | 09:29 AM
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Most members love hankooks, me included. Quiet, grippy, soft feel - almost a must for 20 in wheels, and lastly value. This went toe-to-toe in Car and Driver test with PS2 as benchmark.
Conit DW however beat out HK's in TIrerack's survey, cost more but has longer treadwear. Look who comes in at No 9
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...ay.jsp?type=MP
The DWS, however if you dont mind ultra perforamance all season, has even higher treadwear than DW.
Conit DW however beat out HK's in TIrerack's survey, cost more but has longer treadwear. Look who comes in at No 9
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...ay.jsp?type=MP
The DWS, however if you dont mind ultra perforamance all season, has even higher treadwear than DW.