[urq] Yoko tires?

[Michael Williams]

At 01:19 PM 8/27/2004, Brandon Rogers wrote:

>Hey all-
>Anybody have experience with the Yokohama AVS ES100 tires in 225/50/15 on 
>the 8 X 15's?  Tire Rack has them cheap (seems cheap) at $83 each.  I have 
>two concerns - 1.  You get what you pay for (sometimes-unless they're just 
>plain discounted) do they ride,wear, handle cheap, too?  2.  They're not 
>Z-rated, they're V-rated - and I've grown accustomed to the Z-rated Dunlop 
>SP 8000.  I don't want a soft(er) sidewall on these relatively no-so low 
>profile tires (compared to modern).  But Tire Rack rates both as Ultra 
>High Performance Summer...
>
>Any BTDT out there?
>
>As much as I like cars, driving, etc and as much as I spend on this thing, 
>I don't know why I have such an aversion to spending a lot of dough on 
>tires.  I guess I'm looking for "yesterday's awesome tire" at a big 
>discount...


The ES100 is a good tire for the price.  It has great cornering grip, but 
the sidewalls are pretty soft  That is the biggest complaint i have about 
them, actually..  Going from the A520's to the ES100's caused a VERY 
noticable lag in turn in response on the car.  W/ the 520's, the car as 
almost telepathic as far as steering input, and there was no soft rolling 
over on to the tires at highway speeds.   They had the stiffes of an R 
compound tire.  But the es100's feel so much softer,at the same size.  Im 
running 225/45-16's on the car, and though, as i meintioned, the grip is 
superb - both wet and dry, the stiffness of the sidewall simply doesnt 
compare to the a520's.

For the price, they are great, and I would recommend them.  Of course, keep 
in mind that the spring rates im running in my car are progressives 375-475 
(or something like that) in the front and 325-450lbs in the 
rear.  Aditionally, i have the koni sports in there (though i think they 
are all blown), and delrin control arm bushings front and rear.... so, you 
might not notice the differnece as much as i did.  But it was most notable 
on the freeway, where i used to be able to jiggle the steering back and 
forth - before, the chassis stayed set on to the path of hte steering input 
and the car had no roll whatsoever, especially in the rear.  but now, doing 
the same hting (though it may be due, significantly, to the fact that the 
tires are essentially brand new and have full tread depth, while the others 
were at the wear bars.).  So, while it handles like a g-kart before, it is 
a ibt more like a car now, in that you can feel the tires take a set before 
the suspension starts doing its work..  it was quite unsettling at first, 
but once you get used to it, the tires really are nice.  Since, thuough, 
you are looking for stiffer sidewalls, i wouldnt choose them...



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