aznutx

so what is a decent price for the stock potenzas?

i got an unfixable flat apparently a couple days ago, and well either in the market for 1 tire, or 4 different tires dunno wut to do.

SnD

I had to pay ~1600 to get a complete set, mounted & balanced. Average prices at the time were ~320 for he fronts, and ~380 for the rears.

I did a search on tirerack. For replacement on the front:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compar...9&startIndex=0

Rear:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compar...9&startIndex=0

It seems the dirt-cheapest tires would be those Kumho's, which would still be $700.

It's still completely ridiculous to me how much these things cost. I paid $280 for a complete set of tires on my wifes car, and she's gotten 30K out of them.

dmkozak

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245/40x19 fronts; 275/35x19 rears.

As someone above pointed out; $1,200 for four. But, they will give you the most performance and life at a cost less than other high performance tires.

I always find it interesting how many think "hey, its a black rubber donut, they are all the same, just get the cheapest donut." Usually, 1) those people have no idea what goes into the development and manufacturing of a tire, and 2) forget that the tire is the only item on the car which actually makes contact with the road.

MaxToTheG37

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what about Falken 452 vs Toyo Proxes T1r vs Kumho Ecsta SPT

Da Hashi

was the flat in the front? I have the fronts in good condition will sell if u want

Da Hashi

ive had falkens and kumho tires and loved both.....thought kumhos were a little better in wet...to me.....dont know about toyos..as for price the kumhos were the cheapest at the time i bought um

akochman

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the Michelin PS2's are not exactly cheap, but I went through my OEM set of bridgestones on my G35 in 11,000. The second set of bridgestones lasted around 16,000 miles driving carefully, which I was told was about the right amount to be getting out of those tires. My final set of tires on the car were the PS2's and they lasted for about 22,000 miles before I was told the wear bar was showing and it was getting dangerous to drive. So my vote goes for the PS2's

todd92

So true. There is plenty of info available. The Tire Rack user responses are great, Car & Driver has done tests, hell even Consumer Reports has tested performance tires. The Goodyear F1-GSD3 , Michelin PS2, Continental Contact 2 and 3 always come out on top. Toyo, Falken, Kuhmo never fare well. The OEM Bridgestones are sticky and responsive but wear out really quick and get very noisy as they wear.

Of all the things that you can buy for your car, the is more variation in quality in tires than anything else. It really pays to educate yourself. Low price definitely does not mean best value. I've gotten 30,000 miles out of F1-GSD3's, makes them look damn cheap by comparison.

aznutx

it's a rear... but thx though

GiGGaplease

i search and saw that kumho spt was the cheapest tires and had good rating on tirerack. i will getting a set and trying them out. only 715 shipped for 19's is a good deal. i would have saved 250 if i have not went with nitto invo..