rpsmith79 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Just wondering is anyone has used/currently using Hankook tyres The reason i ask is that i am having great difficulty finding some decent performance tyres for my 16 x 8" wheels, the only tyres i can find in 215/45 16 sizes are not what i would call sport tyres (apart from a couple), and all pretty expensive But looking on Camskill website i spotted the Hankook RS2's, and on reading some reviews they get some very good write ups, especially from people taking them on track, and the other bonus is that they are pretty cheap too Now normally i try to avoid cheap tyres, but they are usually Champiro or Nexan or some other ditch finder, but Hankook seem to have developed their tyres primarily from Motorsport, but keep prices low due to manufacturing in Korea http://www.modified....ires/index.html http://www.tyrerevie...us-RS2-Z212.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianGT Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 On the way to watch this years Jim Clark rally I had a puncture in my wifes Focus. It had new Goodyear Eagles on it and I was gutted! I couldn't drive around with the spacesaver on all weekend so I stopped at a tyre place in a small vilage.....the only tyre that they had that matched the tread was a Hankook RS2....so I got one fitted. I have to say that it outperforms the Goodyears because I can go round right hand corners quicker than I can go round left!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_jnz Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I had some hankooks on my last car, they seemed to handle great in the dry, well worth the money. Cannot tell you how well wearing they are as the car was toeing in unknowing to me and I wore them bald in 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Well i'm running Toyo T1-Rs at the moment, but they are only 40 profile and look too small, but i usually prefer a softer tyre to a harder tyre anyway, and at the price they are i wouldn't really mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bRinkz Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Had 'kooks on the Tech's and they were great with decent tread - they do wear quickly though and once they reach the limit they are, well, sh!t. Mine did me about 10k miles. With plenty of tread, great tyre but no real life-span. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsoundcraft Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I agree fully with all this. I had a pair of hankooks a few years ago on a ST202. They were impressive from the first drive but I had a lot of negitive camber, the insides wore in less than 10K and then it was dodgy in the rain and snow. So a very good tyre but quite soft so wear quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Well i only do about 6-8000 miles a year anyway, so 10k will be plenty for me, and i have a spare set of wheels with some Pirelli P7's on for Winter driving anyway Just need to find somewhere local that stocks them now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx's celica Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Ive used them as well, no complaints, good budget tyre really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Cool, cheers But i may have another option now, just doing some digging on the net and i cam across a guy in the US with a Gen 5 GT running the exact same alloys in the exact same size and running 245/45 16 tyres which i thought would be way too wide for the arch to strut clearance, but seemingly not, now i wouldn't want to go 245/45 as they are about 3% too big, but at least it gives me options to fit wider tyres, so i'm now looking at options for 225/45 16's which is 0.3% on the large side but many more manufactures make this size tyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyRacer Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 My Celica came with new Hankook Ventus Evos 12. Got rid of them in less than 500 miles later. Did not like them but that maybe just me. As the song goes 'slip sliding around' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsoundcraft Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Ah, I think mine were Ventus Prime, maybe thats why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikca01 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 got hankooks on my 202 and my 182 never had a prob with them. loads of grip. they do wear a bit quick but any soft compound tyre will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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