Honestly, searching the tire rack's test / survey and reviews would provide a much bigger reference audience than here. Although how tire performs on a G is valuable.

 

i run ECSTA LX PLATINUM on my Wife's G and i really like them, plus the price is on point.

 

I'm curious...what size are you running? I like the looks of these, and have read good reviews, but they don't make them in a 235/45R18.

 

I just put these on 6 months ago. They are the best tires I've tried. I have the 225/45r19 up front and 245/45r19 in back on factory coupe rays. They are great in the rain. I tried them in a little slush but got them late winter so I missed the chance to really try them out in the snow.

 

Sumitomo HTR A/S PO1.

These tires are only $103 (215/55R17) and per TireRack's own testing, took first place against the Michelin Pilot Exalto and the Yokohama Avid Envigor. I've been extremely happy with numerous sets of Sumitimo tires on my G35, Maxima, and even my wife's 07 Outback. I'm actually running these high performance HTR PO1's on the Outback because I wanted to dramatically improve the handling and braking over the POS Bridgestone Potenzas that came on the car. The change was remarkable.

I will be replacing my ill-wearing Falken Ziex's 329's with a set of these HTR A/S PO1's in the fall. I'll be going with the 225/50R17 size though to get a bit more meat on the rim.

 

225/45R18 front
245/45R18 rear

on

18x8 +30
18x8.5 +33

 

based on tire rack review Conti's are very good,,,, how ever from my personal experience....I put Generals UHP on my wifes X3 and they handle VERY GOOD ,,,,,,,,35K miles on them now ,,, i never rotated them as there are no not even wear,,, ride still quite and soft,,, i would buy these again,,,, side wall also looks agressive

 

Same here! Love the sidewalls!!! Almost time for a new set.

 

I originally had Yokahama YK520's.. nice and smooth rollers, but after the first of the year went to the Continental Extreme DWS's... awesome tire.. the G runs like it's on rails in the dry.. and is very grippy in the wet... handled very nicely in the Central Ohio snow we had this year... yet nice and quiet on the road... awesome tires FTW!!

 

Yes, I know this thread is a few months old, but I didn't want to start a new thread.

Central Ohio here also. Gotta ask what size you put on. They don't make them in my size 225 55 17 for my '08 g35x. I tried the Cooper CS4, but after my second rebalance, they are going back(45day return). 60mph and up, the noise and vibration was unbearable. Turning up the radio didn't help as it was a different pitch. The tires were amazing in the water, but can't live with the noise(I tried).

I am now looking at the primacy or conti dws. My hierarchy is Ride comoft/noise, handling in wet/snow, ...

 

I went with the stock 215 55 17's.. was going to get the 235 50 17's (same diameter, a little wider track.. but decided to stick with the stocks, planning to go to Coupe 18's in the Spring. 235 45 18 will give same tire profile as the stock 17's on my 04 x.

 

Bridgestone Turanza Serenity -- hard to beat for a great balance of those qualities.

If you are willing to give up bad-weather performance, smoothness and quiet for even higher smooth, dry road traction; consider the Bridgestone RE970; but the Serenity is hard to beat for year-round use on typical city streets.

 

the DWS are quiet,comfy and they are grippy as heck in the wet.

 

Agree! They were very nice in the wet, I almost felt more confident with the tires when it was wet rather than in the dry weather. I don't know why but they seemed to perform better.

 

I have stock 17 Kumho Ecsta Platinums. Have 7000 miles on them now. Been very pleased with the tires. Bought and installed at Tire Rack for less than $500. The original Eagle GT's lasted me 28,000 miles. Lot of tread life left on the Goodyears but had to get rid of them because of dry rot.