k guys, im a budget friendly Gmember, looking for some new tires for the 20s needing new tires:

looks like a pretty good deal on discount tire direct:
free shipping, out the door price

1. good place to get tires?

2. which tire is better? i was reading reviews on all the tires, just trying to see from member experiences which i should go with


4 falken 45s- $750 out the door shipped 245/35s and 275/30s

4 yokos s.drives - $675 out the door shipped

4 nitto 555s - $732 out the door shipped

its come down to these three choices?

or should i just go to a shop and have them do it all inluding installation.mount.balance.
i know a few places that do the balancing.mount for cheap...so im trying to save a few bucks from the BIG nam tire stores...

thanks guys for the help!

 

i am running the s.drives and i love them..same size for the 20", very sticky

 

S. drives all the way. Just as good as falkens if not better and cheaper and your tires say yoko not falken....btw where you looking to buy them from. im going to need two more soon

 

m papers - online, www.discounttiredirect.com

how's the road noise? thats the problem im having right now with the used set...humming at 20mph....and all of them have been plugged it looks like. LOL, well i bought them for the rims!! not the tires, i knew i was gonna replace them.

thanks guys!

keep the recommendations coming!

 

S,Drives all the way... Sticky enough for what I need them for, and are quiet.... Great treadwear on them too.... Zero complaints from me...

 

Road noise is ok. Not much differnt then the falkens to be honest. I have 225/35/20 and 275/30/20s and to be honest I cant tell the difference between the two brands but I love the fact that I have yokos and not falkens as every civic and integra has falkens and it screams balling on a budget.

 

cool cool. yah im expecting some roadnoise from rubberband tires on 20s,but i dont want them screaming lol.

225s in front? what width u running up fronts? mine are 9f,10r

 

8.5f,10r I wish they made a 245/30/20 The 225 is a little narrow but the 245/35 is to tall compared to the rear tire. Problem with the damn 225 is i cant go through a car wash cause my rims pokes out farther then the tire. But the 275 on the rear is the same way. So handwash it is. So for your 9 front the 245/35 is a good choice. again if they made a 255/30 it would be better for you but im assuming these sizes are more expensive to make and thus why they are not in the s drive line. They have them in the advan line but there $300 or something like that.

 

i cannot compare them to the other ones but i was not happy with the the NITTO 555's on my oem 18s when i had them.. very noisy and grip was mediocre

 

Anything is better than the Nitto's. It is a pretty general consensus that they are one of the worst "high performance" tires on the market.

I have been running the falken 451's for 2 years now, and will be switching to the 452's in the spring. IMO they are the best bang for the buck performance tire when wear and noise is taken into account. They are by no means inferior to Yokohama based on brand alone.

 

Any tire test reviews with the Falken 452s? I spent more than that on my Pilot sports used

 

For the money i would go with 452's.

 

btw, you should be running 245/30/20 or 255/30/20 in the front, which the yoko's aren't offered in.

 

+1!!

 

Whatever you do, DO NOT buy the Nittos. Either of those other two are much better choices.