Mitsubishi Eclipse Forum : “What maker would you recommend when buying new tires?”
What maker would you recommend when buying new tires?
Wanting to buy 4 new tires (P205/55R16 89H), been looking at high mileage tires.
All season ok, we drive within speed limit and mainly local driving (suburban living, five miles into center city to work, most shopping within two miles of home).
Had purchased Summit tires 17 months/7,500 miles ago and not happy with wear, almost to
the wear indicator. We thought we'd get better wear for a 45k tire.
well as far as wear, different brands would not have that much of a different, it depends on the rating of the tire, the rating is the Letter H in the tire size 205/55R16 89H, different letters are for higher speeds, the higher the speed the less miles the tire can go before it reaches the wear band.
I don't know about crusing around town, but I was checking out the Falken ZIEK- ZE-912 performance tires for my Eclipse because I plan on racing it on the road course at Infineon. I recently saw an article in Grassroots Motorsports and they ranked reasonably priced performance tires and those particular ones are rated the highest for sticking to the pavement, taking the bumps well and being relatively quiet at $51.00 a piece. Of course our car uses the 16" and Sears just so happens to have the tire on sale for 81 bucks a pop. Tire wear will be dependant upon use. Good luck.
BFGoodrich traction t/a's lasted me 65,000km's on my car exact same size but a much heavier car and drove the shit out of them.
keep them at about 40psi cold and they handle just right
Purchased 4 Fuzion HRi tires (all-season). Live in upstate NY and I've driven about 6K miles with these tires in snow as well as summer. They handle excellent so far. I'm not exactly sure what advantage my manual transmission gave me in snow, but I'm guessing they should work equally well for the automatic. I was particularly impressed with the traction when driving in rain. Sorry I cannot comment on wear life as they are still new. I will post an update with my experiences when it gets to that. I mainly drive around town (school) and between cities (weekend getaways!). I've also driven on narrow roads around the Adirondacks and so far, I'm a fan!
Having worked in the car industry, the new Michelin MXV4 Primacy tire is rated 60k and offers the best ride. BFGoodrich Traction T/As are garbage so dont listen to that other guy that also recommends 40 psi. thats dumb. over inflation causes premature tire wear in the center tread. BFG touring Pro Series however are good solid tires also rated for 60k.
had a friend that had Falkens and they always had problems w/ them. I have Pirellis on my car and like them a lot.