How long do the Kumho MXs last...will they make it throught more than one season allright?

Any opinions on the Sumitomo HTR Zs?

...and for drifting you want a tire that doesn't chunk easily with a stiff sidewall, contrary to what most people think traction is a good thing...you're not gonna get high speed and high angles safely on a set of May-Pop brand tires. The more traction you have available, the better you can control your car no matter what the situation.

 

I'm not really too concerned with how they will hold up for drifting....just want to know about for autox and for the street.

 

depends....whats YOUR season?


Mine last year was 40 weekends, usually 2 days per weekend. NOTHING will last that long.

 

Well, my season is not as long as yours....I try to make it to pretty much any event within a 2 or 3 hour driving radius, usually one or two a month....so probably about 20 weekends, a lot of them 2 days.

...and I'm not talking about tire use while drifting, that's usually measured in hours or nights, not seasons

 

I use crappy tires all around, until Someone gives me sponsership haha

 

20 weekends is going to push a single set of MXs. How's your tirewear now? Where you cording them? outside edge?

rears long before fronts? etc.

 

hmph- i thought the MX's had really low treadwear, but i was wrong. they're 220 compared to the azenis' 200. maybe the mx's are the way to go. (theyre also about 15 bucks more a tire in the 205.50.15 size i look at)

 

Right now, I don't have a dedicated set of tires for autox, but I would like to since running on the same tires you drive around on sucks (unless you want to burn money by killing a good set of autox tires by driving around town). You described my tirewear pretty well...I have a set of sumitomo htr200s used for daily driving and autox (not much drifting) since about last July I guess. They are close to dead, I'm pretty solidly on the wear indicators but there is still enough tread to not hydroplane everywhere.

I'm getting better suspension soon, including pillowball upper mounts with adjustable camber up front, so wearing down the outside edge shouldn't be as much of an issue as it currently is.

 

HTR200s are terrible terrible tires for any sort of performance application. I've had a set.

the wear indicators don't mean shit as far as im concerned....even for street tires.

 

treadwear ratings are complete bullshit. They're arbitrary. Manufacturer can make them whatever they want. For reference, the RE-92s that come on a stock WRX are 140 treadwear, yet offer about the worst tire I've ever driven on a "sporty car". TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE.