Kumho Ecsta Supra 712 OR Falken Ziex ZE-512 Tires??
04-19-04, 05:25 PM
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Kumho Ecsta Supra 712 OR Falken Ziex ZE-512 Tires??
In a debate between Kumho Ecsta Supra 712 OR Falken Ziex ZE-512 Tires??
My original tires are 205/60/R15
Supra Tires only come close to the original size at 205/55/R15
The Ziex 512's come in at 205/60/R15..
Both are roughly the same price but can't decide between the two...
Can u guy's help me out?
I was told not to go over 205 width on a 1990 GXL Stock rim.. Or else i would have gone with 225's.
Thanks!
My original tires are 205/60/R15
Supra Tires only come close to the original size at 205/55/R15
The Ziex 512's come in at 205/60/R15..
Both are roughly the same price but can't decide between the two...
Can u guy's help me out?
I was told not to go over 205 width on a 1990 GXL Stock rim.. Or else i would have gone with 225's.
Thanks!
04-19-04, 08:12 PM
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Well i probably want, what everyone wants...
Don't care to much about noise...
Wouldn't mind decent tread life, something that hooks up good and gets me around corners fairly nice.
I just do day-day street driving if that makes any difference. No autocross or anything like that.
Don't care to much about noise...
Wouldn't mind decent tread life, something that hooks up good and gets me around corners fairly nice.
I just do day-day street driving if that makes any difference. No autocross or anything like that.
04-19-04, 09:07 PM
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the 712's are junk. i've never seen a single car that has had them without the sides bubbling out. my g/f went thru 10 of them before she got fed up with it. she does have the ziex's on her stock wheels and seem to do quite well
04-20-04, 02:16 AM
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i never sell my customers the kumhos. Never had any good feedback with them and i have never really liked the tire to begin with. Loud tire too. i would go with the 512 before the 712 anyday.
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04-20-04, 11:30 AM
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i agree with damon, the mx is a great tire and costs about the same or a little bit more, if they don't have your size or they are too pricey then go with the 512's, i got them on my civic, they last a while and are pretty decent for long lasting street tires(performance wise)
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I had the 712's on my Probe GT. I drove them pretty hard and they weren't that bad until they got to about 60% of their original tread. After that they got really noisy and didn't stick well at all. I burned the fronts down to nothing before 6000 miles. After that I moved the rears up front and came across an unbeatable deal for 711's. At least I thought it was a deal until I actually drove on them. The 711's are probably the worst tires I've ever bought.
