Tire Rack Consumer Reviews

Initial Review, 600 Miles on Tires
May 30, 2012

These are very preliminary observations, tires barely broken in. Rain won't likely be encountered locally for next several months. I replaced the OEM Dunlop all-season tires with these, so far seems a good choice. Tires are 225/40R18, manufactured November 2011. I mention this because a Corvette forum recently posted (quoting Tire Rack source) that production of this size was more recently interrupted to add more reinforcement to the sidewalls on tires now being produced.

On-center feel is quite decent, little tramming evident. I don't have Tire Rack's sophisticated measures of dry traction, but the unplanned front wheel spin I often experienced with the Dunlops from standing start with only modest throttle has been tamed.

Comfort and noise are just fine at highway speeds. After all, this is a Y-rated tire, compared with the H-rated Dunlops. Small bumps at low speed are heard and felt, but very tolerable in a sports sedan. Hoping for reasonable and even wear with continued relative quiet. Have zero tolerance for cupped tires with grinding, bearing-like noise.

Not much of a rim protection rib is evident, not that those accomplish all that much.

Stay tuned for updates.