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Originally Posted by strat61caster
Going to try the Continental Extremecontact Sport next, but that'll probably be about a year away from now. They're supposed to be better than the old PSS, very close to the PS4S and at a price point between the Firestones and the Michelins I think they'll be worth the extra ~$120/set. After those it'll either be PS4S or something else.
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I am currently looking for new tires for my 2ZZ Spyder to replace my square set-up of 215/45-16 S-Drives so this conversation is interesting to me. I have been trying to decide how Extreme I want to go so the tires I have been researching are the:
Bridgestone RE71-r
Toyo Proxess R1R
or a little more sane with:
Continental Extreme Contact Sport
Firestone Firehawk Indy 500.
Considering that my car is 500 lbs lighter than the twins, I think that I could get pretty good mileage out of the 200 TW tires but I am a bit concerned about additional road noise, harsher ride and reduced mileage on those as I am planning a 2500 mile round trip in a matter of weeks. I also do not really need their level of traction because I do not track or autox. My spirited driving is in the mountains of Tennessee and the hills and dales of southern Ohio.
For that reason, I had just about decided to go with the Continental ECS because I had heard mostly good things about them. The only thing that bothered me were a couple on comments by reviewers saying the sidewalls were on the soft side. So I opted to chat with one of the customer service representatives on TireRack and ask him about that. He told me that the Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires cornered better than the ECS and that he was switching his own car from ECS to the Firestones next month. The Firestones are about $13 cheaper per tire than the Contis and about $40-50 cheaper than the 200TW tires.
I still have not completely made up my mind but I am leaning towards the Indy 500s now.
The draw to the Toyo Proxess R1R is that it is the only tire that I can run a staggered set up on my 16" wheels with 205/45-16 front and 225/45-16 rear. All the rest of my choices are in 205/45-16 all around and the Firestones have the (slightly) narrowest tread of the group. Decisions, decisions!
Anyone that can share experiences with any of these tires could help me and FT86 drivers decide which replacement tire to choose..