Well it’s been about 3 months and 3000km since I bought my Baby and I must say I have been very satisfied.

One of my very few complaints with it was the ride comfort. Very hard, rough and noisy. I knew that the stock tires were most likely to blame but I expected this since it was a sports car. So I decided to inquire for some new tires. One of my friends recommended the Korean branded Nexen. At the beginning I was very skeptical because they were also half the price of say Michelin or Pirelli. The tire guy highly recommended the Nexen for ride comfort and holding. I looked them up in the internet and did not find any negative comments.

So today I said what the hell and I went and replaced my stock Petenzas with these Nexens. They did not have the stock size 225/45 18 so after searching this forum I put 245/40 18 front and back.

I could not believe how much the ride changed. All of a sudden it became smooth and quite, very German car like. There is virtually no road noise up to speeds of 120km/h. It rides much nicer over the rough roads that we have here in Cyprus and at town speeds it is plush!

My car has now become a quite grand tourer

I have not tested the road handling yet but I will keep you posted. So far I highly recommend these tires, especially due to the fact that they are less than half price from the known brands.

 

Wierd.... I don't know if I'd mess around with no-names with tires though :/

 

Never even heard of it.

Oh well , keep us post !

 

http://www.megaperformance.com/nexentires.html

 

Thats odd, I know the potenza's are some what loud. But overall, my 8 is very quite with little or no cabin noise. When Im traveling down the hwy at 70-80, its pretty quiet. Two people in the front seats can converse with normal voices.

 

Our roads here are quite course, even the highways. I suppose its their way of preventing accidents. Well Ive just come back from a spirited drive and the grip is not as good as the Potenzas, however it is more than satisfactory for me. I still cant believe how smooth the ride has become! I guess I have no need for my Mitsubishi Diamante any more

http://www.nexentire.co.kr/english/product_tec/sub1.asp

 

nice, i didn't know the stock tires sucked. I live in LA and don't really get nailed, if anything I want stiffer. lol.

 

I had Korean tires (Kumho) on my last car. They were nowhere in the same league as a Yokohama, much less the big dogs from Michelin or Bridgestone.

For a daily shitbox that just runs local duty, maybe.

For a 150 MPH sportscar? No way.

 

The stock Dunlop 8090's are fine as far as I'm concerned, although they are very expensive.

 

Actually alot of people run Kuhmos' on the race track.

It's the same with any manufacturer. They all make **** tires.

Look at Goodyear, Firestone etc..
Check out the bottom end tires... Just crap

 

They are expensive indeed. I can't imagine *anyone* intentionally buying replacement Dunlop 8090s given the other better (and cheaper) tires out there. I haven't heard of Nexen, but I would have no hesitation buying Korean Kumhos or Hankooks (the high-performance models of those brands, at least) for my replacement set.