Anyone running Sumitomo or Nexen tires? Pros,Cons?

ReplicaR · Nov 24, 2010

I've had Sumitomo HTR ZIII on my car for a little bit in 275. They were pretty good for the price. I've done about 7 track days on them, and roughly 15k miles on top of that, until they were starting to noticably show wear. They worked fairly well at the track, although they got hot kinda quick. One thing I really did not like about them was the fact that they wore in the center quicker than sides, and keep in mind, that I did not overinflate them either.

Sinned83 · Nov 24, 2010

ReplicaR said:
I've had Sumitomo HTR ZIII on my car for a little bit in 275. They were pretty good for the price. I've done about 7 track days on them, and roughly 15k miles on top of that, until they were starting to noticably show wear. They worked fairly well at the track, although they got hot kinda quick. One thing I really did not like about them was the fact that they wore in the center quicker than sides, and keep in mind, that I did not overinflate them either.

This sounds weird but the compound of the htrzIII is awesome but sumitomo is still a cheap tire.

Woodysiphone said:
I am not looking for a budget tire I am looking for the best all around tire for a street/daily driver that won't put the cobra in a ditch on a rainy day...

Best is like comparing apples to oranges buddy. If you want good wet/dry tires check out Nitto and bfg.

Naptown_Stang · Dec 2, 2010

I have sumitomos now and I like them they hook much better when hot. I have no complaints so far. I would reccomend Nitto NT555s great tire

cantbuytime · Dec 3, 2010

You get what you pay for!

A better brand tire will last longer and perform better.

RockstarMentality · Dec 3, 2010

cantbuytime said:
You get what you pay for!

A better brand tire will last longer and perform better.

Performance and longevity do not go together when it comes to tires

Sinned83 · Dec 5, 2010

people can argue all day which tire is better but here is some proof that the nexen n3000 are pretty decent. You can see I bought them on January 22, 2010 for $85 each.

Here is a pic of the tread wear as of today. If the tread reaches the top of Lincoln memorial which it does then you have more than 6/32 tread remaining. This is my DD after around 25k on these tires.