need tire advice...go with Azenis?
11-11-2002, 04:14 PM
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need tire advice...go with Azenis?
Ok, here's the deal
a local tire guy at a Big-O tire store told me that the Falken Ziex tires were the best ones out there for autocrossing. So I bought a set, broke them in for 2 days, and then hit the track. THEY SUCK. I have never spun out before until this last sunday. Not even on my old cheapo Fisk tires.
Does anyone know anything about the Ziex? I'm gonna get some Azenis when i return these crappy-ass Ziex tires, cuz everybody, and I mean everybody, who runs on a budget uses the Azenis tires. Oh, and my tire size is a 195/60R14, and I race a 91 CRX Si with slotted rotors and H&R springs. Other than that, it's stock.
a local tire guy at a Big-O tire store told me that the Falken Ziex tires were the best ones out there for autocrossing. So I bought a set, broke them in for 2 days, and then hit the track. THEY SUCK. I have never spun out before until this last sunday. Not even on my old cheapo Fisk tires.
Does anyone know anything about the Ziex? I'm gonna get some Azenis when i return these crappy-ass Ziex tires, cuz everybody, and I mean everybody, who runs on a budget uses the Azenis tires. Oh, and my tire size is a 195/60R14, and I race a 91 CRX Si with slotted rotors and H&R springs. Other than that, it's stock.
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If I'm not mistaken, the top 5-10 national STS placers run Azenis (I think there was one set of BFG's in there 
h: ).
If you cool them down between runs I would be confident in saying they're nearly unbeatable. Be careful about the widths you choose though; they run a bit wider than most.
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h: ). If you cool them down between runs I would be confident in saying they're nearly unbeatable. Be careful about the widths you choose though; they run a bit wider than most.
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Re: need tire advice...go with Azenis?
Originally posted by AwwsChwA
Ok, here's the deal
a local tire guy at a Big-O tire store told me that the Falken Ziex tires were the best ones out there for autocrossing. So I bought a set, broke them in for 2 days, and then hit the track. THEY SUCK. I have never spun out before until this last sunday. Not even on my old cheapo Fisk tires.
Does anyone know anything about the Ziex? I'm gonna get some Azenis when i return these crappy-ass Ziex tires, cuz everybody, and I mean everybody, who runs on a budget uses the Azenis tires. Oh, and my tire size is a 195/60R14, and I race a 91 CRX Si with slotted rotors and H&R springs. Other than that, it's stock.
Ok, here's the deal
a local tire guy at a Big-O tire store told me that the Falken Ziex tires were the best ones out there for autocrossing. So I bought a set, broke them in for 2 days, and then hit the track. THEY SUCK. I have never spun out before until this last sunday. Not even on my old cheapo Fisk tires.
Does anyone know anything about the Ziex? I'm gonna get some Azenis when i return these crappy-ass Ziex tires, cuz everybody, and I mean everybody, who runs on a budget uses the Azenis tires. Oh, and my tire size is a 195/60R14, and I race a 91 CRX Si with slotted rotors and H&R springs. Other than that, it's stock.
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11-14-2002, 01:16 PM
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Are the the 326's? If so then take them back!! I used to sell tires and the only people that got the Ziex's were the ones that had had them before and liked them. Definately not a race tire though. Go with the Azenis, just make sure you watch whoever mounts them up because the beads aren't very forgiving, especially for some noobie tire store freak.
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Azenis are great summer tires...b/c thats in essence for what they are...great dry grip...but for wet/snow they are terrible...if you are going this route and you get bad weather often and are looking into daily driver tires...then the azenis aren't the best overall choice...i'd look into dunlop sp8000 that get good dry grip without compromising wet/snow grip
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Originally posted by jaje
Azenis are great summer tires...b/c thats in essence for what they are...great dry grip...but for wet/snow they are terrible...if you are going this route and you get bad weather often and are looking into daily driver tires...then the azenis aren't the best overall choice...i'd look into dunlop sp8000 that get good dry grip without compromising wet/snow grip
Azenis are great summer tires...b/c thats in essence for what they are...great dry grip...but for wet/snow they are terrible...if you are going this route and you get bad weather often and are looking into daily driver tires...then the azenis aren't the best overall choice...i'd look into dunlop sp8000 that get good dry grip without compromising wet/snow grip
of course like any tire standing water will make the tire hydroplane except for the Goodyear Aquatreds.
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Originally posted by qtiger
S03s are quite amazing beasts in the water.
S03s are quite amazing beasts in the water.
Back on my Corolla I was running (stupid me) at 90mph down the highway in a full monsoon
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Originally posted by CivicSiRacer
Then you haven't driven Aquatreds Back on my Corolla I was running (stupid me) at 90mph down the highway in a full monsoon
Then you haven't driven Aquatreds
Back on my Corolla I was running (stupid me) at 90mph down the highway in a full monsoon
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Doesn't matter I wasn't hydroplaning
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