The Falken Ziex is an all-season tire. It's designed to give some snow traction (but not much) in exchange for less dry grip. If you're going for an actual performance tire it's not going to compare to the ES100. The GR-Beta is kind of meh. The ES100 is the way to go man.

 

kuhmo escatas all the way

 

Which Ecstas? There are 5 different Tires called Kumho Ecstas. MX would be my first suggestion.

 

My guess is he means the far-and-away sales leader, the Ecsta 712.

The Ecsta MX is a great tire but the only 16" sizes it comes in are 205/55-16 and 225/50-16 so that's not really an option in this instance.

In size 205/45-16 the next steps up from the Yoko ES100 in performance are the Goodyear F1 GS-D3 and Pirelli PZero Nero which are both $119 a pop from tirerack (as opposed to $80 each for the ES100).

The Kumho Ecsta 712 is 10 bucks a tire cheaper than the ES100 but the ES100 provides a noticeably higher level of grip.

So once again, to reiterate over and over why the ES100 is so popular, it's the stickiest dry/wet tire (i.e. no Falken Azenis) you're going to get at this price point.

 

I run AZENIS in the 215-45ZR16 on JDM OE's. I run them daily and track. I will be running a set of 205-50VR15 on my EP by next week. These are just great tires and an excellent buy for the money!

-Victor

 

im tlakin bout the mx's thats what i have on their sticky as crap but don't come in many sizes not sure about tread life though im still figuring out if it good or not

 

wow... tripple post. your computer owns you. j/k

but fatbooty, what did you mean by "(ie: no falken azenias)" ?

 

holy shit this schools computers blows gotta get home

 

I fixed the triple post problem.

He means Azenis don't do well in wet. honestly they are fine on wet pavement they just suck in standing water (Hydroplane).

 

my little bro had the kumho ectsa super 712's they sucked . i'd go with the youkohama's or some falken's . falken tire are my favorite for the price