tires..help!
Burning Brakes
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There are a plethora of good summer performance tires, depends on how much you want to spend and how you will use the car. Just a daily with no track time? Track time planned? Drag strip? how much you willing to spend?
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which Pilots? there are literally 15 versions of summer “max performance” Pilots listed on tire rack..and do you like them? what about the Hankooks? thanks
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I was very pleased with Hankook V12's because they were inexpensive and performed much better than the original Goodyear runflats. Lost the car in a hurricane flood. I went with Michelin Pilot Sports on my second C5. Happy with them but they were more expensive when I purchased them at Costso. As I recall about $1,200 installed for four over a year ago.
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That's funny.....I plugged in the search parameter for a C-5 Corvette, with Michelin being a "filter" and TR showed only ONE tire, the Pilot All Season Sport 4
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I was very pleased with Hankook V12's because they were inexpensive and performed much better than the original Goodyear runflats. Lost the car in a hurricane flood. I went with Michelin Pilot Sports on my second C5. Happy with them but they were more expensive when I purchased them at Costso. As I recall about $1,200 installed for four over a year ago.
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Firestone Indyhawk 500 for summer, well-priced tires.
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I've replaced my original goodyear runflats with General G-max RS and I am very pleased with them, their well wearing and at least for my needs, 'quiet' in the convertible the old ones were very very hard and very noisy. buty I don't listen to the radio or CD player ( Other than traffic info ) and quiet is important to me. These Generals are just what I needed, and I was able to use the jungle site which took car of delivery charges. Very satisfied ! 
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I've replaced my original goodyear runflats with General G-max RS and I am very pleased with them, their well wearing and at least for my needs, 'quiet' in the convertible the old ones were very very hard and very noisy. buty I don't listen to the radio or CD player ( Other than traffic info ) and quiet is important to me. These Generals are just what I needed, and I was able to use the jungle site which took car of delivery charges. Very satisfied !
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I've replaced my original goodyear runflats with General G-max RS and I am very pleased with them, their well wearing and at least for my needs, 'quiet' in the convertible the old ones were very very hard and very noisy. buty I don't listen to the radio or CD player ( Other than traffic info ) and quiet is important to me. These Generals are just what I needed, and I was able to use the jungle site which took car of delivery charges. Very satisfied !
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Look into the 200TW tires.
I’m most likely going to go with the Nankang CR-S. Yokohama A051 would be another great option. Both of those are top dogs for Autocross and other events that require a min of 200tw.
Falken and Bridgestone also have some great options.
I’m running some Yokohama Advan 601s which are 280TW rated. In a non competitive environment I’m not sure the others are worth the downside of less wear.
My setup is a 265-18 front at a 305-19 rear double adjust coilovers.
I’m most likely going to go with the Nankang CR-S. Yokohama A051 would be another great option. Both of those are top dogs for Autocross and other events that require a min of 200tw.
Falken and Bridgestone also have some great options.
I’m running some Yokohama Advan 601s which are 280TW rated. In a non competitive environment I’m not sure the others are worth the downside of less wear.
My setup is a 265-18 front at a 305-19 rear double adjust coilovers.
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When I had my last two C5s, I ran Hankook Ventus V12 EVO tires - they were great. I would recommend looking into them.