Originally Posted by SRT SIX
I replaced my oribinal Michelins with Nitto Invos almost 2 years ago. In just over 10K miles I went through 1.5 sets (still had 50% left on the second set) in the front and one set in the rear.
The Invo is a strange pattern tire that rides very quiet and has good traction. One quirk it had was very flexible sidewalls. The rears were upgraded to 285x30x19 and felt like riding around on rubber bands when inflated to recommended pressures (35 lbs).I thought it was very strange there was so much sidewall flex for a 30 series tire. Bumping the air up to 40 lbs all around improved the handling and got rid of the "rubber band" affect.The tires wore smoothl across the tread so the extra air did not effect the wear. But only 10K miles???
I just put on a set of Hankook's new performance tires the Ventus V12 EVO 225x40x18 front and 285x30x19 rear. Amazing difference in the feel of these tires. Road feel is improved dramatically. They run approximately just as quiet We'll see how long these last (wear is rated a little better than the Invo's they replaced)
Saved about $200 over the Invo's as well.
so we can fit 285/30!!! thought 275 was highest we could get on stock rims.