Well guys, just had my tires installed this afternoon and as we already know they are what all the others have said, considerably quieter than the stock Continentals and they seem to feel allot stickier! (is that a word "who cares") anyways they feel nice and warm to the touch after you stop. I feel this is one reason they are quieter possibly due to a soffter compound, not sure if I will get 40k (kilometers) out of them, but it is not a commuter car, just ment for fun!

We, (Sparkie and I) managed to get what I think was a reasonable price on these, and I'm sure once Steve has his installed we can report on if the experiance is all worth it in the end ( we need to find out if the guy will do more for the price we paid) also I will let Steve report on the treatment of his perfect wheels, Mine have a considerable amount of road rash and it is difficult for me to say weather they are worse or not, They were so dirty after the install from soap and mucked up brake dust, I did think they looked worse but felt that it was possibly in my head as they change tires on new fancy chrome rims for a living and I'm sure they do not scuff them up, so I still think my rims were that bad!

Any ways I just wanted to report that it was a plesant and doticable differance with the new Hankook's

We went with 235/40/18 on the front and 275/35/19 on the back.


Angelo