Choosing a Tire

[HighMPG]

This is the tire I am getting.
155/80/13
Kumho Solus K21
Section Width: 6.2"in
Overall Diameter: 22.8"in
Weight: 14lbs
Tread Width: Not Listed
Revs per Mile: 914

These are the tires on my car right now.
I currently have 175/70/13 size "Radial X" on it right now came with the car.
Section Width: 7"
Weight: Not listed but im sure 16-17.5 lb range.
Overall Diameter: 22.68
Revs per Mile: 917

New tire
Section width will be .8" smaller
2-3 lbs lighter
and rotate 3 less times in a mile

I never tried comparing tires and RR because all of my previous choice in tires were not "ECO" minded. I just found the stickiest and highest Z-W rated tires with the tread wear around 150-280 and AA rated. I did have a set of Yokohama S.Drives 205/55/16 on the rx7 and they were great all seasons. very quiet and stiff sidewalls. To bad they do not make them in my size.


As you can see the Kumho Souls tires are lighter/skinnier/taller then what is on my car right now.Now I can see why people think the RR is worse on the OEM recommended stock tire but like "Thymeclock" said "I will judge them for myself" and see if the RR is really that much worse then the ones I have right now.

[SentraSE-R]

Originally Posted by California98Civic

Your data, Darrell, helped me decide to buy the VX wheels I have yet to install because I'm running my old tires to the rims. Thanks for that. Eventually, I might be able to test the VXs versus my current alloys, since I have both wheel sets. Do you think I made a reasonable read on your results?

Yes, lighter is better. Taller is better. Lighter & taller is better yet.

[HighMPG]

Thanks Sompo but there are only 2 choices for my car so whatever you just copied and pasted is all , of course, Subjective between tire brands and sizes.
Trust me I know how to choose a tire I was not asking for any of the above info, I have a set of Kumho V710 with 50 tread wear rating R compounds on one of my RX7 set of wheels so I know all about tread ratings and the info on the sidewalls.I am looking for a good RR tire that's all and I am not worried about life.. I also used a set of Yokohama S.Drives recently and they have very good traction dry & Wet W rated. Here is a short clip of me doing 120MPH in the rain on the Yokohama S.Drives in 4th gear, from 70-120mph in medium to heavy rain. They also have great braking traction from 120-70 with no ABS.