Hankook Ventus V12 Evo. anyone used these?

[RallyXLTZ]

I'm looking into some tires to drop onto my Sparco Terra's, and came across these. Good price and good reviews, really want some actual responses on them though. Anybody here used them? Mine will be used on and off road (occasionally) until I can afford a second of tires that are used only off road and for hooning around with.

 

[Tommyboy4725]

I have no personal experience with them, but my buddy has them on his wrx and loves them, and another friend has them on his sonic and likes them.

 

[RallyXLTZ]

Thanks man!

 

[JohnT]

I've run a couple sets on my IS300, they are good tires. Performance is good but nowhere near the top (not expected at nearly half price). They were quiet and did fine in the rain. But despite the low cost, I only would get about 15-20k out of a set before they were at the wear markers, so a lot of the seemingly good value is lost there. Its a heavier car and I occasionally drive aggressively, so YMMV.

 

[slitzell]

Have em on my Sonic, great tires for the pice. Good grip, nice tread pttern, great price. If you want more highend, I like the Bf Goodrich's that Preloader has. I had the same tires on my 350z

 

[RallyXLTZ]

Thanks guys. I'm leaning towards them just to have something better to play with than the stocks until I can really save up for some Pirelli rally's. Has anyone taken these Hankooks off pavement yet? If so, how did they do?

 

[Tommyboy4725]

Well as far as snow, going and stopping is a little rough, but gripping while turning isn't bad. The car doesn't want to slide easily

 

[lattyd]

I had those on my Grand Prix GXP (5.3L V8) they were pretty good, i had no complaints other than they seemed to wear out quickly... however that likely had more to do with over 350lbft of Torque through the front wheels.

But like the others say, hard to beat for the price. Also i did run them through the winter here in Michigan... and they did okay even being a 245/45/18 size

 

[RallyXLTZ]

Well the only problem I have here in Georgia during the winter is black ice. I grew up and learned to drive in Chicago, so I can handle the ice for the most part. I think I will try them out. Thanks for the input everbody!

-Kyle

 

[$ub$onic]

No offence but last time I was In ga in the winter u guys drive me nuts. Freaking inch of snow and no one knew how to drive

 

[RallyXLTZ]

Oh, I know. That's why I made it a point to bring up that I was born and raised in Chicago and not here haha. I love driving and just taking the car out, but almost every time I lose faith in humanity. Just because of the idiots that somehow manage to get a license here.

-Kyle

 

[rdss]

If you're wanting a good tire for on and off road the Continental DWS's might be for you. They have an aggressive street pattern but are siped for wet roads and have enough tread gap that I would think they would handle off road quite well. I have enjoyed mine, the look great, handle great and are an all around great tire. They aren't going to out perform a top end Pirelli P-Zero though. I had about 3,000 miles on them before I left.

 

[RallyXLTZ]

I have seen someone bring those up on here before too. I guess I'm about to hit up Tire Rack and compare them to the Ventus V12. Thanks!

-Kyle

 

[rdss]

No problem, I'm happy with them. The car will probably never touch a road course to really test them out but they do great on the streets whether dry or wet and they are designed for snow so I think they would handle themselves just fine off road.