Hankook Ventus EVO K110 Tires

[thstone]

The new Michelin Pilot Super Sport is the highest rated tire in the Max Performance Summer category when compared with the Bridgestone Potenza S-04, Continental ExtremeContact DW, and the Pirelli P Zero. The Pilot Super Sports reach 1.07g dry cornering grip.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=148

The Hankook Ventus V12 evo K110 isn't even close to any of the tires in the above group (all of which exceed 1.0g cornering grip) whereas the VentusV12 only generates 0.90g of dry cornering grip.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/chartDisplay.jsp?ttid=149

If you're looking for value, the V12's might very well be a good choice in terms of performance/price. However, you should also look at the Dunlop Direzza DZ101, Kumho Ecsta SPT, and the Yokohama S.drive which are comparably priced yet perform somewhat better than the V12's.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/chartDisplay.jsp?ttid=97

[Stroked & Blown]

Hankook Ventus RS-3 or Dunlop Star Specs are the best high performance tires for the money.

Hankooks are a little more heat tolerant, Star Specs are a little better in the wet.

[yellowboxster01]

I now run Yoko S Drives, great tires I might add. Before these Yoko's I had Hankooks and they were the worst tires I've ever had on a performance car. They're cheaply made Chinese tires. Quality tires are made in the US or Japan. If I were trying to save money on something for my Boxster, I wouldn't cut corners on tires. Use the $3 Turtle wax car wash instead of the $13 Griot's Garage.

[RandallNeighbour]

My buddy has been running Hankook Ventus V12's on his boxster at the track and flogging them hard.

According to him, these tires don't seem to hold up as well as PS2s or other 2x more expensive brands that are more well known. He has a crack in the center of all four tires although he's got quite a lot of tread left.

I'm planning to buy them myself anyway. They're half the price and I don't go to the track and kill a set of tires every three or four months, so I'm sure they will perform well enough for my use.

[sd_boxster]

Which Hankooks did you have, and why didn't you like 'em?

Just for kicks, I'll point out that Hankook is a Korean company, not Chinese (in fact, "Hankook" means "Korea" in Korean). True, they manufacture tires in China. So does Pirelli. And BFG. And Yokohama. Hankook provides tires for a number of open-wheel, closed-wheel, and rally racing series... suggesting that everything they make is crap seems a bit of a generalization.

But I would like to hear more about your experience with the tires on your Boxster...

Originally Posted by yellowboxster01

I now run Yoko S Drives, great tires I might add. Before these Yoko's I had Hankooks and they were the worst tires I've ever had on a performance car. They're cheaply made Chinese tires. Quality tires are made in the US or Japan. If I were trying to save money on something for my Boxster, I wouldn't cut corners on tires. Use the $3 Turtle wax car wash instead of the $13 Griot's Garage.

[ABQautoxer]

Originally Posted by Stroked & Blown

Hankook Ventus RS-3 or Dunlop Star Specs are the best high performance tires for the money.

Hankooks are a little more heat tolerant, Star Specs are a little better in the wet.

What he said. This is common knowledge in street tire racing circles, only tire I would add to that is the Toyo R1R which is better in the cold than either of those. I have the Hankook R-S3 on my Boxster S daily driver.