Best Tires for the Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0l Hatchback

front tires are v12 evos at 6mm tread, both have split on sidewalls very badly 2mm deep about 250mm long and garage has told me to change asap and drive very steady. I rang Hankook they told me it was my driving caused this and to go back to the garage i bought the car from!!!!! I check my pressures montly. Hankocks not interested atall to test them or ask for batch number...so in summary dangerous< hankook not interested and 2 tires need changing after 2mm of use. would i buy again no way back to Toyo T1R's.

Bought a set of these for my scooby in November last year, found myself grinning like a mad 'un all the way home. The grip is astounding in both wet and dry, particularly pleasing in the wet especially at over a tonne. When cornering at the limit on twisty country roads, once smoothly lost grip comes back swiftly in a controllable manner, thrilling rather than scaring me. In the few instances I've had to swerve while braking grip has been maintained and stopping distances are excellent. I've had no trouble driving in deep snow and ice, even in Sheffield with its hills I'd say it was great fun. A couple of points, they get noisier as they wear and they wear quite quickly, after roughly 10000miles I have around 4mm of tread left, although to be fair I've done a few donuts and drifts ;-) that said, they are a damn good tire and I have just ordered some more.

Soft shoulder, very confortoble tire,poor performance in dry. instable in the corner. great in wet. letdown

Best street track tire,hard shoulder,very well on wet, excellent on dry, good longevity

Not bad in the Dry, Lethal in the wet. 330bhp had them on when I got the car. Must have been only on a month or two and have lasted 15,000 miles of hard driving. Would never buy them.

The tire is absolutely great! But probably depends on which type of car you drive them... I can suggest them 100% for impreza, and/or probably for others similar (awd) cars.

Well, if you are like me and have a young family, educated in the
ways of driving by your boss, who is an undefeated 5 year rally
champion, and have a like for scoobies and are 40 years old,
then these tires are for you.

I could not justify spending
massive amounts of money on a set of tires that are going to stick
like the proverbial to a blanket cos I prefer to spend it on my
family and our life. So I looked in the reviews, and listened to my
tire guy, (whom I have known for many years.)
They have been on for a couple of weeks now which is not long but
long enough to get rid of the silicone.

I have just come back from
what I would regard as a test session and it was p***ing down with
rain. I gently pushed and pushed to find confidence and knowledge of
these tires and I was not disappointed. In a nutshell these tires
are capable of more than I will through at them with my family in
the car, (and there safety is of paramount importance to me.)
And on my own, are progressive enough with the feedback
to ensure I take the car home straight.

It always worried me how
easy the old tires would brake away around roundabouts in the wet,
and even though it is fun, not to mention impressive to see
someone drift a scooby. I now know my drifting days wet or dry are
limited to when I am alone in the car, because you do need to push
these tires a lot before they will brake away. And even when they
do brake away, they do not let go, they remain in good contact with
the road so if you want them to slide or drift further, you have
to push further they are very good for the price, very good for the
price. Under very heavy braking I was stunned.

(don't forget, this was in the rain)

I am going away to Europe with the car and family in 8 weeks, and I
know that I can sleep sound at night with my choice, and my tires.

Regards
M
Hope this helps you.
2001 WRX Wagon 225 bhp

Due to the soft compound of the tire rubber you get excellent levels of grip in both wet and dry conditions. I drive my WRX like an aged pensioner and was lucky to get 15,000 - 20,000 out of them. If your after something that will offer excellent performance characteristics at an affordable price i would strongly recommend the HPY.