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I have an 04 Max, live in northern CA where the winters are wet and the summers are HOT. I drive in town mostly with an occasional longer drive to SF or LA. I need 2 new tires. The Yokos I have only lasted 20k. I'm thinking of getting new tires locally, which means my choices are Goodyear Eagle or Riken, both of which will cost around $310, installed, or Michelin-Pilot from Costco, which are way more expensive at around $550 out the door for 2. Price is always a factor, but how well tires hold the road in wet weather and how often I'd need to replace them need to be factored in, too. Any advice is appreciated.
I have an 04 Max, live in northern CA where the winters are wet and the summers are HOT. I drive in town mostly with an occasional longer drive to SF or LA. I need 2 new tires. The Yokos I have only lasted 20k. I'm thinking of getting new tires locally, which means my choices are Goodyear Eagle or Riken, both of which will cost around $310, installed, or Michelin-Pilot from Costco, which are way more expensive at around $550 out the door for 2. Price is always a factor, but how well tires hold the road in wet weather and how often I'd need to replace them need to be factored in, too. Any advice is appreciated.
I wouldn't run 2 different tires. I'd get 4 General Exclaim UHP's for $550 and rotate faithfully so they wear evenly. An earlier post mentioned treaddepot- check 'em out.
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Hi Monotaur! As you can see here, as many Maxima owners you will have almost as many opinions on tires! LOL! I have Riken Raptors...I paid $700 tax included Canadian....that would be about $450 US before tax. Now the best part! The are ZR rated...that's among the highest performance tires out there. They have never squeeled on me going around corners like the Batmobile! LOL! Mine are 245/45/18 I believe they are rated 36 AAA. These are made in Canada on Michelins 2nd line I was told and therefore they are a Michelin design...IMHO they are probably the best bang for the buck and they look great and perform really well in wet weather. They also have a rim protector. Now I know you're from the north so I would recommend that you go with 4 winters. Especially where you are. Up here in Montreal it's a law to be on 4 winters from Dec to mid March. A really good performance tire is cr@ppy in winter conditions....I also like Toyos and Yokos and Continental....in fact if you check out some of the car magazines Continetal is giving away a GPS until sometime in July....
I wouldn't run 2 different tires. I'd get 4 General Exclaim UHP's for $550 and rotate faithfully so they wear evenly. An earlier post mentioned treaddepot- check 'em out.
If you are lowered do not get those tires. The side walls are to soft or something. All four of mine got bubbles inside and out within 1K miles. Warranty replaced them with Eagle GT. Side walls are stiff and they stick like glue. They drive even better in the rain.
I'll be purchasing either Michelin Hydroedge or Primacy MXV4 from Samclub shortly. I've been having bad luck with tires recently.
The OEM Continentals were good but it went downhill after...
1st: OEM Continental ContiTouring (lasted 33k mi)
2nd: Dunlop SP Sport A2 Plus (one tire pulled to the left, lasted 28k mi)
3rd: Falken Ziex 512 (Awesome traction, LOW treadwear, Noisy!, lasted 13k mi)
4th: TBD (Michelin for sure this time)
I'll be purchasing either Michelin Hydroedge or Primacy MXV4 from Samclub shortly. I've been having bad luck with tires recently.
The OEM Continentals were good but it went downhill after...
1st: OEM Continental ContiTouring (lasted 33k mi)
2nd: Dunlop SP Sport A2 Plus (one tire pulled to the left, lasted 28k mi)
3rd: Falken Ziex 512 (Awesome traction, LOW treadwear, Noisy!, lasted 13k mi)
4th: TBD (Michelin for sure this time)
(07 Max SE)
Same here. I had a bad few months with tires........ especially past winter.
Late Jan - Bubbled Front Driver Eagle RSA tire / Replaced both fronts with kumho tires.
Late Feb - Cold Weather some how messed with my tires that I got a flat on my passenger side - rim got dented (fixed for 375 kumho tire included)
April - BUBBLED THE SAME DAM FRONT PASSENGER TIRE.....
Now I'm using Fierce HP Tires...love them wet is decent..pretty quite...mavis did the two fronts with the valve stem for the TPMS for 375..waiting to see how they run in the winter....
I just had the Bridgestone Turanzas Serenitys put on my SL today and all I can say is "wow, they are freakin awesome." Smooth, quiet and can hug the corners very well for a 225/55 R17 tire. A little more expensive than some but 100000X's better than the OEM Conti's. I got them mounted and balanced at my dealership today for $184/tire. I also had an inner tire rod replaced and an alignment and the car rides better than it did new 52,000 miles ago. Highly recommend these tires.
I just put Nitto Invo's on my 04 SL yesterday. I haven't put any miles on them yet other then the test drive. I'll have to reply back. They look great though.
I suggest you go to Tire Rack's website and look at the ratings and reviews and figure out what tire qualities are important to you and what other owners have to say about their tire choices.
I put new tires on the 07 Maxima at 40K miles (even though they still had sufficient tread). Since the car is used for highway commuting of 60 miles a day, I focused on noise level, performance on wet roads, and price.
Bought 4 Goodyear GTs at Discount Tire for about $650. and 2,500 miles later am very happy with the choice.
Good luck.
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I suggest you go to Tire Rack's website and look at the ratings and reviews and figure out what tire qualities are important to you and what other owners have to say about their tire choices.
I put new tires on the 07 Maxima at 40K miles (even though they still had sufficient tread). Since the car is used for highway commuting of 60 miles a day, I focused on noise level, performance on wet roads, and price.
Bought 4 Goodyear GTs at Discount Tire for about $650. and 2,500 miles later am very happy with the choice.
Good luck.
I have been wanting to get a review on the Goodyear GTs on a Max. So far, I have seen like 3 people on this thread have those on their cars. I am glad with the reviews, I think I should PM you to give me more feedback on this tire.
Just wondering..., did you get 40k miles on your GY RSA? Or what were you running on? What is your driving style? Normal or aggressive?
I would suggest the Michelin Primacy MXV4's as well. I had some put on my wife's '05 Quest and also had them on my 2000 Altima as well. Very good tire, plus Michelin spends a lot of money on R&D. A buddy of mine actually has been to the Michelin test track and was amazed how the tires on a wet road sticks like flippin' glue.
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