Reviews of Hankook tires

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3.7

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3.7

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3.7

Grip:

3.7

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Hankook › Tires

Keiththesneak 27 May 2017, 16:09

Rating 4.0

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Something I can personally recommend is the Hankook Ventus v12 Evo2. Great tire and around the same price as the firehawks. Going to perform a little better than the firehawk but not supposed to last as long. TireRack has the Hankooks listed as a "Max" summer tire with a life at ~20k miles(Firehawks tire life supposed to be around 30k). I've put just under 15k miles on them with 2 auto cross days and wouldn't be surprised if they lasted longer than 20k. Got them for $460 mounted and balanced, out the door.

Pros: great tire, good price

Cons: shorter tire life

Vehicle: Honda Civic

Mileage: 24140 km

Hankook › Tires

Elite_Deforce 21 Apr 2017, 14:45

Rating 1.0

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I have the same tires on the Mazda3 and their wet performance is sh*t IMO.

Cons: wet performance is sh*t

Vehicle: Mazda 3

Hankook › Tires

G60 Carat 24 Mar 2017, 12:26

Rating 4.0

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Ventus V12 EVO2 is the sleeper tire in this category. A few buddies run them, they are a lot like the PSS, in that they are a summer performance tire with consideration to tire life. But at an even lower cost.

Pros: summer performance tire

Cons: consideration to tire life

Hankook › Tires

TheMuffnMan 19 Mar 2017, 22:14

Rating 4.0

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I have RS3's on my S2000 and have for a while now. Fantastic dry grip when they're warmed up but then wet grip is abysmal...I actively avoid driving that car in the rain partially because of that.

Pros: fantastic dry grip

Cons: wet grip is abysmal

Vehicle: Honda S2000

Hankook › Tires

Cliff3 15 Mar 2017, 16:22

Rating 3.5

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I have taken 3 tires to track events on my R: Dunlop ZII Star Specs, Bridgestone RE71R and Michelin PSS. I also ran version 1 Hankook RS3 tires on my BMW for both HPDE and autocross events. ZII Star Specs: excellent tread life (9-10 HPDE days @ ~2 hours track time/day), very good dry traction, good wet traction, wide temperature range RE71R: fair tread life (5 HPDE days), excellent dry traction, good wet traction, wide temperature range PSS: I used these for one event as a rain tire as my expectation is that they will not tolerate the sustained heat that a dry session will produce. Good dry traction, excellent wet traction, limited temperature range RS3: very good dry traction, unknown wet traction, limited temperature range; i.e.: they need lots of heat before they get sticky (craptastic for autoX) If I had to pick one tire for HPDE events, it would be the ZII's and that is what is currently on my car. Tires cost money and I value tread life over outright performance and the wear characteristics make the Dunlops about half the cost of the Bridgestones. If someone else is buying my tires, then I'll go with the RE71R's. For autocross use only in a street tire class, then the RE71R's, no question. i have not tried the BFG Rival or Rival S, but based on friends experiences I would expect them to be somewhat similar to the ZII and RE71R, respectively.

Pros: very good dry traction

Cons: limited temperature range

Vehicle: BMW

Hankook › Tires

TXBDan 27 Jan 2017, 20:06

Rating 4.0

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In addition to Star Specs, Hankook RS3s are a good and cheap track tire. They withstand heat well.

Pros: good, cheap, withstand heat

Vehicle: Volkswagen

Hankook › Tires

Elite_Deforce 12 Dec 2016, 20:33

Rating 3.0

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I have the V2 Concept2 all-seasons on my Mazda3 and the Ventus V12 Evo K120 summers on my Mustang. You really get what you pay for. The Concept2's have good ride and noise, but the wet performance is abysmal. The Ventus V12s are a decent performance tire but they greatly lack the dry grip of Pirelli P Zeros or Michelins.

Pros: good ride and noise

Cons: abysmal wet performance

Vehicle: Mazda 3

Hankook › Tires

DonL 12 Dec 2016, 19:39

Rating 3.5

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I'm running the OEM Hankook Optimo 426s on my Fiesta, and they're just about to the wear bars at 53K. They wore pretty well, I guess, decent traction and noise control, not a bad tire overall.

Pros: decent traction, noise control

Cons: not a bad tire overall

Vehicle: Ford Fiesta

Mileage: 85295 km