What kind of tires on a s13 owns rain ???

[SiI40sx]

I HATE, I mean HATE driving in the rain. After driving in the rain with my s13-t and spooled a little while the freeway was curving to the left, spun out and hit the wall, AND I WAS ONLY GOING LIKE 35MPH!! wtf!! So yeah, what are the best, I mean BEST tires to have on a rwd while its raining?? Thanks

[kuramaya]

Rain str8 up PWNs my car... I have ran Falken Ziex 329's and Yokohama DNA GP's and I can's keep the @ss end form sliding with either of the tires and they are High End Rubber...sometimes it's a good thing:eek3d: but when on a hill at a stop light it really tends to suck..

[alexchanman]

any all seasons are fine.

[ThatGuy]

I'm running BFGoodrich g-Force Sports. Have handled rain wonderfully for me. I'm NA KA for now, but I have a heavy foot. They'll break loose under really hard corners, but for daily driving in the rain, they are very good.

[krustindumm]

I've run on quite a few different tires in less than ideal weather. I was running over the speed limit on Potenza RE040's with about 4/32 left in the downpour last night (rated 6/10 for hydroplane resistance and 6.2/10 for wet traction by the tirerack). I ran some random goodyear eagles on a welded diff through the winter (and not only do we get snow here, I live on a gravel road).

If you spun at 35mph the problem is not your tires.

[g6civcx]

Yokohama AVS dB S2 is the best I've found.

[Ricks15]

+1 for allseasons I had to learn the hardway with the yokohama avid today that they dont grip that well;)

[Mr. Badlose]

Falken Azenis RT-215 (discontinued) work great for me!

[oridostyle]

Falken 512's and ST115's are enough for me.

[scir16v]

T1-s's are badass in the rain. They're a bitch to brake loose. I would also think that Goodyear Eagle F1 gs-d3's would be good too. Or SP sport 9000's.

[veovius]

^^ Toyo Sleds? My friend had them on his civic, he said they sucked for rain...or was it snow? Can't remember now, damn...

[breakindrifts]

I just drove like 80mph in the rain today. Stock motor, with welded diff. Rear tires are on belts. Needless to say it was scary as fuck and I had to make constant corrections to keep the thing from spinning, but the trick is to follow some car with wide tires. As for street driving, like > 50 mpg I dont have any problems. Slides when I feel like it, just learn the car a little better.

[SochBAT]

New ones.

I've got semibald tires, so i decreased the pressure for more contact.

And i drive 45 on the freeways, if not slower.

[HKsilvia]

falken ze 512 is my suggestion, still be able to slide in rain if u try to, but hardly to spin from dead stop

[!Zar!]

All seasons are the best for rain. Their chunky thread is great for cutting through water.

[AuburnRyan]

Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 - but they'll cost you.

Falken Zeix Ze-512 were decent in rain - and cheap.

[Yuri]

Toyo Proxes 4 > rain.
I can drive at the same speed as in the dry with no problems.
ST115's aren't bad either

[KA24DESOneThree]

Everyone whines and is all sympathetic when someone comes on here to bitch about how they can't keep their right foot under control.

If you crash in the rain, it's your fault. Either you braked too hard or took a turn too fast or put your foot down at the wrong pressure or hit a puddle, but the excuse doesn't matter; it's on you. It's not on your tires or the fact that your car is rear-wheel-drive or the fact that your turbo spooled. It's about you overdriving the car for the conditions.

It's not about the best tire, it's about the right decisions.

[Phlip]

Kumho 711
... and growing up in a state with 4 very real seasons, that way one learns to drive the rain sleet and snow

[S14DB]

I'm running BFGoodrich g-Force Sports. Have handled rain wonderfully for me. I'm NA KA for now, but I have a heavy foot. They'll break loose under really hard corners, but for daily driving in the rain, they are very good.
Aren't you glad I told you about them? :p

Another member is borrowing my stock wheels with them and is also impressed with how good they are in the rain.

[DoriftoSlut]

I vote learn the car better. Stock suspension owns rain. My daily driver rips and its on... um... "Runways" in the rear. Drift car is twitchy as fuck... 225/40/18 AD07s (not terrible in rain) and 245/40/18 ST115s (also not bad). But what IS bad is the twitchiness of the chassis. Cage, solid arms, 2 way, and coilovers... Scaaaaarrrry on Cali Freeways. LA=no water management=still water all over the place b/c "it never rains here" except ya know... the last 3 months.


Anyways, back to the original point. Learning car control in adverse situations is key. be it sliding, understeering, emergency swerving, etc etc. Just the other day I was following some retard on the freeway who dropped something out of the bed of the truck. Couldn't see anything b/c of the fog AND rooster tails AND pouring windy rain. I had to swerve to avoid it and in my daily driver Chuuki with STUPID HICAS and all stock everything my car started sliding a bit going about 65. I almost shat my pants, i'll admit it. Had to give it just the slightest bit of counter, and again when it snapped back into the lane. Learning to do shit like that will save your ass, for sure...

[sr20newb]

falken ze 512 is my suggestion, still be able to slide in rain if u try to, but hardly to spin from dead stop

Great tires have gone through a few sets of them. Lately i cant afford good tires so i just stay alert and pee my pants everytime i see a sharp turn =/

[slownslurious]

good year eagle F1 GS-D3's are the best rain tires you can find if you want to stick with a performance tire, I just wish they weren't so expensive.

I use falken azenis RT-615's and just drive slow. they are way better than the old 215's were in the rain though.

[OptionZero]

Falken Azenis RT-215 (discontinued) work great for me!


RT series is a top of the line max peformance tire, not meant for extended wet use. Careful driving will let you use them...but really, if you're looking for tires to get you around in the snow, it's a waste to use the RTs (assuming you have choice)

[slownslurious]

I can defintely verify that. I live in TX so the RT 215's and 615's work out ok for me as daily driven tires, but when I made a trip to the northeast my snow traction blew giant chunks of ass.
similar experiences on sand.

yet to test the 615's in sand or snow (prolly will never see snow) but they work about twice as well as the 215's did on wet.

[SiI40sx]

Everyone whines and is all sympathetic when someone comes on here to bitch about how they can't keep their right foot under control.

If you crash in the rain, it's your fault. Either you braked too hard or took a turn too fast or put your foot down at the wrong pressure or hit a puddle, but the excuse doesn't matter; it's on you. It's not on your tires or the fact that your car is rear-wheel-drive or the fact that your turbo spooled. It's about you overdriving the car for the conditions.

It's not about the best tire, it's about the right decisions.

So when have you crashed in the rain??

If your implying reckless driving on my part, when I got in the accident while it was raining, it was 2am and I just got out of work tired as fuck (warehouse work) you think I was driving fast and reckless?? I was being as careful as hell very well knowing I had bald tires on all 4 corners with a lot of power under my foot. I was going 35-40mph on the freeway (57, and for those of you that have driven on the 57 by the hills, youll know the puddles that freeway gets when it rains) After that incident Im scared of driving in the rain and Im trying to do all I can to prevent it from happening again. So please stop being such an asshole and arrogant prick just because youve had your share of reading "Crashed while raining" threads. Thanks to the rest of you for the tire reviews.

[Yuri]

very well knowing I had bald tires on all 4 corners with a lot of power under my foot. .
I think we found your problem. So the answer to your question might be any tire with plenty of tread (my vote still goes to the Proxes 4);)

[<3MyRiceRocKet]

No tire can really "PWN" rain, of course there are better tires, but just gotta be extra careful.

[upSLIDEdown]

Aquatreads!! HAHA...

Seriously, my Falken ST-115s seem to do well in the rain. I'm running 225/40/18 and 245/40/18s on 8.5/9.5" wheels. When I was on stockies running all seasons, I was REALLY impressed with Dunlop SP Sport A2's. They were phucking awesome in the rain! 195/60/15 was like $50 each too.

~B

[Project_Slipangle]

Everyone whines and is all sympathetic when someone comes on here to bitch about how they can't keep their right foot under control.

If you crash in the rain, it's your fault. Either you braked too hard or took a turn too fast or put your foot down at the wrong pressure or hit a puddle, but the excuse doesn't matter; it's on you. It's not on your tires or the fact that your car is rear-wheel-drive or the fact that your turbo spooled. It's about you overdriving the car for the conditions.

It's not about the best tire, it's about the right decisions.

thanks mom. i dont think he asked for a fucking lecture. he just asked a question. doesnt need your input. hate kids like this

anywho... not sure for exact tires to use since i do the old tire bin trick because im too cheap to burn new rubber off all the time but i do know from experence that skinnies are the way to go. fat tires tent to hydroplane or atleast cant move as much water out from under them. try to shoot for all seasons that are streched. idk if they make them though. also the streched tires have less tire roll in the dry

[chibo]

I'm running BFGoodrich g-Force Sports. Have handled rain wonderfully for me. I'm NA KA for now, but I have a heavy foot. They'll break loose under really hard corners, but for daily driving in the rain, they are very good.
I run these as well, first as 225's all around and now with 225's out back and 215 KDW2's up front. They handle the rain fairly well, not that it rains often in Arizona :rofl:
I have no problem breaking them loose as soon as I hit boost (~300whp on a T28) but they handle wet corners extremely well. They chunk like shit for me during the summer here though.

As a side note, the KDW2's turn in a lot sharper and the steering is incredibly light for a car with no powersteering.
Also, the g-Force Sports make NO noise when you break them loose, they smoke very well though :rofl:

[mikesim]

we have lots of rain and standing puddles because our streets are terrible. i've taken for granted how much power my car has, and i can agree, if you take it for granted, it can be a handful.

i had some old Yoko M3 tourings when i got the car with 2/32 left, and drove through one rainstorm and forked the cash over for Kumho Ecsta MX's. now the kumhos aren't really a great wet tire because of the huge treadblocks, but they did have deep aqua grooves. i still couldn't tromp on it in the wet though. of all the cars and tires i've had in the rain, i'd have to say the Toyo T1-S is pretty decent.

[kawika219]

its been raining in Hawaii for 41 days straight...i have hit the biggest potholes and puddles...i have bald tires in the rear, and no spin outs for me...like you said, turbo spooled, obviously you pushed the gas...just drive on good treaded tires