how do you guys like these? im having a real headache with the falken 452... feathering + the car is pulling to the right.... im thinking about getting a different time but not spend $1000. anybody please?
thanks.

 

i had these tires twice. incredible grip. stiff sidewall for great turn in response.

of course with that stiff sidewall comes a noisy rough ride. i liked them a lot, but now i am running pilot sport 2's and they grip just as well and are a bit softer.

i would say your problems have nothing to do with your tires, rather than alignment specs

 

yeah that too. i just realized that after a few months... thanks tho. i think im going to spend a little bit more and go with the 960's i think. i hear nothing but good things about it.

 

Anyone else running these tires? I'm replacing T1R's for them, hopefully they GRIP just as good if not better

 

New tires will not solve either of the problems that you mentioned.

 

if its pulling you need to first try rotating tires from left to right, if that doesnt solve it get your alignment checked

 

S-03's are awesome tires. I've had them twice, as well.

 

I have had S-03's on both my cars for many many years. They were my favorite tires but they are unfortunately being discontinued. Looking at them on the TireRack, it seems they only have two sizes left at this point.

 

the re050 are the s03 replacements. they pretty have the same handling characteristics of the s03s

 

Yeah, on the bridgestone website I noticed they only make 3 sizes now, I found that odd...sucks that they're being discontinued Oh well, mine came in yesterday

 

Absolutely the worst street tire I've ever been on....and I'm not making that up. I had a set on my CR Kai from spring 05 until fall 06 - I literally could not wait to get them off the car. Put about 9l miles on them and tossed em in the trash. They absolutely killed any ride quality I had, and the marginally higher real worl grip they offered vs other tires in the similar category was just not worth the trade off. They literally made me hate my car for the period during which I ran them. Thankfully, they are discontinued.

I ended up swapping to the Falken RT615, which was the best swap I've done. They offered all the grip the S03 did, and my ride quality was back

I've since replaced those too, and now run 19 inch RE050 - absolutely fantastic tires, wet or dry, for the street - I can't say enough good things about them.

 

What size did you get and where did you order them from? My rear ones are completely bald and I can find very few tires in that size (285/40-18). I was really hoping to stay with the S03's as they don't even make the RE050's in that size.

 

Great tire, try edge racing. I got a set from them recently.
http://www.edgeracing.com/tires/2753519/

 

The S03s were my favorite tire. Definitely crappy ride quality, but amazing grip dry or wet.

Now I just put on the RE050A Pole Position (the replacement to S03) and ride quality is a lot better while still providing grip. I have noticed a slightly softer sidewall, but having the stiffest sidewall is not always a good thing. Make sure you get the pole positions of the RE050A otherwise they are worse tires.

 

I got them from edgeracing.com, but unfortunately they're not gonna have the size you're looking for. How long did your rears last?

 

I don't remember the mileage when I changed them. I will have ot look it up, but it was my second set of tires, and I only have 30K miles on the car now, so they obviously did not last long. I do, however, drive very agressively.

 

What happened to Tirerack?

 

Got them put on yesterday, car feels like new again

 

OK, I finally checked my invoice and my rear Potenza SO3's lasted me 14K miles, but they are really bald now.

Just ordered some Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 in 275/40/18 and will have them installed this weekend.