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Hey guy im looking for a set of tires and both these fit my budget, any opinions or recomendations on helping me choose between the two?

thanks

davidv

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The choice is obvious: https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....ighlight=tires

terrasmak

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I have had both, both are great tires. Invo's are better in the rain , quieter and have a lot more grip. Downfall, more expensive too.

ashtrojan2008

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i've had both also, and no doubt they are both great tires but I have to disagree, so far the ventus v12 evo's are superior for a daily. Super quiet, great in the rain, and pretty damn sticky. Plus a little higher treadwear rating. I love em, and they will be my next set too. However I rode on invo's for 40k miles and only have had the hankooks for 7-10k, so I cant tell you long term quality on the hankooks.

however, invo's aren't directional so you can rotate them side to side...
either way you can't go wrong imo

ross

lgear080

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I'm gonna have to vote invo. Second only to significantly
Higher priced tires in my experience. Though I've not personally
Had v12s previously, which is worth mentioning.

05Z33

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INVO's for me as well. They have been great tires for me. I can't comment on the V12's since I've never had them.

herrschaft

My only complaint with the V12's is their soft sidewall. Never had the Nitto's.

*Boose*

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Dunlop Z1 star spec. Hands down best street tire ever.

terrasmak

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Very similer sidewall, IMO they handle better slightly stretched. 275/40 Invo i wouldn't run on a wheel less than 10. When i first installed Invo's i had a 9 inch rear wheel, very sloppy, but the front 255/40 handled fine on the 9 inch wheel.

herrschaft

I have 245/255's on the OEM 8/8.5" wheels, at 35 PSI it felt like my sway bars had snapped. I now run them at 45-47 PSI which helps a lot. I am not a big fan of stretching tires so I just use higher PSI to make up for it.

stradaONE8

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I have the v12s as well. They are very quiet, good in the rain and good in the dry. As echoed by many, this is not a tire I would recommend tracking seriously with. Sidewall is softer than many other options and changing directions can lead to gummy inputs and weaker feedback.

But for a daily driven car, I can't ask for much more. Very affordable, quiet, good in wet/dry and so far decent tread wear (~9000 miles on them this past spring through fall). If you don't track and aren't necessarily the best driver the v12s will be fine.
I run a 255/275 setup on 9.5 and 10.5 inch wheels. I was looking at the Invos too, but they didn't offer me what I wanted for my daily driver that the Hankooks did for the price.

gixxert

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I was seriously thinking bout the hankooks just from reading the reviews they seem like a much better tire, but when I called my tire shop he said to use the nittos after finding this thread I believe I will be giving the nittos a shot. Also I'm getting my fronts for free so cost isn't an issue at this point. Again thanks my350z

mw9

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just installed a set and love them.

ETZ

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I have the Hankook's and the are soft which is good and bad....around town even with 50lbs of airin the tires the car still has a nice ride....And I have a Hotctkis suspension! The bad part when driving spirited it feels a little squishy in the curves. The feedback could be sharper,I think I'll try something else the next go round. CARandDRIVER did a tire test and they came in 2nd place to the michelins but the did complain about the soft side walls.
They're quite as hell too. Not a bad tire at all for a daily driver,but if you track this ain't the one.

joepro

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side wall is too soft on the kook imo, I thought it was a good tire until I got a set of kdws, um ya...the kook is a POS in all aspects to me now. Im sure for a person that just cruises around its fine, but I drive my car hard. they had no traction at the strip either. I wanted to try the Invo but heard its crap in the rain.

terrasmak

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INVO rocks in the rain, better than the Kooks. But the sidewall feels about the same, but has much better traction. Yes they are great daily tires, but i also have another set of wheels with sticky tires NT05

ETZ

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Same thing.....useless at the track 1/4 mile.....zero traction! But damm if they don't feel good in the street!
I would put them on a luxury car with 19's or 20's.
I can't afford to replace mine only put around 5000 miles on them. I'll use something else next go round.

scotts300

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THESE.

I hear the RS-3 is a great tire as well.