Best tire companies

I recently bought some new tires and my buddy gave me the lowdown of the best, most realiable tires. Here;s what he said.
#1 Perelli's
#2 Coopers
#3 Dunlop

Yes? No? maybe so?

its more of a personal preference thing, personally i like michelin. perhaps BF Goodrich but they are really owned by michelin. then again personal preference. perelli's ive heard alot of good things about.

[BLK03GXS]

I like BFG's, and Michelins, and perrillis...
some of my buddys swear by falkins.. i dont like how they wear personally... :rolleyes: lol
I also liked Avons zz1's, cheep, sticky as hell and good in the rain(Y) but now Avon is no more... was replaced by federal.. the still make the zz1 but its a lil different.. havent tryed the new ones...
but its soo true that it is a personal prefrance

I haven't had my Falken's long enough to see how they wear, but the bf's brother had 'em for a while and liked 'em. My mom's Jag came with Pirellis, and she didn't like them, no grip in the rain.

[Naich]

That is just way too broad of a generalization. I have tires by a little-known company called Sumitomo. I can't say enough how much I like the tires. They seem to stick very well in all weather, have excellent tread life, and seem very high quality.

I would definately buy them again. I have had BF and Mich on my buick, and they were ok too...

Originally posted by Big Poppa Naich@Jan 11 2004, 05:10 AM
That is just way too broad of a generalization. I have tires by a little-known company called Sumitomo. I can't say enough how much I like the tires. They seem to stick very well in all weather, have excellent tread life, and seem very high quality.

I would definately buy them again. I have had BF and Mich on my buick, and they were ok too...

I agree totally! I think it would be down to personal choice.
I run Toyo Proxes FZ4's. I think they're great. They do only have a 280 tread wear though. They're V speed rated(faster than the car will go).
My next tires will probably be the Kumho 711's. H rated with a 320 tread wear.
I do have about 40K on the Toyo's wich is good for a performance tire IMHO.

[Redog]

That is just way too broad of a generalization. I have tires by a little-known company called Sumitomo. I can't say enough how much I like the tires. They seem to stick very well in all weather, have excellent tread life, and seem very high quality.

Great tires and cost about half to a quarter of some other high performacne tires, and they are better too

[derek_ski99]

Pirelli, Michelin, Bridgestone, BF Goodrich, Dunlop, Yokohama, Continental, Toyo, Kumho, Goodyear, Sumitomo, Cooper, Hoosier, Falken, Firestone, pretty much in that order, all good tire companies, first couple names would be the best, but each company makes some very nice tires(and all of course have a top of the line model)

My choice for best tires on the market: Bridestone Potenza S-03 Pole Positions
Closely followed by: Toyo Proxes
Dunlop SP Sport 9000
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
Michelin Pilot Sport
Pirelli PZero Nero
BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2
Yokohama Parada

Like its been said, its all opinion really. But I know most of these from family experience and from friend's experience