Hankook V12 better than conti sport?

[Chris_786]

After trawling through threads people reccomend the hankook v12 - a lot.

question is how do they stand up to the contisport's and pilot exalto's?

I have exalto's on the back and conti's on the front, but i hit a mahoosive rock and have destroyed one of my contis so wondered if it was worth swapping for Hankooks all round?

Cheers CS

 

[Fred@BTM]

the best tyre available at the moment IMO

 

[Chris_786]

cheers fred, can the tyre place next to you get them any cheaper than camskill?

 

[Fred@BTM]

what tyre place? they moved out 4months back

 

[Chris_786]

Haha fairynuff, sounds like camskill's gonna be my best bet!

 

[Blighty]

Are they really that good? I need to replace my front 2 tyres which are conti's. So many different opinions im stuck with what to get lol.

 

[J.B.]

The only V12s I see on camskill are 205s? Don't all 172s have 195 sections?

 

[Chris n nic]

Are the V12's as stiff as the exaltos/contis. My only issue last time I tried a different road tyre to standard it felt like the car was floating about!

Chris

 

[realnumber 1]

The only V12s I see on camskill are 205s? Don't all 172s have 195 sections?

Don't worry the 205's fit fine on 172 wheels and look a little better...

Are the V12's as stiff as the exaltos/contis. My only issue last time I tried a different road tyre to standard it felt like the car was floating about!

Chris

Not had Exaltos but they're at least as stiff as the Contis I had and much stiffer than the Eagle F1's I had.

 

[AKFM1]

i rate the v12s really well!! better than toyo proxes, goodyear eagle and contis ive had

 

[Chris_786]

Can get these for £60 FITTED by me so am deffo going for 2 of these at least guys, cheers for the input!

 

[Blighty]

Chris if you are getting these in the next couple of days let me know what you think, i need 2 tyres in the next week. Cheers!

 

[Chris_786]

Chris if you are getting these in the next couple of days let me know what you think, i need 2 tyres in the next week. Cheers!

Won't be getting them untill i'm back off holiday unfortunately mate, prob about 3weeks at least.

 

[hughski]

im loving mine! dont thinnk they have the bite of the F1's though but i recon they suit the car a bit better. car doesnt skip around so much!

 

[Chris_786]

Just purchased (orederd) mine so will get reviews up soon as

 

[hughski]

dont think they are as good in the wet as the F1 gsd 3's tbh.... they seem great in the dry though

 

[Cup_Phil]

This is interesting

I currently have conti sport contact 2's on the rear and pirelli p-zero's on the front

I hate the pirelli - they just don't grip - love conti's had them on every car i've owned for last 5+ years
But they are expensive

I might give hankook v12's a go

Is 205/45/16 perfectly ok on the standard wheels then?

 

[Craigus]

It's better than 195's in terms of grip.

 

[hughski]

i run 205's

 

[kevin.s]

i didnt know you could fit 205s on a 195 wheel.

 

[Chris_786]

i didnt know you could fit 205s on a 195 wheel.

Neither did my local tyre place had to leave them a deposit cos they didnt believe me, i ran 205's on my old 182 wheels.

 

[Vish]

Decent tyre but not as good as PE2s by quite a margin IMO. PE2 are better in the dry and much better in the wet from my experience, I'll be going back to PE2 or whatever they've been replaced with when it comes to replacing tyres.

 

[Chris_786]

Decent tyre but not as good as PE2s by quite a margin IMO. PE2 are better in the dry and much better in the wet from my experience, I'll be going back to PE2 or whatever they've been replaced with when it comes to replacing tyres.

I'm a student and rather skint atm otherwise I'd be doing the same thing, I think for £60 the hankooks are worth a punt though.

 

[Gaz_]

Hankook V12 better than conti sport?

Never imo!