Hankooks on the Camry

[53' Stude]

Just enjoy your tires. A "V" rating is as good as it gets for regular tires. Sounds like an upgrade however you look at it. I'm getting a set of Tiger Paws for my truck when the current tires are done. I like the specs and am not too worried about the status of the name brand.

I hear that

 

[Sayonara_Sonata]

I use Ventus S1 Noble 2 Hankooks on the rear. Wear well and meet my AA traction requirement. But, I'm running RS3 G1 Coopers on the front also rated AA traction. These Hankooks wear considerably longer, but the Coopers have superior traction. Both touted as Ultra, whatever that means, high performance all season.

 

[HangFire]

I have a set of US-made Kinergy PT H737 tires on my Corolla, great rain traction, quiet and smooth, but we're still in the honeymoon 10K period due to limited COVID mileage. Still, I really like these tires. The PT ("Premium Touring") is Hankook's crack at the top-tier market.

Reviews of the Kinergy GT run from fair to awful. Many bad reviews are OEM. I can understand if someone wanted to steer clear of the brand if they had a bad experience with an OEM Kinergy GT.

I have have no experience with the ST ("Standard Touring").

But if you have an open mind, are looking for a good value in a US-made tire, I recommend the Kinergy PT H737.

 

[Sayonara_Sonata]

I finally replaced me maypops going from Cooper 225/40r18 front, Hankook 225/45r18 rear to Yokohama ADVAN SPORT A/S 245/40R17 all the way around. At $81 each I couldn't resist, plus that helped offset the cost of new 17x8 wheels [YF Sonata OEM 18x7.5] and set of Denso TPMS.

I snagged the free form wheels online for only $705 coz all the kids want taller wheels. I saved 5lbs a wheel over stock whilst dropping final gear ratio by 5%. Not much, but every little bit. The newer released tyres are ADVAN SPORT A/S+. The diff in older NOS Vs. current about sprung for the TPMS.

 

[Luftmasse]

Also to note is that many tires get louder as miles are put on them. I've noticed people tend to love whatever fresh set of tires they have on their vehicle, but that often changes when the tires get worn and become nosier.

Wet traction also diminishes as tires wear.

Add both things up and people only remember the bad, install a fresh set of tires and bingo, these new XXXXXXXX's are the best thing since
sliced bread.

That might not describe you, but it describes many.

This is very true. We should give out feedback when the tires reaches 50% and below. The Michelin Primacy holds well at 50% life.

 

[53' Stude]

So far the tires are wearing great, just rotated them yesterday and checked and adjusted psi

 

[eljefino]

Wow, ~5k miles in 2 months?

 

[53' Stude]

Wow, ~5k miles in 2 months?

No, I haven’t rotated them. My bad on saying I already rotated them

 

[Backstache]

I ran a set of Hankook Kinergy GT's on a 2011 Malibu for ~30k. Summer/Spring/Fall only.

The wet traction was pretty bad, and by the time the tires were down to 5 or 6/32nds they were unusable on the highway when it was raining with even moderate intensity. I was often the slowest car on the road just to keep the traction control from continuously going off.

The Cooper CS5's I replaced them with were much better mid-tier tires in every way.

EDIT: I saw posts referencing the GT's, but just saw you got the ST's instead. We recently put a set of the Kinergy ST's on my girlfriends Equinox for $340. The tread design and much better ratings inspire a lot more confidence in these when compared the the GT's. We like them so far, but unfortunately I think the head gasket went out on it so I'm not sure if we're going to be keeping the car much longer.

 

[gregk24]

So, I got the Hankook tires thru work with “work account” so $260 out the door. Definitely a major upgrade over the Sumitomo Enhance that we’re on the car. Road noise is completely non existent also. I put 35 psi in tires yesterday since I mounted new tires at work. Checked again this morning and tires still at 35. It’s 36F here and real foggy too.

never going cheap or mid grade on tires ever

Never going cheap? I’ve never thought of Hancook tires as premium. That is the OE tire on our Jetta. I can’t say we have had any issues so far, though I plan on going Pirelli when it comes time to replace them.

 

[Kuato]

never going cheap or mid grade on tires ever

I've known a couple people that went cheap and pretty much wet roads were like ice to them, so

Oh, and pics or it didn't happen.