CoOlKidS1979

After losing a tire to a pot hole I'm going to be getting new tires and the Bridgestone Potenza S-03 is what I am leaning towards right now, but if anyone has any alternatives that I should consider please let me know. They are a bit pricey at around $190 a piece though. I am looking for a tire that handles good in wet conditions as well as dry.

robocop199

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my mom's IS300 came with those tires and they hold really well in both wet and dry weather. Sorry it isnt a max, but I hope it helped. For that price you might want to look into toyo proxes T1-S, I had those on the max and loved them. Try treaddepot.com

PCGuRu2K

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Those are the same tires I'm getting... I have the S0-2's now. Any this grip like glue in wet/dry.. So I'm surethe S0-3's will be better

Newman

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i only drove on my S-03s in the rain a few times. wet traction seemed pretty good. not outstanding but 100 times better than the stock potenzas. dry traction was absolutely superb. the tires are pretty soft though. if you abuse them they wont last very long.

chinaonnitrous1

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So-2 stick better..ive heard...So-3 last longer..Ive driven on teh SO-3 for a bit now...great traction and great in rain also.

kwd2kSE

Have mine on the car for about 9k miles now. They are very sticky in both the dry and wet. They are a little noisier when about half way worn, but very little. I am a conservative older driver, but these tires will not see but about 15k before having to get replaced. About 40% tread remaining.

Mike

optimus1

what's the treadwear rating on those. I had some Yoko AVS intermediates, and got close to 30 kmiles, w/ rating of 160.

Nealoc187

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Treadwear ratings are assigned by the manufacturer, not an outside agency. You can't compare treadwears from different manufacturers because they are not based upon the same scale.

That said, the S02s are stickier in the dry but no longer manufactured except in some OEM sizes for cars that came with them (unless they've stopped doing that as well without my knowledge). S03s are more of a wet tire, based on the design of bridgestone's F1. They are sweet tires, and the price reflects that. I agree, another tire to consider in the same league would be the T1-S which I am a big fan of.

bill99gxe

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There looks to be a few additional threads here that can be of help:


http://forums.maxima.org/search.php?...der=descending

ohboiya

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Wet traction was only "pretty good"?

Hmm ... I have both the Toyo T1-S's and the S-03's (not yet installed).

The T1-S's were absolutely phenomenal .. it's more like a heaven and hell difference between stock and T1-S's (that may be a little sacriligious .. but that's how different they are!).

HitManSE

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Dude those tires are very soft to allow maximim traction. I got approx 25K out of my craptenzas and they are rated at 120 I belive.

CoOlKidS1979

Sorry, should have searched first

bill99gxe

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Not the easiest thing to search for since those tires could be S03 SO3 S-03 S-O3 to members here.......

Str8ridin

Phenominal traction on the dry, awesome in the wet, very very quite when new, much noisier when past the 1/2 treadlife mark, suck in the snow and they wear out very fast.

Would I buy them again? Considering how many times they put a smile on my face when I tackeld a corner, YES. However, since I don't have money to replace them every 15K miles with my driving, no.

Hope this helps.

MAX2000JP

Why are you a big fan of the T1-S's

ohboiya

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Are you serious?

I have both ... they also stick like glue in wet & dry AND have a higher tread life rating.

MAX2000JP

I was joking around with Neal.....

ohboiya

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I know ... I was just post whoring