can anyone tell me the difference??

I ordered and installed HTR+ 2 months ago on my rear tires. Now, I ordered the HTR+ and had em installed on the front... except when I just picekd up the car and took it to work, I noticed that instead of the HTR+, they put on the HTR 45Z.

Do you think I should take it back and have em re-order the HTR+ and have those installed??

Is it worth it? I am looking at tirerack, and both price seem to be the same.. except I dont know what the 45 means. I just see HTR Z.

But, when looking at the tirerack reviews, the HTR+ beats the HTR Z in every category.

Please let me know, thanks!

 

"State of the art"HTR35-55Z is a very high performance tire featuring a high-engineered directional tread, built to carry a "Z" speed rating with jointless nylon band construction. It combines two very important high performance characteristics : high-speed handling and traction on both dry and wet surfaces.



The HTR+ is high performance all season tire.
Four wide grooves provide high performance in wet condition, and prevent from hydroplaning.
In addition, cross siping allows for all-season control.

 

so...

keep em?

 

One looks like a summer ultra high performance, while the other is an all-season high performance. Whether to keep them or not would depend on what you need/want. Here in Louisiana, where it doesn't snow, I am running Potenza RE750's, which are summer ultra high performance. If you have to drive through any snow, I'd go with the all-season HTR+ most likely. Summer tires generally don't grip in the snow, but are excellent in the dry and wet. Also, all-season's are generally M&S rated (mud and snow), whereas summer tires aren't. So if you do any "off-roading" keep that in mind.
Check tirerack.com for reviews on both tires from people in comparable climates as yours. Then you can make a better informed decision.

Hope this helps.

Dave

 

I love the HTR+ compared to the RE92 - but in a years time of owning them, i've already had 2 bubble on me (e.g. on sidewall)

 

soundmike, I have the same problem with my HTR+. Just had to replace 2 out of 4 because of buldges on the sidewall. I went with Falkens this time.

 

What size did you have bigmaxxx01? I have 225/40/18 and i thought it was just because it was too low a profile.

 

I have 235/45/17... which is basically the same profile as the original equipment (just wider). So it makes me question the quality of the HTR+.