Tire Review: Hankook Radial K106

After 500 miles-
Overall: 4 out of 5
Traction and Dry Performance: 5 out of 5
Driveablity: 3 out of 5
Tread Pattern: 4 out of 5
Wear and Abuse: 4 out of 5


Pros:
What can I say about these 106s? All around for the money they are the best tires in thier class. Im notorious around here for leaving rubber on the road because the stock tires cant launch above 1k RPM these Ive dug from around 3K and still get pretty good traction. Through the corners they hold better than any tire I have ever tried before(Nittos, Falken, etc..) all the way through the apex and still have enough traction to power through second gear high speeds.


Cons:
Road Noise is my only compaint here, these things are just slightly louder than the stock tires and not noticeable unless your looking for these sort of things(IE doing a tire review). I have also heard this pattern has a bad habit of picking up road debris, but I have had no problems with it.




I will update this at 1000 miles, 5000 miles and a Final review before I sell them off.

Nice write-up.

Thanks, its amazing what a difference some good tires can make.

Very very true.

I thought about getting th Invos, but I put the money I saved into "Nick's Turbo Fund" bank account. I decided that since(as my name implies) I really only use the car for the occasional highway threat or redlight rev as of right now, soon I hope to take it to a track for some road racing. Once I get into that hardcore I will upgrade the rubber.