New Shoes ON: Yoko YK 520

[marshall9779]

I got these tires in 235/55 18 offered exclusively from Discount Tire Direct. Had them installed on Christmas Eve. I love the look of them and they should be a decent tire. The place that installed them said they would wear like crap because the pressure was supposed to be set at the pressure listed on the tire. I don't know where this guy learned that, but the pressure listed on the tire is a max pressure. He said they set them at 30. I tried them out and man I was shredding these worse than the stock Conti's. I checked the air pressure the next day and they were all at 37-38 psi. No wonder I was shredding them, espcially being kind of cold. I dropped the pressure down to 31 in the rear and 32 up front. I haven't really tested the traction again yet. I do love the feel of the tires. Much more responsive in the steering and don't feel as mushy. They have a stiffer inner sidewall to help handle better too. I will try and post back after I do some more traction testing. Hopefully I can get a bit warmer day for that. They are damn close to stock diameter, but I went ahead and calibrated using my Predator.

[street hooligan]

pic of the car with the new shoes? i work at a vw dealer right next to mont. village.