It's been 10k miles and my Continental Extreme Contact DW tires are about gone. I have one more track weekend in May and that will do them in. NCCAR is easy on brakes but hard on tires.....
I put them on in August of last year, drive the car almost everyday (55+ miles round trip) and have done five track weekends (10 days for those who won't count
). Current tire size is 235/40 & 265/35 on stock wheels.
I have approx. 4/32" on tread left. 2/32 until I hit the wear bars.
Even with -2.5' of camber in the front and -2.0' of camber in the rear, the wear across the tire is almost uniform. At most 1/32 less tread depth on the inner sides of the tires. I have been expecting more inner tire wear due to the camber. Wear between the front and rear tires are almost identical also.
Since I have not figured out how to take four 'track wheels' with me, I have to keep driving with what I came with.
I originally bought the Cont's primarily because the wet weather handling was almost as good as dry handling. I find myself always driving my truck when it is going to rain so that requirement has been lessened. I guess my original self assessment was flawed when setting up the requirements.....
Now to open up a can of worms and I am looking for opinions, plus I am increasing the size this time to 245/40 and 275/35.
My options are:
Stay with the Conti DW. $906
Switching to the StarSpec, but I don't like that move since they will wear out faster than the Conti's. $944
Currently also looking at these:
Hankook Ventus V12 evo K110. $640
VREDESTEIN Ultrac Sessanta. $825
General Exclaim UHP. $660
Firestone Firehawk Wide Oval Indy tires. $750
The Firehawks caught my eye. Their performance is damn near identical to the DW, except in price.
I would love a set of the new Michelin's but $1300 for tires that I have to replace every 8 to 12 months is just not appealing..
I also have to buy a set of tires for the Roadster also.. Expensive week that will be.....
I have a little bit of time and a lot of research to do. Let the flames begin.