Info on 2016 Civic's Hankook Kinergy GT / Firestone FT140 tires

[CosmicX]

I will be replacing my stock Hankook tires tomorrow, with 90000 miles on them. 3 of them are at 4/32" and 1 is a little better. None are to the wear bars. I have never had a set of tires last this long in the past, especially OEM tires. Only rotated twice, I believe. Terrific on dry roads. Some people knock them for poor wet traction, but that was not my experience. I often was pushing them hard through corners, wet and dry, and they just gripped the road. Poor in the snow, however. I feel any all season tire is a trade off. I had mine in light snow several times, and just didn't feel very confident at all. Never hit any heavy snow with them, thank goodness. Seriously, I wouldn't feel too bad about another set, but I am sure there are better tires out there. One started leaking air for some reason at about 82000, and I just dealt with it. A second just started leaking as well, so maybe that is an 'end of life' warning? New tires will be Cooper Zeon RS3-G1s in 215/55/R16. I will do a full review once I get some miles on them. Very happy with the Kinergy GTs. If I lived someplace without the threat of snow, I'd leave them on longer, but 90000 is good enough by many, many miles
*Edit to add: became noisy by 40000 miles, and stayed loud to the end, also could feel a little harshness/vibration from them on all surfaces after 40000......maybe they cupped a little?*

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[cpoulan]

The 6.6 pound weight reduction must have diminished the material used in the sidewalls and compromised their integrity. My 20018 has about 15K miles. I went in for a state inspection yesterday and they showed me 5 or 6 bubbles on the inside sidewall of the left rear tire. Factory defect perhaps or maybe a result of the lighter materials. Despite having about 90% tread life the dealer just said that I need to purchase a new tire.