I bought the Kumho Ecsta ASX from Tire Rack - $91each. Working well so far, very good in the corners and very good wet traction too.

Unfortunately the installer scuffed the wheels in a few places. Anyone know if these can be polished out? Also may need to get an alignment as the car pulls to the right now.
Not sure I would recommend this installer.

 

ive heard good things about these tires from many people. i think i will pick these up next time mine are dead.

sucks about the install though!! i actually just replaced all 4 center caps on my fat 5s because 3 of them had the clearcoat chipping off thanks to certain people prying them off improperly with screwdrivers :\ the winter salt got underneath the clear and made it all come off....

 

I think the clear coat is what this guy scuffed off in a few places....can I recoat them myself?

 

before going straight to an alignment check your tire pressure

 

to have it dont right, you should have the oldclear removed and redone. The clear with flake off over time if you dont have it fixed.

 

drunk moderator.

 

preoccupied Mod that didnt reread before hitting ok

 

hay - if were not for spel czeck, I would've been written off as illiterte eyars ago

Content is all I care about - presentation won't make it go

 

if you are talking about the wheel itself, maybe but you have to sand down pretty far to remove it before re-coating....

as far as the centercaps go, what happened to mine is that some asshat with a screwdriver chipped into the outer edges to get the caps off, this was done in multiple places around the edges. the chipping caused the clear to completely separate from the metal, going farther and farther into the cap. then the winter salt kicked in and made them even worse. and all the while a crapload of brake dust was creeping under the edges and causing black staining that couldnt be wiped off. finally i just got sick of it and bit the bullet on a new set from the dealer. the new ones look awesome however and made my wheels look almost mint again.

 

Meinike looked at the wheels today (after receiving an email from me) and agreed to refurbish them......hope it is done right.....