Continental extremecontact dws

brado

its a ultra high performance all season i think

kenchan

oh ok... yah, mines a summer set so just Dry and Wet. thanks.

kenchan

sounds good. im pretty happy with bridgestone's Uni-T tread pattern. it works very well even on their cheezo line up Fusion. i have a set on my dd and they stick like glue even in rain... given that it's above 50F...

brado

im getting mine put on next week. i hope they are decent tires

cossie1600

god damn, this tire should never wear out with that treadwear

wstar

I'll chime in here and say I've been running the DW's (not snow) for several months now. Mine are 275/35R18 up front and 295/35R18 rear (on 18x10 + 18x11 Forgestar F14's). They've been excellent for me so far in street conditions in the Houston, TX area (snow is so rare here it's not worth considering. If it snows once a decade, I'll drive super slow and/or just leave it in the garage).

I was a big fan of Michelin's PS2 line in my previous car (a '99 Pontiac Trans Am WS6), but these have similar tread pattern and characteristics, and given the longer treadlife and much lower cost (and probably -3.81523% performance difference ), the DW's just seemed like a much better deal for a decent grippy set of street tires.

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kenchan

i like my DW's functionally but cosmetically the sidewalls are ugly.

Forrest

I am on 5/32"s on my rear. I plan to get Continental DW also.

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flashburn

Lot's of people jumping on the DW train. I'm at about 3/32" myself, and I'm going to be going with the DW's as well.

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kenchan

Is tirerack still doing that promo where you get the Flip video camera when u buy 4 conti tires? I should be gettig mine in the mail pretty soon.... given that they ship before everyone leaves the failed division...

jginnane

The Flip promo ended about a month ago. Continental tires are very rarely discounted; I've been watching them and waiting for a year. It would have been nice getting a hundred back via rebate, but OTOH the tires are priced more reasonably to begin with.

Also, FWiW ... when I finally pulled the trigger, tirerack had just sold out of my fronts. They said restocking was >30 days. So I called Discount Tire and they price-matched that pair (but the tires took an extra day to get here from Ohio, and the date code wasn't as fresh as the rears I got from tirerack). Coincidentally, Discount Tire had sold out of the rears, so this was the only way to get a complete set of 4 Contis. You might have better luck with summer treads instead of all-seasons.

azn370z

Anyone notice the dws has no rubber lip to protect the lip of the wheel like the oem tires has? The oem tires saved my wheels from being scratched a couple times.

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jginnane

I ordered my tires oversize (20mm front, 30mm rear) in order to get a matched pair that would fit the 18" (base) rims. That gives me a wider rubber contact patch and slightly better curb protection (from where the rubber flattens in ground contact).

However -- I know from Michelin Pilot Plus A/S and Bridgestone Pole Position A/S tires, both of which we've had on my wife's Acuras, that the little rubber lip isn't as much protection as you'd like to believe. If you have to park next to a curb, stay 8 inches out or consider buying a "curb feeler".

In addition, the weight of these two very good A/S alternates is 2-3# more on each tire (that is, more unsprung weight), while the wear stats are significantly less. (Check out tirerack.com and compare the detail specs for the same size tire.) I don't know how they did it, but this Continental tire is both sportier and (supposedly, hopefully) longer lasting, for less money.

I've had 2K of warm-weather driving on the DWSes now, and frankly don't think about them too much. They stick to the road. They're quieter than the OEMs, although it's not a fair comparison between new rubber and old. I was able to wet-hydroplane for one split-second instance, and they came back down to the pavement smoothly and safely.

But the best feature I've had might not be a result of the tire construction (or maybe it is): they've been perfectly balanced since they were installed. No thrumming at speeds, no harmonics, nothing affecting braking or tracking. Either the mold these were cooked in was a precision job or I got the world's best Hunter balancing job on the install. (Since the guy who put them on is restoring an original 240Z, it might have been his dedication to all things Z.) I would buy the Continental DWSes again in a heartbeat... even if they cost more.

KingZee

I just got these on my car...so far a definite noise reduction, they're somewhat slippery now but I probably only have 200 miles on them. I will update the thread with more detailed information once I get an alignment (new wheels and springs as well) and do over 500 miles with some aggressive driving.