I managed 12,600 on the original tires before needing new ones. This is not a complaint! I enjoyed every one of those miles.

I ordered Hankooks from tirerack and they arrived in two days. I put the car on jack stands and took the old wheels and new tires to the local Tire & Auto outfit Saturday The first attempt resulted in two left fronts and two rear rights. The installers never noticed that two of the tires were significantly wider than the other two. One technician successfully flipped the tire on one of the fronts. A second fellow pulled off a rear tire and put it back on the exact same way only to get mad at me when I pointed out it was still wrong. One more try, and I finally have four tires all pointing in the correct direction.

Dumb me, however, did not check that the four rims were in the right corners. When I got home, I discovered the right rear tire was on the right front rim and vice versa. I took those two wheels to Les Schwab on the way to work this morning to get them swapped, and I hope they're correct when I pick them up after lunch.

This is all my fault for not labeling everything up front. This morning, I used a sharpie to write location, tire size and directional arrows on the rims before dropping them off. I have my fingers crossed.

It's actually really simple to re-program the TPS. It is spelled out in the owners manual.
Hopefully the wheels came through the tire swapping blemish free.
Let us know what you think of the Hankooks

It's actually really simple to re-program the TPS. It is spelled out in the owners manual.
Hopefully the wheels came through the tire swapping blemish free.
Let us know what you think of the Hankooks


do you need a tpms reset tool like on the vettes?

a guy i know has as gtr and he had 2 incorrect tires from the factory

From the Owners Manual:

The TPMS matching process is outlined below:

1>Set the parking brake.
2>Turn the ignition switch to ON/RUN with the engine off.
3>Press the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter's lock and unlock buttons at the same time for approximately five seconds. The horn sounds twice to signal the receiver is in relearn mode and Tire Learning Active message displays on the DIC screen.
4>Start with the driver side front tire.
5>Remove the valve cap from the valve stem. Activate the TPMS sensor by increasing or decreasing the tire's air pressure for 10 seconds, or until a horn chirp sounds. The horn chirp, which can take up to 30 seconds to sound, confirms that the TPMS sensor identification code has been matched to this tire position.
6>Proceed to the passenger side front tire, and repeat the procedure in Step 5.
7>Proceed to the passenger side rear tire, and repeat the procedure in Step 5.
8>Proceed to the driver side rear tire, and repeat the procedure in Step 5.
9>After hearing the confirming horn chirp, for the driver side rear tire, the horn sounds two more times to signal the tire learning mode is no longer active. Turn the ignition switch to LOCK/OFF.
10>Set all four tires to the recommended air pressure level as indicated on the tire and loading information label.
Put the valve caps back on the valve stems.

Doesn't seem too bad.

I like how my Ford TPMS sensors learn. They have a small handheld little tool (costs about $ 20) that once you go into learn mode, you press it up against the valve stem and press a button. Horn beeps to confirm, move on to the next one. Rinse, repeat. The whole process takes 2 minutes.

I use my Trackside tool that I got for my Z06 and it works like a champ.

Mark

It's very easy to reset the TPMS on the V2. Just follow the directions and off you go. I like the way the exterior turn signal lights guide you to which tire you should program next very nice touch.

I like how my Ford TPMS sensors learn. They have a small handheld little tool (costs about $ 20) that once you go into learn mode, you press it up against the valve stem and press a button. Horn beeps to confirm, move on to the next one. Rinse, repeat. The whole process takes 2 minutes.
You can do that with the V too if you have a TPMS tool. It's just a lot more than $20 lol.

From the Owners Manual:

The TPMS matching process is outlined below:

1>Set the parking brake.
2>Turn the ignition switch to ON/RUN with the engine off.
3>Press the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter's lock and unlock buttons at the same time for approximately five seconds. The horn sounds twice to signal the receiver is in relearn mode and Tire Learning Active message displays on the DIC screen.
4>Start with the driver side front tire.
5>Remove the valve cap from the valve stem. Activate the TPMS sensor by increasing or decreasing the tire's air pressure for 10 seconds, or until a horn chirp sounds. The horn chirp, which can take up to 30 seconds to sound, confirms that the TPMS sensor identification code has been matched to this tire position.
6>Proceed to the passenger side front tire, and repeat the procedure in Step 5.
7>Proceed to the passenger side rear tire, and repeat the procedure in Step 5.
8>Proceed to the driver side rear tire, and repeat the procedure in Step 5.
9>After hearing the confirming horn chirp, for the driver side rear tire, the horn sounds two more times to signal the tire learning mode is no longer active. Turn the ignition switch to LOCK/OFF.
10>Set all four tires to the recommended air pressure level as indicated on the tire and loading information label.
Put the valve caps back on the valve stems.

Doesn't seem too bad.

I had to do this. Quick,easy, and the best part - very freeeee.

This is all my fault for not labeling everything up front. This morning, I used a sharpie to write location, tire size and directional arrows on the rims before dropping them off. I have my fingers crossed.

Very same thing happened with the Hankooks on my V. The head tech at the Goodyear inspected the work and found they had to swap the left rear and front right. In that process they used two machines and ended up messing up one of the rims.

So far my polished rims have been repolished four times already. All on the front...

Hans.

Want to speed up the process? Inflate all the tires to 42 psi, and then follow the TPMS instructions. Once you do all 4, go back around and bleed them down to your desired setting (mine are at 36 psi, starting at 42 meant that I did not have to add air to bring them back up). The sensors do not transmit constantly, they take a few seconds to display accurately. I had my wife monitoring pressure and tell me when to stop - saved a few minutes at the end.

mbshoe, when do we get your evaluation of these tires?

So far my polished rims have been repolished four times already. All on the front...

Hans.

Which is why I'll never stick wheels that cost several thousand dollars on these cars that go through several sets of tires during ownership. I've had my wheels douched several times both by the dealership and at Discount Tires.

mbshoe, when do we get your evaluation of these tires?

Too soon to say as I need a weekend to go ripping through my favorite road (Mosquito Ridge Rd, out of Foresthill, CA, through part of the Tahoe National Forest).

Plus, I'd like to see how they do wet, and the rainy season hasn't hit here, yet. I was shocked at how much grip the original tires had on wet roads, and I hope the Hankooks do as well. With the massive gaps between the treads, I suspect they will.

After 4 days of simple back-forth driving to work, my initial impression is that they appear to pass small, abrupt changes in road surface like concrete expansion joints through to the car more so than the Michelins. The difference, which could well be my imagination, isn't enough to put me off of them.