Continental ExtremeContact DWS

[LateOnTheBrakes]

I've been searching tire rack for some decent performance all season tires and the subject Conti's seem to have some pretty good reviews. Anyone have experience running these tires? How are they compared to the OEM Bridgestones?

 

[rich017]

They are much better than the Bridgestones

 

[LateOnTheBrakes]

Have you had them installed on your truck? I was wondering how much better there are in the wet, and how much longer they last.

 

[Gators Taco]

Check the "UTQG" # the higher the # the longer they will last. Bridgstone is 140.

 

[LateOnTheBrakes]

I'm familiar with the tread wear system. But I've also had 400 or higher rated tires that wear out in less than 30,000 miles. My OEM Bridgestones have 30,000 on them now and still have plenty of life to them. However, they completely suck in anything but the dry and it's a year round daily driver for me. We get rain throughout the winter and a dusting of snow from time to time. If the DWS are everything they claim to be they seem like a great choice for a tire.

 

[Edgeman]

Define "much better"

They are much better than the Bridgestones

I believe you're talking about how quickly they wear, not how well they stick to the pavement. It's hard to find a "stickier" set of tires short of a "R-compound" race rubber.

Guarentee if you take two equal X-Runners, one with OEM rubber, and one with a harder compound/longer lasting tires, the X with the OEM rubber would kick the other X's butt on the track and/or the autocross circuit. The tires were specifically selected IOT be the final piece of the puzzle to have a stock truck exceed 0.9Gs. That is a phenominal number for any new sports car, much less a pickup truck. Heck, even most, if not all of the new BMWs pull less than 0.9Gs in a stock configuration (believe they fall in the upper 0.8G (0.87-0.89) range).

Depending on the use of the truck, OEM rubber is the best tire available for it's intended purpose - be the best handling, highest G-pulling sport truck you can buy.

 

[LateOnTheBrakes]

I would agree with that statement early on in the tires life. My understanding of stickier compound tires are the more heat cycles you put them through, the less they grip. The DOT approved race tires I run on my bike only last a few track days before they get hard as a rock and become super slippery around the track even though they have a ton of tread life left.

 

[xmoney jr]

kumho ?
i think thats how u spell them here where i live its any type of weather
and dad had them on his truck when he dad ther profamance and all season

 

[LateOnTheBrakes]

I've had the Kumho Ecsta ASX ultra high performance all season tires on my GTO. They are the 420 UTQG rated tires I was talking about that didn't last very long.

 

[rich017]

I believe you're talking about how quickly they wear, not how well they stick to the pavement. It's hard to find a "stickier" set of tires short of a "R-compound" race rubber.

Guarentee if you take two equal X-Runners, one with OEM rubber, and one with a harder compound/longer lasting tires, the X with the OEM rubber would kick the other X's butt on the track and/or the autocross circuit. The tires were specifically selected IOT be the final piece of the puzzle to have a stock truck exceed 0.9Gs. That is a phenominal number for any new sports car, much less a pickup truck. Heck, even most, if not all of the new BMWs pull less than 0.9Gs in a stock configuration (believe they fall in the upper 0.8G (0.87-0.89) range).

Depending on the use of the truck, OEM rubber is the best tire available for it's intended purpose - be the best handling, highest G-pulling sport truck you can buy.

I have had 3 sets of tires on my truck. I drive the hell out of my truck every day. The stock Bridgestones had OK dry traction and the wet traction was just dangerous.

My 2nd set was the KDW 2's. They lasted much longer had awesome DRY and Wet traction and handled better around corners than the stock bridgestones while having a higer wear rating. My Toyos have a treadwear of 420 and even those have better traction then the bridgestones did when dry. The wet traction is about the same. On all my sets of tires, I have gone to the track, cornered as hard as I can every day and driven during all the seasons of the year

I also install about 20 tires a day and get to see what vehicles they come off, how they are wearing and what the customer says about them. I am jus not a fan of the stock tires at all and from what I have seen and heard the Continental are great. We did a set on a Vette the other day and he swears by them and he drives his car.

90% the people on this forum will agree that the Bridgestones our trucks came with suck.

I've had the Kumho Ecsta ASX ultra high performance all season tires on my GTO. They are the 420 UTQG rated tires I was talking about that didn't last very long.

How long did they last? The Ecsta's are a cheaper tire of theirs

IMO anything that last over 20K on these trucks is excellent. It's just the type of tires we have.

Stock lasted me around 15K

KDW lasted me just under 20K

Toyo Proxes have 17 on them now with almost full tread on them