265/35 R18 Tires

The following tires have been reviewed in 265/35 R18.
Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (156) 94% 87% 88% 87% 80% 85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (125) 95% 91% 88% 88% 74% 85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (407) 92% 89% 85% 85% 80% 87%
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) 91% 88% 87% 85% 79% 85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (243) 93% 90% 86% 88% 79% 81%
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (67) 91% 93% 81% 82% 82% 84%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08R (44) 95% 73% 91% 93% 72% 70%
Sumitomo HTR Z III (13) 87% 80% 86% 80% 81% 87%
Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 (14) 94% 74% 91% 91% 73% 72%
Falken ZE914 (99) 89% 81% 84% 80% 82% 81%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (302) 90% 88% 84% 84% 73% 82%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (180) 88% 86% 81% 81% 80% 86%
Toyo R1R (31) 95% 81% 91% 90% 60% 71%
Bridgestone Potenza RE 71RS (8) 98% 80% 83% 98% 61% 60%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (322) 91% 88% 81% 84% 73% 78%
Debica Presto UHP2 (39) 87% 80% 81% 82% 76% 88%
Hankook Ventus RS4 (18) 87% 73% 85% 89% 86% 63%
Kumho V70a (19) 99% 78% 90% 86% 57% 69%
Avon ZZ5 (93) 90% 83% 83% 86% 70% 82%
Michelin CrossClimate 2 (122) 87% 83% 75% 74% 83% 84%
Bridgestone Potenza Sport (104) 92% 87% 90% 91% 62% 72%
Michelin Pilot Sport (42) 92% 82% 87% 81% 73% 75%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) 90% 87% 82% 78% 70% 80%
Continental WinterContact TS 850 P (19) 84% 86% 84% 85% 82% 79%
Altenzo Sports Comforter (23) 88% 77% 76% 80% 84% 83%
Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun (90) 86% 82% 81% 82% 78% 76%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect (9) 93% 70% 85% 88% 60% 76%
Dunlop Direzza DZ02 (2) 90% 70% 95% 80% 70% 45%
Yokohama ADVAN APEX V601 (17) 92% 80% 82% 81% 64% 74%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT (175) 88% 84% 83% 82% 60% 82%
Federal 595RSPRO (10) 89% 68% 76% 88% 73% 62%
Petlas Velox Sport PT741 (40) 83% 76% 76% 77% 85% 70%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 (91) 84% 78% 77% 77% 75% 79%
Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme (64) 83% 86% 82% 77% 87% 86%
Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO Asimmetrico (26) 87% 75% 79% 82% 73% 71%
Dunlop Direzza 03G (12) 94% 65% 89% 89% 47% 61%
Accelera 651 Sport (24) 82% 71% 77% 75% 74% 73%
Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) 88% 80% 81% 77% 62% 74%
Avon ZZ3 (115) 84% 75% 78% 75% 70% 74%
Nankang AR 1 (36) 91% 46% 85% 88% 70% 66%
Nankang NS2R (60) 89% 66% 82% 84% 72% 55%
Uniroyal RainSport 5 (69) 76% 86% 70% 69% 76% 80%
Yokohama Advan A050 (5) 98% 46% 94% 92% 28% 65%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Matador MP 47 Hectorra 3 (28) 80% 66% 74% 76% 73% 79%
Three A P606 (47) 79% 73% 69% 69% 72% 76%
Pirelli CINTURATO P7 (182) 83% 73% 73% 75% 70% 74%
Triangle Sportex TSH11 (18) 78% 64% 76% 74% 69% 71%
Landsail LS588 UHP (94) 80% 73% 69% 66% 75% 79%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 (149) 82% 79% 73% 73% 65% 73%
Davanti DX640 (94) 79% 71% 75% 73% 65% 78%
Sailun Atrezzo ZSR (46) 80% 68% 71% 75% 67% 72%
Toyo R888 (37) 90% 63% 80% 78% 59% 55%
Achilles 123S (13) 91% 64% 81% 82% 58% 57%
Nexen N6000 (63) 81% 70% 74% 65% 71% 74%
Continental Sport Contact 5 (216) 86% 82% 79% 76% 51% 73%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) 84% 78% 76% 73% 60% 65%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Nankang Sportnex AS2 Plus (25) 84% 67% 75% 71% 62% 69%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (212) 83% 69% 74% 72% 66% 59%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08RS (32) 73% 64% 73% 71% 79% 68%
Pirelli P Zero (161) 84% 68% 75% 72% 58% 64%
Kumho IZen KW27 (31) 75% 75% 73% 69% 78% 83%
Firestone RoadHawk (39) 84% 74% 69% 64% 56% 73%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (165) 79% 69% 69% 67% 63% 64%
Pirelli PZero Rosso (109) 81% 66% 70% 68% 59% 62%
Sonar SX2 (12) 69% 58% 60% 56% 85% 68%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Michelin Pilot Alpin PA2 (3) 60% 57% 57% 50% 93% 73%
Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 (9) 77% 59% 70% 62% 54% 77%
Nexen N3000 (45) 73% 55% 63% 62% 63% 67%
Triangle SporteX TH201 (27) 70% 52% 58% 56% 63% 65%
Kenda KAISER KR20 (64) 66% 46% 55% 54% 71% 55%
Sunny SN3970 (46) 71% 49% 54% 54% 65% 54%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%
Accelera PHI (159) 68% 44% 53% 52% 66% 58%
Runway ENDURO 916 Plus (45) 66% 53% 52% 54% 62% 41%
Maxtrek INGENS A1 (35) 59% 32% 52% 45% 62% 57%
Wanli S1088 (85) 57% 35% 41% 39% 59% 38%
Triangle TR968 (69) 53% 31% 40% 38% 61% 38%
Fullrun HP199 (80) 48% 29% 33% 33% 54% 27%
Linglong L688 (29) 43% 24% 32% 30% 53% 37%
Sunny SN3800 (63) 50% 29% 30% 29% 44% 28%

265/35 18 Tire Review Highlights

Bridgestone Potenza RE 71RS rated 87% while driving a Honda Civic Type R
Driving on a combination of roads for 300 spirited miles
Was wondering what was all the rave about the re71rs, so i decided to get these tires for my daily after my AD08R had worn down to 40% (4 years of use). After breaking in for 500km and turned it down to 30psi, I had my first chance to hoon around. I was gobsmack, the dry grip is just unbelievable. I cant say how much lateral grip this tire holds, the tires were just begging for me to push. If i was on my Michelin PS5, the car would had wrap itself around a tree. Turn in was crisp and sharp. I would expect it to be loud too, but it wasn’t. The comfort and tire noise was comparable to my PS5 (winter set). I would highly recommend this tire, even for your daily. The tire has transformed my Type R to a complete street weapon. I cant say much about wear or wet review yet, but will update this as it go. I don’t mind the wear tbh (even if it last only 10000km with aggressive street driving), as I have already committed/able to replaced these tires every year. So Im not too fuss about wear. If you want downright GRIP. This is it, bar-none.
tire reviewed on 2024-10-17 04:47:00
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08R rated 77% while driving a Honda Civic Type R
Driving on a combination of roads for 25000 spirited miles
This will be the end of life review for this tire (25000miles /40000km). I have run 2 sets of ad08r back to back. My car is 2019 FK8 FBO Custom tuned , FWD (350whp 510nm) . I love this tire when it was new. It grips well, handles well, road feedback and all I would give 9/10. Wet 7/10 and comfort 7/10. The tire lasted 2 years before I really had to change it. Reason: The tire noise was just too much for me to bear, sounds like a wheel bearing gone bad just about at any speed. The tread still had 30% left though. I would personally say this tire is great when new-mid life, but after mid life and going beyond 2 years, minus “2 points” on all categories that I’ve ranked initially. Of course with all tires, the scores would drop, thats expectable. However most people replace tires when worn, but for this tire its actually the noise, it’s just unbearable. Despite that i would still rate highly for ad08r even though they stopped making it. I would personally use it no more than 18 months. After that, discard it even if you still have treads left. Overall, I am happy with it throughout its use. Kept me safe both spirited driving on the streets and total 3 light track duty (3 sessions of 3-5 short laps with 80-90% effort). To buy again, I don’t think so. I’ve moved on, now with Potenza RE71RS, currently that tire is the grippiest tire I've ever put on my FK8 imo, a bar up from A052. But then again this can change as it ages/wear, will review them later mid life/end life.
tire reviewed on 2024-10-13 05:35:20
Altenzo Sports Comforter rated 82% while driving a Mercedes Benz C250
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 average miles
I see one review of this guy BMW 530i M sport (275/30 R20 W) on mostly town for 10,000 average miles. Don listen to this. He probably always full throttle on every exception he gets. These tires are the best budget tires i have had. Wet grip is insanely good. The handling is fine end of the day we aren't racing on the roads. The handling feels soft because the side walls are a little more soft. So you get more comfort. In Dry they are just as good as your pirelis or any other overpriced type. If your not a moron and know how to drive these tires are THE BEST!
tire reviewed on 2024-10-01 02:47:46
Michelin CrossClimate 2 rated 56% while driving a Mercedes Benz E Class Estate
Driving on mostly country roads for 4000 easy going miles
On paper an excellent tire. I bought a set of these for my Mercedes E220CDI estate thinking they were a good buy but it was a very expensive mistake. I paid £500 for the rears (265/35/18) and £300 for the fronts (245/40/18). The rubber is very, very soft. After 6 months and 4000 miles 3 tires had to be replaced due to multiple cuts through to the cords in the tread area of both rear tires and a small stone through the sidewall on one of the fronts. Just goes to show that you can read tire tests all day long but real world driving can be completely different. These tires are absolutely not suitable for UK country roads. If you stick to motorways you may be OK but I have wasted £800 on tires that effectively lasted 6 months and became dangerous. My local garage says they have lots of problems with these tires failing before they are worn out in terms of tread depth. And if you are wondering it's not how I drive. I am an advanced driver.
tire reviewed on 2024-08-06 03:44:22
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 rated 86% while driving a Porsche 996 911 Carrera 2
Driving on mostly country roads for 1500 spirited miles
The tire combo is:
front 225/40 x 18
rear 265/35 x 18
My car is a 996.1 C2 which wears typically 3 sets of rears during one set of fronts. Weight bias is 38/62.

Ive have so far 2000 km on them but I have monitored the rear wear and it predicts about 13 000 km compared to my experience:
Michelin PS2 15 000 km
Michelin PSS 15 000 km
Potenza SO2
tire reviewed on 2024-03-22 05:08:53
Kenda KAISER KR20 rated 64% while driving a Honda 1.6 I DTEC
Driving on for 3000 spirited miles
Read and heard alot about these being terrible in both dry and wet conditions, but I’m gonna be straight out and be as unbiased as I can.
Dry- I was able to cut seconds off my time on 74 canyon , keep in mind that I did not lower my psi from 35 all around . Couple of heat cycles and I was honestly impressed. Not the best of course but the soft compound on these tires helped in hot conditions . I have yet to log psi but that alone spoke volumes to me from a decent set that’s budget friendly
Wet- Same Canyon, no psi log in. Drastic character switch , I was able to drive at about 70% of what im capable of on dry asphalt . Not the best but it does have potential, what I mean is the tires feel like they can grip more but in reality they were begging to slide .Dont let this fool you and get comfortable, you can achieve decent grip though. So it’s not impossible . I was able to cruise on the I 10 at around 75 mph with pockets of water here n there , but the tires held .
Noise- I’m not gonna lie and sit here and argue but they are noticeably loud. Didn’t bother me as I’m not one for chasing high speeds ,only corners attract my attention.
Comfort- They’re not made for comfort plus the profile I went with sure doesn’t help with a thin profile of 35 . I wanted aggressive and that’s what I got .
Wear- Depends. I’ve only had these for about a month now .And ive already have a 1/32nds difference from the front pair to the rear . For the amount of practice sessions I’ve had they haven’t disintegrated. But again depends on how you drive .
Would I buy these again or recommend them? I would buy these again as it can be budget friendly and decent tires for what I want. I would recommend them but tbh it really depends on a handful of things like car layout , driving style, weight, power , setup, etc . I have these kendas 265/35 r18 on my 21 civic sport hatch 1.5t and I only have front and rear struts with a cobra intake not much but like I mentioned before I really do think it comes down to the driver and car because I’m not pushing a lot of power but I can sure give high hp vehicles a discouraging realization when they try to outrun me on the corners. As for high powered vehicles I can’t speak for as this is a huge factor for anyone’s experience.
tire reviewed on 2024-02-06 10:17:35
Continental Sport Contact 2 rated 61% while driving a Porsche 996 911 Carrera 2
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 spirited miles
These have actually been on the rear axle of my 996. My driving style is quite spirited and I drive on rather compromised quality and abrasive B-roads about 80% of my mileage while the rest is along the traffic transit to these roads.

On this set of wheels I had originally Bridgestone Potenza S02A tires. After the rears had worn out and no S02A were available anymore I asked for stiff wall tires to accompany my front S02A. I was recommended the Conti SC2 by a professional tester. So now after 5000 km the tires are so worn that I had to reduce my camber. Since then I did a 350 km long test run and I see the same wear rate as before. Ive never had tires that wear this fast out. My other wheel set has Mich PS2 and the rears, two sets actually, both have managed 15 000 km. And I run both sets during the season so the numbers are well comparable.

Further more I was really disappointed to the side wall stiffness. The Bridgestones at front are ultra stiff. The Conti SC2 at rear just does not manage the stability required for the stiff fronts.

So what did I learn? Never put different shoes front and rear. But frankly Im disappointed on these. The previous S02A being very stiff walled was my all time favorite tire, though the wear was not too good on those either. 911s tend to wear rear tires alot. But the Conti SC2 is the record wear out for me. Sometimes I even wonder have I got a pair of pirate tires here....
Grip wise - both wet and dry were well adequate for road.
tire reviewed on 2023-09-07 11:49:19
Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 rated 90% while driving a BMW M140i
Driving on track for 2000 spirited miles
Ridiculously good in the dry, and even the wet once warmed up. The grip they generate is face bending once they're up to temperature, which they get up to after the first few corners. The road feel is unbelievable compared to even UUHP tires like the Goodyear SS, which feels soft and wallowy in comparison, and have survived a round trip to the Nurburgring, including 10 laps with no discernible wear, the only tire I'll ever run on my car from now on. Only thing to watch out for is they run wide even compared to other semi slicks, a 265 is more like a 275 in width.
tire reviewed on 2023-08-17 15:07:38
Yokohama ADVAN APEX V601 rated 79% while driving a Subaru 2018 WRX STi
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 spirited miles
I was able to use it on a some track session with friends during summer and I never had any problems with the grip especially on corners. On the city and highway, Its more comfortable than what I expected especially for its tire classification. The road noise is minimal. Haven't had the chance to really try it on wet roads yet though. Also started to see noticeable tire wear in almost a year of use but its to be expected. I 'd be happy to get about 3 years out of this tire. Overall, I'm very happy with its performance and I'd buy this tire again when the time comes.
tire reviewed on 2023-05-08 02:28:41
Triangle SporteX TH201 rated 69% while driving a BMW 335 i sedan sport 2009
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
On dry weather i would say they are good for the price of 80€ each. On wet weather they are horrible, its like ice skating on rwd car. On high speed 200km/h not very stable and feels like car is all over the road. But for summer driving its not bad choice. Noise is average, not bad. Havent tried them on track.
tire reviewed on 2023-04-24 12:09:04
Maxtrek INGENS A1 rated 51% while driving a Mercedes Benz E320
Driving on mostly town for 15000 easy going miles
Purchased a set of 245/40/18 (front) and 265/35/18 (rear) for a set of Mercedes-Benz AMG rims I picked up for my E320 (2004) AWD. At first like others I was skeptical as these are made in China and at the time (summer 2018) there wasn't anything I could find online about them but the price point was $104 and $119 respectably. The are directional so if your running a staggered set up like I was take note you can't rotate them. Now I'm not an aggressive driver and this car was just for nice days and a change off from time to time from some other daily drivers. I don't think I ever exceeded 90mph on rare occasion but would cruise around 70/75 on the interstate. My driving style is more of an old man on a Sunday drive. One (FL) would have a slight vibration that came on around 65mph. Tire shop checked balance several times but it never went away and they wouldn't replace as it balanced. Even had them align the yellow with the valve stem (lightest part of the tire). They did this and had to subtract weight from the rim but still had a vibration. Moved it to the other side (FR) and the vibration moved with it so I think the tires (high spot) red dot was near the top of the limits and the shop just kept saying it balances. Dry weather it did well, rode somewhat quiet but wet weather/rain they were far more slippery than the previous tires (M brand). Never tried them in the snow, the peel off label on the tire had a line printed across the snow flake so wasn't going to try it. I've had them 4 1/2 years and put around 15k miles on them and they have dry rotted horribly around the outer tread where it meets the sidewall so I'm getting them replaced all around. I personally would not recommend these tires, don't let the low price fool you, they may be fine for a few years but that's it. The replacements are Vercelli Strada II, same price point, made in Thailand and good reviews. Will try them out and see how it goes, so far so good.
tire reviewed on 2023-03-31 10:08:30
Bridgestone Turanza T005 rated 71% while driving a Mercedes Benz E350
Driving on a combination of roads for 6500 spirited miles
These summer tires had a great wet grip A rating and a B rating on fuel consumption. If the roads a dry tires seem to handle very well although the rears are wearing quickly. However if I knew how badly they performed during the colder wetter months I would not of fitted them. May look for an all season tire next.
tire reviewed on 2023-01-12 15:27:31
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