Kumho Ecsta PS31

I put these tires on my daily driver, a 2016 Scion FR-S to replace some Taiwanese tires the car had when I bought it, I live in Puerto Rico and here it rains a lot, after I installed the tires everything felt perfect, but then, It started to rain and I noticed that the car was hard to control, I felt the car slipping and sliding, even on a straight line, even worse if I hit a puddle of water, no matter how shallow it was. But then I really got scared, one day after leaving my house for work in the morning and I hit a patch of wet smooth concrete that had a diagonal on it, the car was under acceleration but not something major, maybe 15%, all of the sudden I felt the car turning to the right as I tried to correct the car did not respond at all, lucky for me just after the concrete there was asphalt, but then the front tires had regained grip, and I had over corrected, so I found myself going the wrong way backwards! nothing to do just full brakes and brace for impact, lucky for me the tires gripped on the asphalt, and I ended up inches from the barrier, i did not hit nothing nor anyone! Since that moment, every time it rains I get scared while driving, I can feel the tires slipping on wet white lines on the pavement, I have to be aware of everything when it rains, lines, puddles, shiny concrete, everything, and every time I get over that patch of concrete where I slipped when it is wet, I can feel the car like it is driving on ice! completely out of control, Scary stuff indeed. I see the good wet traction reviews, but for me and my car, that is not the situation. Other than that, great tires, but man they do not like water

Been using this tyre for about 2 years. This is a well balance tyre for my car's daily/spirited setup. Mostly downtown commute and once or twice a month burning the carbon they say. Front -2.5 camber and -1 camber for rear. FWD and about 1.3Tons.

Great traction for high speed corners with mid bumps (highway expansion joints), abit lackluster in hard trailbraking. Tyres are easy to regain traction if you jump midway through the bends. Yes I've jumped multiple times during mid corner and tyres pick traction back up predictably. Please do bear in mind my daily commute is also like a race track XD. Surprisingly well behaved during wet as well. The tyres will provide a little vibration tingling through your steering when its about to lose traction. That's what I felt on these tyres weirdly. My other previous tyres didn't. Easy to control during understeer. Good breaking during dry. Tyres are noisier than Advan Fleva so do keep that in mind. If you're on a budget, you won't be disappointed in them. Just don't expect them to be like proper UUHP or better than Advan Fleva(10% better overall). I would buy this again no doubt if I'm on a tight budget.

Good enough to stay on corners when chasing sports cars like M3 or Gti's. Even put up with a GT3 once if you set the pressure very low like 205kpa front and 195kpa rears. But the front wears quite fast in this set up. Rear holds well so you do need to rotate this tyre every 7000km if you plan to do so. Be warn, this tyres also chips if front pressure is low. My third set after Hankook Evo 2's and that was marvelous! Used it for one year. And wet condition is very confident if you set pressure to 225kpa front and 215kpa rears. My size is 205/45 16. Breaking is also good if set up propperly. If you plan to get a set make sure it's not more than 1yr old. Havent tried the recent years like 2023 manufactured, surveyed at a friends recommended shop asking RM275 a piece. Definately risen in price. I bought mine for RM195 a piece at Denai Alam for a 1 year old tyre. I do wonder how the performance is for recently manufactured tyres. Now I'm usin Sumaxx Z1 semi "s" tyre made in china for a promo price. Normally use for track days. I would recommend the PS31 only as an alternative which is safe if you dont have a budget to go for Hankooks Evo2's or something similar.