Maxxis M35 Victra Asymmet

My car has 16" wheels on it I wanted to increase cornering performance without increasing rim diameter thus I searched for stiff side walled tires. In a tire dealer I nearly checked 10-15 tires for side wall stiffness. I realized that maxxis tires are 3 to 4 times stiffer than Goodyear or Michelin's. I fitted m35 s to the car and my experience is unbelivable. Dry and wet is perfect. Noise is low. Comfort is good despite the stiff 50 sidewalls. Cornering stability is outstanding. My only critism is for straight line stability. The steering became a little null after these tires on straight line.


I bought this tire nearly half price than Continental sport contact and performs better. I dont know how long these tires last but I personally do not use tires more than 3years or 25-30k km.

Today if you search attentively you will see many cheap alternatives to reputable brands. Maxxis is no exceptiom from this aspect

235/40/18 and 245/40/18 (rear)

Bought these tyres 5yrs ago (due for renewal now though) after coming from using the Kuhmo ecta sport and falken FK451's.

They were the only brand avialable at the time. So i trusted them after seeing so much of the company sponsoring cars at drifting events.

The MA35 is a summer tyre which i was a little unsure about as i use the car all year round as a weekend blaster and it lives outside. During the warm months the tyre is planted offering plenty of grip, predictable, comfort- hard to tell on coilovers, road noise no more than previous brands mentioned. It's a loud car any way. During colder months i think it can become a hard tyre so needs a bit of heat in it to help it work...

In the wet they do fine aswell plenty of grooves to expel water. Until obviously getting down to the wear markers where im at now on the rear. They easliy spin up in 3rd when rolling and planting it reaching full boost. The roads do get greasy so no tyre will grip. Also operating temps will have an effect. Combination of everthing once worn makes them pretty useless, but when dry again still really good and grippy.

Note: The tyres are 5 yrs old the fronts have cracks on the outer tread pattern- rubbers going off. The rears are fine no cracks but are worn out, maybe they get to temp quicker and don't dry out?

I would buy again depending on price (£470 for four last time). Currently looking at cost of these, kuhmos and falkens again to do all four.

Used the Kuhmos on the Nurburgring a few years ago and once the pressures were adjusted t oallow for expansion it was a great tyre with plenty of grip-which makes me want to go back to that brand on past harsh use on track.

Car is @420bhp rwd only, no traction control or fancy stuff. Just raw driving.

Excellent tyre, cannot understand how others can find them so bad. I drive a quite a lot on motorways and dual carriageways for my work as a management consultant, but also as I live in a rural area have to travel on country roads. I have found the cornering in the dry is exceptional and compared to other premium brands (eg Michelin)the wear rate and road noise are lower, although they still wear quicker than I hoped. Admittedly, The grip in the wet around corners is not the best but it is fine unless you drive far too fast (and NO I am not talking about 20-30 mph as being too fast);straight line stopping is no problem at all.

Footnote to wet weather driving. I think we often forget just how greasy roads can get after the first falls of rain until the loose rubber and muck have been washed away. I have certainly spun on a nearby large roundabout at speeds that one can normally take quite happily in the dry, only to realize this is just after fresh rainfall.