Best Tyres for the Honda Civic FK7 Sport

Started using a set of this Yokohama Advan APEX since late last year.
Dry Grip and the handling feedback is just great and sticky! Taking out of the corner is easy, gripped and gives you so much confidence. I like the road feedback, superb on dry surface (at a speed of 165 km/h) and also good on a wet surface (at a speed 120 km/h). Sometimes a bit struggle with traction (slightly on a higher-side of speed) but manageable. Basically the wet grip is just better than other normal UHP tires but a bit lower than those Michelin PS4 / Continental CSC7.
On a comfort side, I guess due to a stiff sidewall, it makes the road feedback better but like me, I prefer feedback over comfort.
Tire wear, I've been running close to 30,000KM on my Honda Civic FK7 Sport and the tread left approximately 35% left.
Overall, I love this tires, a bit cheaper than a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (which is the set that I am using before I change it to this Advan APEX) and also I would buy again. Love the grip and also love the sidewall design too ;-)

Coming from the Civics original tyres Primacy 3 that’s lasted 25Kmls or just over 4 years, I don’t do a lot of miles daily but those Primacy 3 tyres served me well with just the road noise being a little loud at times I liked the dry, wet, handling and comfort of these Michelin’s.

So with not a lot of info on the new Primacy 4Plus and needing 4tyres I decided to go with these anyway as only £1.oo each dearer than the primacy 4 when I purchased, in for a penny in for a pound, these are the XL reinforced version I went for as they are a whole 1DB quieter than the non XL version according to the tyre info.

Noise loudness will always be dependent on the surface you drive on, so as surfaces change so does the tyre noise but the difference between these Primacy 4Plus and the old Primacy 3 is night and day and worth the price of entry alone in my ears, no they ain’t dead quiet/ silent but are a lot more bearable and not as intrusive, as I’ve went from listening out to hear the difference to now not noticing the noise like I did with the old tyres.

Comfort - oh yeah less noise and there’s a softness, definitely more comfortable drive

In the dry the tyres are good , nice feedback from the road however sharp corners taken fast pushing the limit there is a give there that you are wary of after the first time, but this will make you safer as you won’t push quite as hard, it’s that softness mentioned earlier that gives you this feeling/ feedback on hairpin bends.

In the wet, love them, it rains in Scotland and the surface water can be a bit deeper and running on the roads in areas, but these Primacy 4 plus, just grip grip and grip and provide a lot of confidence way bettering than the old Primacy 3 on the civic, a tyre for Scotland without doubt

The tread is less on the 4 plus than on my new Primacy 3 when got the car but these P4 plus are meant to be harder wearing tyre so only time will tell, but if they last 20Kmls or 4 years then I’d be more than happy.

Initial thoughts on first 1Kmls is if you want a premium tyre live in a wet summer area and enjoy less noise and improved comfort give these a go.

I'd say that tyres are balanced mostly for driving on clean city roads and subjectively not noisy. They have a good grip at dry surface, wet is also fine on average driving but they are slippy if you try to drive aggresively. I had a good driving experience on wet and snovy roads but grip on ice is very poor. The best thing is that i found them informative, you can feel the type of surface you driving. This helps on ice and wet to identify the surface and adapt driving to appropriate conditions. Overall tyres left a good impression on me.