Performance Tires
- HANKOOK®VENTUS AS RH07VENTUS AS RH07 Tires by HANKOOK®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance, Truck / SUV. This outstanding tire is designed to provide ride comfort, low noise, and all-season traction. 6 circumferential grooves enhance steerability and help...Guarantees excellent handling and prevents heat build-up.Solid centerline offers higher driving stability.$225.99
- PIRELLI TIRES®P ZERO NEROP ZERO NERO Tires by PIRELLI TIRES®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance. Ideal for "soft" and "hard" tuning conversions, this tire meets the needs at the performance and aesthetic level, offering a personal identity to all cars from...Optimized tread pattern design enhances handling and controlUnique grooves improve grip and roadholding$165.92 - $197.21
- PIRELLI TIRES®CINTURATO P7 BLUECINTURATO P7 BLUE Tires by PIRELLI TIRES®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance, EV. CINTURATO P7™ BLUE is designed for medium and large sedans, offering an unconventional “match” between wet performance and rolling resistance, while...Uniformed distribution of the footprint contact pressureReduction of rolling resistance leading to savings at the pump$198.19
- PIRELLI TIRES®SCORPION ZEROSCORPION ZERO Tires by PIRELLI TIRES®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance, Truck / SUV. Derived from Pirelli's legendary P Zero performance tires, the Scorpion Zero is a Street/Sport Truck All-Season tire for sport utility vehicles...Latest generation drive axle tyreDelivering superb traction in all weather conditions$245.94 - $497.40
- PIRELLI TIRES®P ZERO SYSTEM DIREZIONALEP ZERO SYSTEM DIREZIONALE Tires by PIRELLI TIRES®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance. A perfect solution for the most prestigious sportive and luxury cars. Depending on the use and the vehicle type, the P Zero System concept allows for...Longitudinal GroovesInnovative Tread Design$372.68
- YOKOHAMA®AVID S33AVID S33 Tires by YOKOHAMA®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. Specially designed for those drivers who travel a lot around the country and have to drive in various weather conditions, all-season tires are definitely a bang for the...Allow for responsive handling in any weather conditionsEnhanced traction and superb cornering, even in light snow$163.93 - $208.61
- GENERAL®GRABBER STX2 WITH OUTLINED WHITE LETTERINGGRABBER STX2 WITH OUTLINED WHITE LETTERING Tires by GENERAL®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. Sidewall Style: Outlined White Lettering. A strong all-season light truck, crossover and SUV tire that provides fuel efficiency with...DURAGEN™ Construction: Race proven durability and puncture resistance provides driving confidence under the world’s most extreme conditionsRobust Compound: Excellent cut and chip resistance improves tread life in rugged, challenging terrain$140.29 - $173.43
- NEXEN®ROADIAN HP SUVROADIAN HP SUV Tires by NEXEN®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance, Truck / SUV, All Terrain / Off Road / Mud. The Roadian HP is the right choice for enhanced high-performance grip on any road surface. Its large shoulder block...Designed To Ensure Maximum Grip On Any Road SurfaceDelivers Outstanding Operation In Rainy Weather$185.00
- GENERAL®G-MAX JUSTICEG-MAX JUSTICE Tires by GENERAL®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance. Designed for law enforcement fleets and high-speed pursuit applications, the G-MAX™ Justice provides a durable tire with technologies that offer precise handling,...StabiliTREAD TechnologySmartGrip$219.61 - $274.28
- GENERAL®G-MAX JUSTICE AWG-MAX JUSTICE AW Tires by GENERAL®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. Designed for law enforcement fleets and high-speed pursuit applications, the G-MAX JUSTICE AW provides a durable tire with technologies that offer precise...Confident driving in all weather conditionsBalanced performance in wet and dry conditions$244.50 - $335.67
- NEXEN®N FERA SUR4GN FERA SUR4G Tires by NEXEN®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance, Track / Competition. Two wide linear grooves and two diagonal grooves deliver high drainage performance enhancing driving performance on wet roads Three wide ribs in the...Optimized tread pattern designDurable, damage-resistant construction$448.00
- KUMHO®ECSTA STXECSTA STX Tires by KUMHO®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. The ECSTA STX is part of Kumho Tire's Ecsta performance family and is focused on delivering premium high-performance driving pleasure for your pickup truck, SUV and...All-season performance.Two wide circumferential and lateral grooves evacuate water from under the tread area to minimize the risk of hydroplaning.$198.40 - $246.23
- MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES®SPORTSMAN S/T WITH WHITE LETTERINGSPORTSMAN S/T WITH WHITE LETTERING Tires by MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. Sidewall Style: White Lettering. The Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/T is designed for original muscle car owners demanding...Popular sizes for muscle carsFlat tread profile for both handling and long tread life$165.59 - $241.39
- COOPER TIRES®PROCONTROLPROCONTROL Tires by COOPER TIRES®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. When you’re on the road, there’s nothing more unsettling than tires you can’t trust. Every turn comes with a question mark, every rainy day a challenge. The...Armor Belt TechnologyWidening Siping Technology$129.99 - $267.99
- VOGUE®CUSTOM BUILT RADIAL VIII RED STRIPECUSTOM BUILT RADIAL VIII RED STRIPE Tires by VOGUE®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance, Classic / Muscle / Retro. Looking for high-quality tires that provide exceptional performance in any weather and season? You can’t do better...Exclusive whitewall design with a red stripeAsymmetrical tread pattern for superior all-season performance and long tread life$366.97 - $391.39
- HERCULES®ROADTOUR 455 SPORTROADTOUR 455 SPORT Tires by HERCULES®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. The Hercules Roadtour 455 Sport - Premier Performance Inside and Out. Outfitted with a modern, aggressive tread design, the Roadtour 455 Sport projects a...Asymmetric tread design enhances traction and corneringUpdated profile design optimizes surface contact with the road for increased traction and tread life$124.00 - $158.99
- HERCULES®H/P 4000H/P 4000 Tires by HERCULES®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance, Classic / Muscle / Retro. The H/P 4000 was developed for dependable performance. This high quality and affordable tire features a smooth raised white lettered sidewall...Performance-enhanced tread design for cutting-edge traction in all conditions.Raised white lettering adds a classic touch of personality and style.$136.00 - $219.00
- YOKOHAMA®AVID TOURING-SAVID TOURING-S Tires by YOKOHAMA®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. Yokohama tires are designed to perform harder, keep you safer, and take you further. The AVID Touring-S delivers exceptional ride quality, stability and wet/dry...Tri-Plex tread compoundTapered rain channels$102.90 - $176.87
- LIONHART®LH-TENLH-TEN Tires by LIONHART®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance, Truck / SUV. The Lionhart LH-TEN Sport Truck M & S Rated Performance radial tires are designed to meet and exceed the needs of today’s SUV’s, Performance Pickup...Allow for responsive handling in any weather conditionsEnhanced traction and superb cornering, even in light snow$115.52 - $324.32
- SUMITOMO TIRES®HTR A/S P03HTR A/S P03 Tires by SUMITOMO TIRES®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. The HTR A/S P03 provides the sporty performance you crave from your vehicle. This all-season, high-performance tire delivers significantly enhanced wet braking...Significantly enhanced wet braking, tread life, and ride comfort, while maintaining outstanding dry braking and reduced road noise3D sipes provide more contact with road surface for improved bite versus standard sipes$92.99 - $218.99
- HANKOOK®VENTUS V4 ES H105VENTUS V4 ES H105 Tires by HANKOOK®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. The superb wet and dry handling is competitive with some of the best ultra-high performance summer tires available, while providing predictable handling,...Designed to deliver enhanced winter traction.Wet and dry handling along with a quiet, comfortable ride.$129.99 - $199.99
- HANKOOK®VENTUS PRIME3 K125 (RUN FLAT)VENTUS PRIME3 K125 (RUN FLAT) Tires by HANKOOK®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance, Run Flat. Specially designed for those drivers who travel a lot around the country and have to drive in various weather conditions, all-season tires are...Latest generation drive axle tyreDelivering superb traction in all weather conditions$213.99 - $222.99
- HANKOOK®VENTUS S1 EVO2 SUV K117A (RUN FLAT)VENTUS S1 EVO2 SUV K117A (RUN FLAT) Tires by HANKOOK®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance, Truck / SUV. The Ventus S1 evo2 is a premium performance tire that provides precise, controlled cornering at high-speeds and environmentally...Aqua driving controlTriple driveline$317.99
- YOKOHAMA®GEOLANDAR G95AGEOLANDAR G95A Tires by YOKOHAMA®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. The entire Geolandar line has been designed to effectively address the demands of day-to-day driving. All-season durability, comfort and handling are key benefits...Allow for responsive handling in any weather conditionsEnhanced traction and superb cornering, even in light snow$292.68
- YOKOHAMA®AVS S/TAVS S/T Tires by YOKOHAMA®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance. This tire breaks the design barrier by offering durability that meets the needs of any SUV or light truck owner. It is engineered to deliver a balance of comfort required by...Give you high performance in hot summer conditionsOffer excellent grip and superior handling on dry or wet roads$428.63
- KUMHO®ECSTA V70AECSTA V70A Tires by KUMHO®. Season: Summer. Type: Performance, Track / Competition. The Kumho Ecsta V70A is a new DOT approved race tire that is perfect for circuit racing, as well as sprint and hill climb events. Because of its...Perfect for circuit racing, sprint and hill climbing.Designed to help you get the best results on tarmac rally stages.$229.49
- LIONHART®LH-ELEVENLH-ELEVEN Tires by LIONHART®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. The NEW Lionhart LH-Eleven UHP tire features a unique asymmetrical tread design which incorporates multiple slits and sipes synergized with the multi tread corrugation...Reliable traction in multiple driving conditionsInnovative construction$91.23 - $165.88
- LIONHART®LH-EIGHTLH-EIGHT Tires by LIONHART®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. The Lionhart LH-Eight Sport truck high performance radials feature an all season tread design featuring a symmetrical tread blocks that include isolated shoulder and...Allow for responsive handling in any weather conditionsEnhanced traction and superb cornering, even in light snow$115.52 - $159.56
- LIONHART®LH-THREE IILH-THREE II Tires by LIONHART®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. The Lionhart LH-Three II is Lionhart’s newest Max High Performance Tire developed with the driving enthusiast in mind.Allow for responsive handling in any weather conditionsEnhanced traction and superb cornering, even in light snow$266.05
- FORCELAND®KUNIMOTO F22KUNIMOTO F22 Tires by FORCELAND®. Season: All Season. Type: Performance. This range offers drivers a combination of good handling and grip on both wet and dry roads with high durability.Soft asymmetric tread patternIncreased hydroplaning resistance$62.91 - $91.21
When enthusiasts talk performance, you may hear about superchargers, cams, headers, and other parts that help an engine make gobs of horsepower, and coilovers, fat sway bars and poly bushings that can make a car seem like it’s cornering on rails. Big drilled and slotted disc brake rotors and multi-piston calipers that create the force to stop almost instantaneously may also be mentioned. But all these goodies are useless if the tires don’t grip, so if you want to realize the full potential of your vehicle’s acceleration, handling, and braking capabilities, you need our performance tires.
Now when you think of performance tires, wide, low-profile sticky meats for sports cars probably come to mind, and we certainly have a large selection of them, but if you look over our performance tire range you’ll see we offer tires that can improve the performance of many types of vehicles, in a variety of driving conditions. Whether you drive that sports car on twisty roads, take your 4x4 truck or SUV on off road adventures, or want to relive the glory days in your muscle car, we have performance tires that can boost your vehicle’s competency, from all the top brands and in sizes up to 32”.
Two important factors that determine a tire’s performance capabilities are tread design and rubber compound. Tread configuration will vary according to application, but in general performance tires have fewer and shallower grooves and voids, which puts more rubber in contact with the road for better grip. Rubber compound also depends on application, but as a rule performance tires have a softer compound. Hard rubber is slippery and prone to spin under acceleration and slide during hard cornering or braking – performance not only suffers but a car with tires that are spinning and sliding isn’t under control and could result in an accident. In contrast, the soft, sticky rubber of performance tires will get the power to the ground and stay planted when turning and stopping.
Track/competition tires for drag racing and road racing in dry conditions, like drag radials, have no tread or minimal tread and the softest rubber compound for maximum traction. Such tires are not legal for use on public roads and the soft compound means they don’t usually last very long. Some racing tires have just enough tread to make them DOT (Department of Transportation) legal for the street, but extensive street use is not advised because they will also wear quickly and the grooves are not really sufficient for driving in the rain. Performance summer tires are best for street use when ambient temperatures are above 40ºF. They have less space between tread blocks, shallower tread depth, fewer grooves, and commonly feature continuous, unbroken ribs to put more rubber on the road.
When shopping for performance summer tires you may see adjectives like “ultra”, “extreme”, and “max” used with the words “high performance”, which means such tires have softer rubber compound and are even stickier than regular performance summer tires. In addition to compound and tread optimized for maximum road grip, the low profile performance summer tires for late model vehicles with large diameter rims have shorter and stiffer sidewalls for less flex and more precise steering and handling. And even though the tread is shallower on performance summer tires, the tread design is optimized to expel water and prevent hydroplaning on wet summer roads. We offer performance summer tires in all of the top speed ratings including V (149 mph), Z (149 mph and above), W (168 mph) and Y (186 mph).
However, before choosing performance summer tires you should consider your driving conditions. It goes without saying that the tread design makes performance summer tires useless in snow, but the ambient temperature must also be taken into account. Because the tread compound was designed to perform in hot temperatures, when the mercury drops to 40ºF or below performance summer tires get hard and traction will suffer. More importantly, when the temperature drops below freezing a vehicle with performance summer tires should not be driven or even rolled as the rubber compound can crack, irreparably damaging the tires. If it never snows where you live and you rarely see temperatures below 40ºF, performance summer tires are a great choice, otherwise performance all season tires may be a better option.
All season tires are designed for a variety of year-round driving conditions, including light snow, so their tread has to be more aggressive and deeper, which means less rubber on the road and more flex than summer tires. But if the weather in your area dictates the need for all season tires it doesn’t mean you’ll be forced to drive your sports coupe or sedan conservatively. Performance all season tires have tread compound that will grip better on dry and wet roads than ordinary passenger all season tires, but of course the tradeoff for this is shorter tread life. They come in all of the popular diameters for late model performance cars so you get the benefit of stiffer, low profile sidewalls, and with speed ratings that coincide with modern performance car capabilities.
But if you live in an area that gets much more snow and ice than the occasional storm, and where the mercury routinely drops below freezing, instead of all season tires you need the superior snow and ice traction, and cold weather grip provided by winter/snow tires. However, this doesn’t mean you have to give up performance. Performance winter/snow tires come in sizes for all popular performance cars and trucks, and with the high speed ratings to match these vehicles’ speed capabilities. Like performance all season tires, performance winter/snow tires have more grip than their passenger-rated counterparts, albeit with shorter tread life. Performance winter/snow tires bear the mountain/snowflake symbol, indicating they deliver the highest levels of traction on snow, ice and in extreme cold.
Speaking of traction, if the OE rubber on your 4x4 truck, Jeep or SUV isn’t getting the job done when you venture off the pavement, check out our performance all terrain/off road/mud tires. Whether you’re charging across desert sands, over forest dirt trails, or through muck and mud, we have the performance tires that will provide the grab you need, with the toughness to withstand punishment leveled by the roughest landscape. And if your vintage car is rolling on bias-ply rubber, you can enjoy substantially improved acceleration, cornering, and braking with a set of our classic/muscle/retro radial tires. These tires are available with wide whitewalls, redlines, and raised white letters so you can have the authentic look you want, but with modern performance and ride quality.