Hankook Rs2 Review by me....

TypicalGuy

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bought at sunway rm 245 a piece on waja...
205/45/16

alligment setting ...camber -1.0 for front ....-0.5 for back

toe setting set for cornering adjust to moderate setting coz affraid tyre botak fast
\ / for front
/ \ for rear


200 threadwear AA traction and A temp.

In wet..so so ,aquaplanning...like normal comfort tyres.
Cornering during wet..feel greasy...lock brake during wet,slide like normal comfort tyres

cornering hard during wet U turn at 40 km/h, understeer with 50 % of control only..can say no more control...quite hard to bring back the car from understeer

straight line during wet....can feel that it's not good to drive fast in rain...can feel that the tyre is not channelling water to the back.

In dry..not yet tested real performance as the tyres is still new.

Lock brake..good but not the best..

cornering..the side shoulder is soft and wide but the sidewall is hard.Feel that it stick to the road like glue ..when corner hard...no sounds coming out yet altho i try to push to the limit by using the throttle.

a tyre to worry about..after u drive quite a while u can see the sands and rock still to the tyres like racing slick tyres...it attracts nails...found a nail stick on the tyre...and lucky no masuk inside..


Next time i will enter fast into corner and see whether it understeers.

It feels like it gonna break lose ,understeer or oversteer when u hentam corner but it sticks to the road..Need some skill with this tyres.

Steering response..not that good compare to potenza G3 as potenza steering response is sharp and fast.

Noise....Noisy can hear humming sound like FTZ.

Comfort..Dun have ...coz 45 series

felt like Soft tyres compound ....

dont know can last how long.maybe 30,000 km

quite hard to predict this tyres,same like potenza....compared to FTZ..Altho FTZ is not a good tyres...at least FTZ is predictable in rain and wet so u know where the limit is.

conclusion: if this tyres can last till 45,000 km with all the rotation,left to right,front to back..then it's a good buy at rm245 price. Summer tyres for me.Wet performance is no difference with comfort tyres.





updated..genting review....
this tyre when cold kinda soft and give u a swaying feeling..after drive a while..it will be ok..

this semi slick tyre gonna make u lose ur racing and braking line..coz it will make you simply hentam corner...
no doubt it stick like glue in the corner...

Very impresive i can say,I tried drive like hooligan..taking sharp lines without pressing brake...and it hardly understeer.Even it is,it will still stick on the road hence slowing down hence losing time.

I tot my waja suspension is hard before this ...but not until i use this tyre..my stock suspension cant take the force of this tayar...It give u the feeling that u r driving go kart tayar...

So,this tyre is not suitable for stock suspension ...waja,wira,etc unless modded or hard suspension.

U need skills to drive this tyres.Hentam like mad dog..u will lose time...U can really enter very fast into the corner...but u will lose a lot of the time in the mid corner and coming out of the corner...because it will burn rubber..

altho it stick to the road...It will also force u to do mistake.For example: This tyre will cheat your feelings.

The best combination allignment setting is to set ur rear camber and toe for MAX grip than front...WHY?

FF car rear is very light and front is heavy..Because of this..the grip in the front is high...if u go to fast in a corner..the rear will sway out...


The best way to use this tyre is drive up to the max poin b4 enter corner and use throttle exiting corner...

genting timing for comparison only: waja auto stock.

from tol till coffee bean...stop a while check tyre ,smoke one batang rokok..then drive at first world....then come down using new road....kena polis block and stop a side..then check IC..then till tol

less than 1 hour which is 50 Mins.Highway doin 130 km/h to 140..no do top speed at highway.No car..weekdays midnite.If use my life..under 45 mins i think can...

conclusion :dry :Grip 5/5 ,corner grip 5/5

would i buy again :NO . When i check my sidewall...it's gone..and it's new.. Why?after goin up hill...I check the sidewall..it's peeling off...jz like those slick track tyres..It's rubber wet and it's hot.,felt like it's melting.And all shhitts stick to it...if got naill sure kena.

Im sure that if go up and down 5 times..the sidewall botak till wire come out.

Normal driving i dun think can last over 30,000 km.

conclusion :

Not recommended for stock car and not suitable on normal road.This tyre is only suitable for track and autokhana event for fast timing or high horsepower car.
If i can choose again maybe I will choose potenza g3.Why?This hankook is fast..but with other tyres at least i can drive better....
 
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tested the tayar to the max for top speed cornering in hartamas strecth highway...

190 km/h still got grip..still like glue....

but havent push to the max during hard cornering..

what i can say that...

my stock suspension cannot tahan the tayar grip

if got titan..maybe can fully utilize the grip...
 
where is the edit button lar...

this tayar i felt like i drive go kart....
 
RS was the top gred tyres from hankook...

i guess not much complains yet now..
i guess corner can take into 200++ with no problem,
over that speed er.... not sure...
 
I myself is using this hankook rs2 tires also...im using 195/50/15...the grip i can say is fantastic on dry...on we i can say its far much better compare to goodyear eagle f1 last time i used bfore...i've tested tis tires on sepang open track day i can say it performs very well as a street tires on track..the more it heats up the better it grips..its a soft compound tire...all i have to say for tis tires is FANTASTIC....its a good buy!You guys should try tis tire out....thank you
 
how much your got the hankook for 192/50/15?
 
goin soon...
will post a review in genting...
coz when i buy new tyres..genting is my test track..

even purposely go there on weekday at 1 am to test..25 mins from tol to coffee bean with potenza..for private comparison only..dun flame and compare..

..dont know what timing this tayar will be
 
BlackSamurai said:
Typical guys, have you bring it yo Genting for a test?

er... speaking abt genting road.

a fren tested seriously on his bmw, push to the limit at all genting
corners, all can say the car's rear just a little slide
off... wont cause any ' piu yiu ' ...
 
narx said:
how much your got the hankook for 192/50/15?

clayton,
i got it for rm190/pc including of balancing n alignment v nitrogen gas....
 
TypicalGuy said:
goin soon...
will post a review in genting...
coz when i buy new tyres..genting is my test track..

even purposely go there on weekday at 1 am to test..25 mins from tol to coffee bean with potenza..for private comparison only..dun flame and compare..

..dont know what timing this tayar will be


serious business ... thats fast
 
infernaL said:
serious business ... thats fast

nolar..normal only...1 am no car..the whole road belongs to me ...gamble my luck push till to the max...25 mins..
but then i drive my car below...no push to the max 28 mins.....

so 3 mins difference is really not worth it lor...

jz for testing purposes
 
What other tyres you have used before this one? What you think compare to the before one ?
 
BlackSamurai said:
infernal, typicalguy can drive up and down hill blindfolded without any problem, am i right? :biggrin:


can drive reverse turun bukit and also hand tied to the steering

kakakakka
 

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