Help with hydro plaining

[SaintsGoat8]

what kind of tires would be good to help from not hydro plaining because i just got into an accident because i hit a puddle and hydo plained into the guard rail. I have hankook ventus on there now but i ordered Dunlop 9000 sport. are those good enough or do i neet to get goodyear or something like that? because it rains a lot and our cars are not the best in the rain.

[HotRodGuy]

Toyo Proxes 4's are great in the water IMO. That said, hydroplaning is a reality with any "sport" tire.

[nixapatfan]

How about just slowing down when it rains? If not get some tires with a high wet rating, but that usually means less dry grip.

[ecetim]

Stock tires have been good to me so far...

[Ross]

How about just slowing down when it rains? If not get some tires with a high wet rating, but that usually means less dry grip.

gotta second the going slower in rain due to physics of driving theory.

[snowairg]

Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3

[SaintsGoat8]

I have 275 30 19 would i be better off going with a 265 35 19 for this and for launching

[CSiJason]

gotta second the going slower in rain due to physics of driving theory.

I'll go ahead and third that. Call it a lesson learned. Snow, Ice, Rain and really any other liquid or otherwise slick roadway you really should curb the speed. If the highways start to puddle, nobody is going to care if you drive slow and safe. I've had to drive 45mph home in the rain a few times on the highway because it was raining so hard the road was a wash and was pulling my car all around. I felt very unsafe going even the usual speed limit. With that said, i've had to drive 25 on the highway several times in the snow this past winter. Nothing like a 30 minute drive extended to two hours due to conditions.

[goatlife]

You want to look for tires with a AAA traction rating. These include Dunlop SP Sport Maxx, Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3, and Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. These tires give you rain traction by displacing water from the contact patch. They are meant for operation in say, light rain - up to a maximum gallons/foot. Once this displacement has been reached, they will hydroplane also. During a torrential summer afternoon Florida downpour, you will have to slow down no matter what.

[FastEddy]

Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3

Without a doubt one of, if not the best tire in water.

[brotherbenn83]

want somethin good in water? buy a boat

keep the goat on dry land....next time just swerve violently to avoid the puddle, there should be no accident that way:secret:

[TDB]

I'm a big fan of the Yokohama ES100's. Just got them about 500 miles or so ago. Have been very good in some big rain storms as well as in the dry. Price is right also ($110 or so apiece). That having been said, if you have the money, a lot of folks in this forum really dig the PS2's or GS-D3's.

[evo2goat]

dont drive as fast

[Lothar]

You want to look for tires with a AAA traction rating. These include Dunlop SP Sport Maxx

That's what I have and they've been great for me. We get a lot of summer afternoon downpours in Houston too, and these things just cut right through the standing water with no drama.

[jamesbiz]

how many miles do you have on those tires before you crashed?