What Do You Guys Think Of Hero Tyres?

[TurboDoseBro]

Hey, this got me wondering the other day. Called up the tyre shop (Tyre Barn specifically) and asked about the choices on 225/40/18s for my Impreza. They replied with 2 choices: Silverstone Evol8s ($185 each) and Hero Milanza HZ1s ($150 each). I decided to go for the more expensive one as it sounded more legit (probably named after the racing track Silverstone too ) and i've never heard of Hero at that time. Was getting tyres fitted and couldn't help but to go check out the Heros while waiting. These are the stats i got (forgot the treadwear but they were in the 400 mark):

Silverstone Evol8 (made in Malaysia) $185ea

225/40/R18 92W

Traction A Temperature A

Hero Milanza HZ1 (made in Taiwan) $150ea

225/40/R18 95W

Traction AA Temperature A

So are these tyre readings rated by the manufacturer or as some Australian standard thing? Would i have been better off choosing Heros next time because of the ratings? Anybody with experience?

[HEKT1K]

you should know this, seeing as you are the "tyres bro"

i wouldn't buy hero brand.. never heard of them

[shozbot]

Hey, this got me wondering the other day. Called up the tyre shop (Tyre Barn specifically) and asked about the choices on 225/40/18s for my Impreza. They replied with 2 choices: Silverstone Evol8s ($185 each) and Hero Milanza HZ1s ($150 each). I decided to go for the more expensive one as it sounded more legit (probably named after the racing track Silverstone too ) and i've never heard of Hero at that time. Was getting tyres fitted and couldn't help but to go check out the Heros while waiting. These are the stats i got (forgot the treadwear but they were in the 400 mark):

Silverstone Evol8 (made in Malaysia) $185ea

225/40/R18 92W

Traction A Temperature A

Hero Milanza HZ1 (made in Taiwan) $150ea

225/40/R18 95W

Traction AA Temperature A

So are these tyre readings rated by the manufacturer or as some Australian standard thing? Would i have been better off choosing Heros next time because of the ratings? Anybody with experience?

They are probably named because you need to be a hero to use them, or have huge kahooners

I'd say they probably belong on a taxi

If they have a treadwear rating of 400+ it's unlikely you'd ever need to replace the tyres....... you'll wrap your car round a tree long before you wear the tyres out

Most tyres I use have treadwear ratings around 200 .... you don't get a million miles out of them BUT they keep me on the bitumen

[TurboDoseBro]

They are probably named because you need to be a hero to use them, or have huge kahooners

I'd say they probably belong on a taxi

If they have a treadwear rating of 400+ it's unlikely you'd ever need to replace the tyres....... you'll wrap your car round a tree long before you wear the tyres out

Most tyres I use have treadwear ratings around 200 .... you don't get a million miles out of them BUT they keep me on the bitumen

Lol trust me it's 400 or 420 tread wear. The only ones with 200 were the normal car tyres (eg. Silverstone Kruzer1). Could this tyre brand be another underdog just like the BC Racing coilovers? (Both made in Taiwan, both very good pricing for performance...)

Edited May 18, 2010 by TyresBro

[Munkyb0y]

400 treadwear indicates very hard compound, which translates to poor grip. a higher number its not a good thing.

even the cheap nankang ns2 have a treadwear rating of 340.

[ezy_09s]

400 treadwear ..hahaha

You will wear your engine out before your tyres.

[iseekool]

I'd imagine if it is going to be for a daily car and not driving it hard around corners it should suffice.

If it meets DOT specifications - the tyre is safe enough for general use.

Just don't expect it to perform if you are an "enthusiastic" driver, ride quality may suffer too.

[some_cs_student]

I'd be worried about the grip. Dry weather might be ok but cheap tyres are normally dangerous in the wet...

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

OMFG.. for the same price or a tad more you can get Kumho KU31s, they have been proven by many as a good, budget tyre.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

lol @ 400

i run 200 treadwear on my daily

[Bullet32]

400 treadwear indicates very hard compound, which translates to poor grip. a higher number its not a good thing.

even the cheap nankang ns2 have a treadwear rating of 340.

^^^This is actually not totally correct.

The treadwear rating on a tyre doesnt indicate how hard or soft the compound is or how much grip the tyre can provide. The only way to judge how well a tyre grips is to use it and judge for yourself.

There are many different factors that determine a tyre's outright grip, like: tread design, tread depth, casing construction, silica or non silica. The tread compound isn't the only thing that gives a tyre it's grip.

Treadwear ratings are also highly affected by the depth of tread on the tyre... For example if a manufacturer made 2 tyres with exactly the same tread compound, design and casing but one had 5mm of tread and the other had 7mm of tread you would have almost the same performance from both tyres but completely different treadwear ratings.

To answer the original question about Hero tyres - they are manufactured by Federal as their tier 2 tyre, they share a lot of similarities in design and construction with Federal tyres and are comparable quality.

I have personally driven an R32 GTST Skyline on Hero Milanza HZ1's and found them to be very good tyres for their price.

The moral of the story? - Don't judge a book by it's cover.

[EeLeYe]

I highly recommend them.

I use Hero Milanza HZ1 tires on my car.

FRONT- 235/45ZR17 97W XL

REAR- 245/40ZR17 92W

I've had them on the car for 20,000 km and there is still plenty of tread to last... actually the tread wear is still nowhere near the replacement marker.

I'm also pushing 250rwkw to which they hold traction fairly well. They're quite decent in the wet too, as long as I don't floor it...

[TurboDoseBro]

If it helps here's the site for the tyres:

Silverstone Evol8 (Silverstone also makes racing tyres, in different section) (This is the sporty version of road tyres they offer)

http://www.silverstone.com.my/#1274413439156

Hero Milanza HZ1 (Doesn't have their own official site)

http://www.chapelcornertyres.com.au/hero.html

http://www.chapelcornertyres.com.au/files/DataMilanzaHZ1.pdf

Thinking of getting the Milanza HZ1s as daily drive and maybe some semi slicks for track use only

EDIT: By the comparison of Hero Milanza HZ1 and Atlanta AR01, i might have gotten mixed up as the HZ1 is 260 tread wear and AR01 is 420 tread wear (both still road tyres).

Edited May 21, 2010 by TyresBro

[Damo747]

I've had the Hero HZ1 on my XR6 turbo for about five months and have done about 6000 km. The tyres are excellent and to be honest, I haven't noticed any difference between them and the original Dunlops in either the wet or dry. Great value for money. Highly recommeded.

[sherman89]

Old topic but i have used hero's quite a few times on the back of my car. Similar grip to 595ss. I ran them at 28psi hot and at that they lasted relitively well! Basically on par with all the sub 100 $ tyres imo!

[Touge Kyousou]

But it just sounds sooo nasty

My mate got some replacement tires on a car he was selling awhile ago...po young lol - couldn't even grip his 1st or 2nd in a 180kw wrx (so 4wd!).

And yeah...with your user name, i thought you'd be rolling around in re55s etc!

From what people are saying, it sounds like these hero tires are decentish though

[PickleNick]

i've had Hero Hz-1's 235/ 40/ r18 Rears and 225/ 40/ R18 fronts on my r33 Si 4 door for over 6 months now and they are really good in the wet.

(I'm running HSD TT coilovers, however being that they are significantly softer ride than TIENS, as they are my base for comparison the tyres are fine.)

The HZ-1 are made by federal as they are a 595 copy.

In comparison to my brother who has 595 rs-r's on the front and 595's on the rear (of his r33 Sii 2 door) they are really twitchy in the wet. And his car is pretty much stock apart from Jap spec Teins.

[waxracing]

Im using them on my daily, a commonwhore station wagon.

They work just fine and are not bad in the wet. I would not run them on my skyline but as a general use tyre nothing wrong with them

[ichi-go]

Is Federal 595ss not cheap enough that you need to buy copies of 595ss??

[waxracing]

Thats a good point I have had federal 595 tyres on my car before and they were awesome. I was hoping to go back to them. But since I made a alloy wheel change they didnt come in the size I needed.

Personally 595 would have been a better choice