Lionhart Tires, anyone have some first hand experience? Price point is silly, tempted to give them a shot.
Posted by imfirealarmman@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 35 comments
Remarkable-Square-43@reddit
One of My employee have them. hi said that lionheart tires they are super slippery on the rain. is like driving in the snow, (((they should be banned from the entire tire market!!)) hi used them just for two months.! after that hi went for Firestone tires which hi was happy.
OutrageousBeing2755@reddit
I have them on a 2012 RAV4. rear are fronts are shot but rear are at 6/32 no maintenance on 5+ years.
InternationalNeat467@reddit
I just got a set of 4 of Lionhart LH-TEN all season, will see how that goes...
sunglassesonmydick@reddit
How is it going so far? I’m looking at tires right now.
DocCEN007@reddit
So, I saw these and decided to give them a try a few years ago. I bought the set just before Covid. These are on a street pro Dodge Ram with race suspension that is not tracked, but driven hard. These tires have been excellent. Grip like crazy, great in the wet, very little road noise, and I've driven them over 300 miles at a time. Best bang for the buck IMO. When it's time for replacements, I'll probably buy another set.
deleted_by_reddit@reddit
You pay for what you get.
dopavash@reddit
Not necessarily. I've had Michelins that were turds, very expensive turds.
Any_Sky2586@reddit
Exactly. Michelin are sooo noisy. Never again
Any_Sky2586@reddit
I never had a problem. Two sets so far. Two tires for my car is $736! Four lionhearts installed are $800! Can toss away if they wear faster.
Defiant-Study3638@reddit
I have Lionhart Tires and pretty happy with them so far. I smashed a menace curb I didn’t see not once but three times. Finally had one tire go. I’ve clocked 125 on them in a Sonata SE turbo and they handled well. I also live in mountainous terrain, they grip well. I was interested to see they are showing up on teslas North of Atlanta too. Took them through a rock bottom creek, shallow creek covering a road to a trail, no issues.
Practical-Gain6558@reddit
Just adding another first-hand experience. We've used Lionhart's LH-Five on an e-tron SUV and an Ioniq 5, and they have done really well so far. Granted, we don't go crazy with the acceleration very often anymore, and we always switch to winter tires for cold weather (we live in the mountain west in the US). So far, we prefer replacing the OEM tires with these once those wear out. We haven't seem any fully significant difference in wear, noise and grip, but a huge diff. in savings, specially with how often you have to replace tires on EV's.
imfirealarmman@reddit (OP)
I miss Colorado
Narrow_Potential3427@reddit
Not so good. Grip is garbage when wet or even a dusting of snow.
Look into lexani if you are stuck in the price range. They aren't the best tire but are a bit better.
Professional_Alps741@reddit
Lexani and lionhart are the same company, I own a tire shop!
Money_Bag9370@reddit
Yeah I’m a semi truck driver and I’ve picked up all kind of brands from Goodyear and Michelin factories. People are truly fooled with this rebranding.
Senior-Researcher-93@reddit
Would you buy lion heart or Ironman. Or even those vercellli ones
TraditionalTeach1981@reddit
Isnt that SO funny how people think they shit and its just re-branding from the same company...just shows you most this shit is personal preference mixed with bullshit
Charming-Rain7966@reddit
I've bought lexanis twice same brand makes lionharts. First set at about 40k miles lasted and still had about another 5k-10k left,but I chose to replace after 3 years. On my second set 3.5 years in At 42k and again still about 5k-7k miles in. Rotate them every oil change if not every other oil change for sure. Teadwear was even on all tires. True review from firsthand experience. Gonna buy Lionhart this time around should expect same quality I hope
GladBasket7249@reddit
Lexani are made by NEXEN, they're Korean. Lionheart are Lionheart and Chinese
Svathm@reddit
They both use the same tooling so Same tire
GladBasket7249@reddit
What does that even mean?
Do-it-with-Adam@reddit
I mean, discount tire and Walmart sell even cheaper tires than these, so how bad can they be? At least it has a cool looking tread that in theory should be good for rainfall and standing water.
imfirealarmman@reddit (OP)
Just got a quote from Discount. The cheapest they had was Continentals, clocking in at $360-ish per tire.
TechnicalPut7431@reddit
I’ve had continental, Michelin at over $300 apiece that weren’t any better. I’m a repeat customer of lionhart for my e350 Mercedes
s60polestar17@reddit
Putting these on a e350 4matic, they actually look good compared to some other cheap tires
Royal_Contact1104@reddit
I love them. Had the 11’s on my chally 392 TA and now my benz S550 and they have always done me good.
AppointmentHelpful13@reddit
How do you think they’ll hold on a 2018 c300?
Big-Space723@reddit
I used to work for a company that did tire testing, everything from Indy and f1 tires to things like these. Don’t do it. The entire building would turn into a smoke room
StaticStepper@reddit
Hey I’m reading through “simpletire” on the internet trying to find out if it’s a legit website or not. Is it ?? Cause I don’t wanna drop 1100 and be scammed
SnooWalruses8100@reddit
I just got a set of 5 Nexen tires from them. Delivered to my front door in less than a week.
reprippers@reddit
simple tire is legit just make sure it’s the actual website
Hot-Ad-4566@reddit
I put some lionharts on an old Mercedes suv about 7 years ago and didn't have issues with them until I sold the car 2 years ago. I also put a set on my WRX about 3 month ago and it's held up pretty well so far. My car is a street and i used to track it twice a month and always used Michellin pilot super sports after I shredded the stock dunlops. Anyways, I decided to go with the lionharts cause of price and the fact that my car will be retired from track duty. Compared to the Michellins, the lionharts seem to be more comfortable and it isn't noisy at all. However, I can tell that the michellins have a bit more grip compared to the lionharts. This is all good since the car isn't going to be seeing track days or time attack events anymore. So, if it's just for street, then the tires are fine. If it's for track or any event where the tires will be tested to its max with high speed turns, then its probably better to spend a little more and get atleast federals.
GPW-S2k@reddit
For the price, can't beat them.. they work good for daily driving..
Conscious_Solid_275@reddit
Owned these in a 22in and I love them had them for about 3 years, I run them till the front tires wear out and rotate the back to the front performance is good pretty grippy can't even do a burn out like I used too on stock tires so theirs a noticeable difference. As for rain and snow they also do well. Put my tuck in 4x4 and was rolling full 70+ in heavy rain/sleet conditions. Not a single bit of doubt. In the deep snowy mud never got stuck. Granted it wasn't too bad but I've definitely seen vehicles get stuck in the type of conditions I was driving through. Soft snow, not bad does not so good on packed snow tho definitely will slip if going to fast. I currently rocking a 20in rim and 35in falcon wildpeak... and lemme tell you I am slipping and sliding in the rain... the experience is vastly different and I won't complain cause they're 2 different tires but let me tell you for the price those lionharts are pretty top teir for "performance" and everyday use. I easily could have gotten 30k+ out of them but I have some alignment issue up front that'll eat through the tires right around 20k. Gonna get some bigger rims and buy the lionharts soon
ap0c0lyps3@reddit
Have had these tires on my Challenger from the moment I bought it. They've last 40k plus miles with barely any rotation at all. Their tread warranty is 40 to 45k on most of their tires, and even if you treat them like crap, like I have, they will still last!
Rotate them properly, and they will last well beyond 40k miles, easily! If they don't? WARRANTY!!!