What happened to the 17" Hankook RS-4's?

I noticed the RS-4's are completely gone in all 17" sizes. What happened? I love these tires. I need more. 

I purchased 17" wheels specifically for this tire, if they stopped production of it I'm going to be upset. Hankook still has the size listed on their site, so hopefully they're still making them.

Same thing happens every year. Hankook ships (on a boat) containers of tires in the spring, and when they sell out, they're gone. Nobody can get them until more show up next year.

Around March every year, I call Tire Rack and put my name on a pre-order list, for when the containers show up.

collinskl1 said:

Same thing happens every year. Hankook ships (on a boat) containers of tires in the spring, and when they sell out, they're gone. Nobody can get them until more show up next year.

Around March every year, I call Tire Rack and put my name on a pre-order list, for when the containers show up.

Yup, what he said.  This is normal. 

I'm'a say.... Come May I'm going to need a new set

in a not closed border situation, i'd say check canadian retailers, that's what a friend did last year and found a set of them hiding under a maple leaf.

may still be worth exploring

spacecadet (Forum Supporter) said:

in a not closed border situation, i'd say check canadian retailers, that's what a friend did last year and found a set of them hiding under a maple leaf.

may still be worth exploring

 

I need a special stamp so....

collinskl1 said:

Same thing happens every year. Hankook ships (on a boat) containers of tires in the spring, and when they sell out, they're gone. Nobody can get them until more show up next year.

Around March every year, I call Tire Rack and put my name on a pre-order list, for when the containers show up.

That's a relief.

this happened last year around this time when i was ordering 15s. theyll be back in spring

I'll just make sure to call "Brad" around March.

You can also check with hankook in Texas.  Just because tire rack is out, that doesn't mean that hankook doesn't have any.

I know a couple of champcar racers were able to get some directly from hankook.

In reply to wvumtnbkr :

I have to purchase them from TR for the stamp, but if I were to need them before the spring I'd check around more