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Old 08-15-2008, 04:59 PM
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Re: Tire Recommendations

Hi,
One thing to keep in mind if you have an all wheel drive car, the tires must be very close in size.If you have mismatched size tires, you risk damaging drivetrain component$. Which means that a full road hazard warrenty won't be much help. If you have a blowout, punctured sidewall, or otherwise trash a tire once they are 50% worn,
1.You will have to find a tire that is the same size/brand with same wear
2. Buy new tire and have it shaved
3. Buy 4 new tires(what most do).

That said, I have had Toyo Proxes FX4, Falken Zeix 512(all season V rated) and FK452(summer only) Continental, and Kumho Ecsta MX (summer only), Nitto (snows) and Hankook Icebear (V rated snows) tires on our SVXs. The quietest were the Contis (H-rated).
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