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Why I love spring:
An extra 1.5" of rubber at each corner.
245/40/17 General Exclaim UHP's on my gold BBS rims. It's great having performance tires back on the car. The Blizzaks are amazing snow tires, but aren't exactly the best on tarmac. THe Generals are smooth, but a little noisey. There's noticably more tread noise at lower speeds (my dad said it sounds like an SUV coming down the road), but nothing unbearable. The tires start to hum around 90 MPH, but quiet down again around 100. The ride isn't any more harsh with the 17's. The Generals have fairly soft sidewalls and absorb small bumps pretty well. I also took the oportunity to change my oil and front/rear diff oil. The front had been done recently (probably shortly before I bought the car) but the rear fluid was a thick black sludge.
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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Those general's have some thick and aggressive tread. I do feel that they dont grip too well in the dry and wet as my Contiextremes, or maybe it's because I'm taking my car more to the limit more than I used to.
How do you feel about the grip of it?
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Tim 92 Liquid Silver SVX 5MT 2009 BMW Z4 (Gone) 2012 Camry V6 SE |
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I only took them out for a short spin and didn't test the grip too much. I don't have enough experience with different tires to make comparisons, but I'd say they're doing well so far. I'll test them out better over the week.
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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Considering it snowed pretty bad today I think I'll leave my winter tires on for a tad bit longer. Perhaps they'll come off on the next warm day that comes around.
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Sweet, a Yaris 5 door, we don't have those here, they figure the Scion xD is close enough so they don't bother...
Nice wheels, I hope I can find a set for mine at some point...
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1992 SVX LS-L #1222 Pearl White 1987 GL Turbo wagon, 5 lug conversion, D/R 5 speed (Rice killer) 1992 Dodge Ram 4x4 diesel (car hauler) 1968 Dodge Polara convertible (Camaro killer) 1990 Toyota Corolla FWD auto (330,000 mile grocery getter) 1986 VW Jetta |
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Something to note: I weighed the BBS rims and tires, and my stock wheels and tires. Results: According to my really old, step on and watch the needle swing sort of scale, both weigh 42 lbs. However, the tires on my stock rims are 205/55/16 Blizzaks, which are a bit smaller and lighter than normal sized summer tires, so I'm probably saving a pound or three overall.
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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Tire weights the same.... Stock SVX wheels = 22lbs STi wheels = 17.4lbs
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Former: 1994 Barcelona Red(x2), 1995 Brilliant Red, 1992 Liquid Silver, 1992 Ebony(x2), 1992 Pearl White (x2) Current: 2017 Ford Raptor 2017 Kawasaki KLR 1995 Guards Red Carrera 1995 Spec-ish Miata - track car 1957 CJ-5 |
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