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Re: Summer tire decision - go cheap or not?
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Re: Summer tire decision - go cheap or not?
Tirerack tests are a good way to compare tires.
I'd never buy a chinese tire without that specific tire being tested. The couple of tests I have seen showed they looked like proper performance tires from 10ft away, but instrumented tests showed they were far inferior in actual performance. Also note that the STi came stock with tires that should have been marked 235 or 245 wide. The 225/45R17 RE070 is .4" narrower than the 255/40R17 version... and thats with a narrower rim used for mesurement. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....oModel=Impreza WRX STI&autoModClar= So you may want to widen your search in tires so speak as this might cough up some more options. The extra tire diamiter shouldn't be an issue with proper offset rims, as the SVX was designed to safely use real tirechains. Last edited by XT6Wagon; 07-01-2011 at 06:25 PM. |
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Re: Summer tire decision - go cheap or not?
Well that being the case, is anybody running 235s or 245s with STI Wheels on their SVX?
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I only ran them for 5-6 months, then I put on the sunny summer tires and moved to florida before winter came again. |
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currently running 235/40R18 tires that should be 25.5" tall and a section width of 9.6". They don't rub at all even on the bumpstops. Try to find actual tire specs as the sidewall size clearly doesn't mean much as shown by the RE070
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Re: Summer tire decision - go cheap or not?
Ran 245/40/17 Kumho ESTA MX on this set of gunmetal BBS, no issues other than didnt like color with the Silver car.
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If you want to take the time to research tires other than Sunny or Nankang (yikes) review the specs on tires you are considering on the TireRack site. They will give you a lot of information (section width, rec'd wheel width, revs per mile, tire height). Much more than you'll get from the local tire monkey who knows cheap and slightly less cheap are his two best sellers. I always walk away from something that is being pitched to me when the salesman's best close is "I've sold a lot of these" or "A lot of people have bought these from me". So what? Should I really be buying the same tires my aunt might be buying from you for her Mercury Sable??? Be an informed consumer. Try not to be a sheep.
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Re: Summer tire decision - go cheap or not?
There was Nankangs on a Miata I got a while back and that only had 8000 miles on them and within the first 6 months three of them had blown out. I was very gentle with that car too. Ended up getting Kumho somethings. Cheap isn't always good.
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Re: Summer tire decision - go cheap or not?
I wore out a set of BRIGSTONE Potenzas on my wife's Acura in 7,000 miles . changed to coni and got 40,000
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Re: Summer tire decision - go cheap or not?
Them potenza have got to be the worst tire I ever driven on.
I swear subaru puts them potenzas on the cars so that you fell like you have power when you hammer it on a wet corner and slide... Replacing the stock potenzas on my RS with conti extreme contacts made it much safer on wet corners. The tire store wanted to sell me some nankings for my SVX. I went home did some research, then went back and said no thanks ill take the hankook evo's. |
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Which Potenza? The RE070's on my STI were some if the best tires I've ever experienced. The RE92's on the WRX were just passenger car tires. So there is a broad spectrum of Potenzas.
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Pale yellow Plymouth Duster with a black vinyl bench, slant 6, AM, only, and pie plates on skinny blackwall 14s!
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whatever you do, DON'T buy these.
http://www.primewelltires.com/PZ900.php i bought them cause i was tight on cash and they were $55 a piece at firestone, they lasted about 8 months until they were worn into the tread wall. i thought i had some problem with my suspension and alignment, but my tires were just toast. total waste of money. not to mention i would hydroplane every time i hit a wet spot. they looked nice was all.
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Re: Summer tire decision - go cheap or not?
Just got Toyo Proxies 4 245X40 X18 on mine only got 150 on them to early to tell
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