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Joe Clutch Gearhead Posts: 1063 From: Austin, Texas . . . . M&M Member #352 Registered: Jan 2000	posted 05-10-2002 07:59 PM Hello, all. Some advice, please. I can finally justify getting new tires (40,000 mi), and I am sick to death of the hard rubber (read, no traction) ones that came with the car. Now, I must admit I like 'crabbing' down the highway at 60 mph or more under controlled oversteer - I have never had a more controllable car - but I've BTDT now. So, just for grits & shins, I'd like to see what traction is like. I need softer rubber. Not so soft that gravel will embed into the rubber but definitely softer & stickier than what I have now. They should be rated at, oh I dunno, 150 mph + just in case Looking at getting the most rubber on the road, so a squarish cross-section (as opposed to having that 'sidewall bulge') seems like a good idea, if possible. 2000 GT BFG Comp T/A HR14 P225/55R16 yeah, 16" 94H M+S Any advice aimed at a complete idiot would help a bunch. TIA, Jon IP: Logged
SteveLaRiviere Administrator Posts: 32067 From: Saco, Maine Registered: May 99	posted 05-10-2002 09:32 PM If you really want good grip and don't care if they wear fast, check out the Goodyears. ------------------ '70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open '72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok '94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip MCA Member # 47773 "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." - Voltaire IP: Logged
71ragtop Gearhead Posts: 2459 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: May 99	posted 05-11-2002 11:18 PM Check out the selections at: www.tirerack.com I've heard really good things from the owners of Firehawk SZ-50's. Great dry and wet. So they tell me... Happy hunting Mike IP: Logged
hotboy1966 Journeyman Posts: 59 From: Everett, Wa. USA Registered: Apr 2002	posted 05-19-2002 11:55 PM I've run Comp T/A's(stock tires), Yokohama A520's, and Kuhmo Ecsta's on my 97 Cobra 'vert. I have never liked T/A's. Yokohama A520's grip like glue in the dry, kinda squirmy in the rain. Tread life sucks. I gave up some traction with the Kuhmo's, but they are cheaper and so far lasting longer than the Yokohama's. I've talked to several guys running Bridgestone's(RE71's, I think) that really like them. A few guys have big, fat Nitto's on the back, but they're more straight-line cars. my $.02 Dave IP: Logged
Joe Clutch Gearhead Posts: 1063 From: Austin, Texas . . . . M&M Member #352 Registered: Jan 2000	posted 07-09-2002 01:27 PM quote: Originally posted by hotboy1966: II've talked to several guys running Bridgestone's(RE71's, I think)my $.02 Dave BS Potenza RE730's maybe? http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Bridgestone&tireModel=Potenza+RE730+Gen.+2 Thanks guys; I'm thinking of going with the 245/50/ZR16's -j IP: Logged

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