Tires?, What are some good tires? Options

[94blackst]

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i have the affinity LH 30's, they are awesome tires

those are really good tires for the money, but the potenza 950 or the 730 is better, but they cost a little more too.

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get some exploding firestones

you really should watch what you say about firestone, those of us that work for the company don't like to get bad mouthed.

[97GTinKC]

I have been looking at the Continental Conti extremecontact, looks like a real decent tire and they have it in a v-rated 205-55-15 around 90-100 each.

[mywhite94celicag...]

QUOTE (94blackst @ Apr 8, 2003 - 9:45 PM)

those are really good tires for the money, but the potenza 950 or the 730 is better, but they cost a little more too.

i would have gone with the potenzas but the dealer i got mine at didnt carry em, so other wise i would have gotten them

[west_minist]

My advice:

Potenza S02 or SO3 if you could afford them.

[FallenHero]

what about the cheapest decent tire? Sumitomo or Kumho?

[west_minist]

Check out http://www.tirerack.com for quality and pricing.

pirelli and michelin, Bridgestone.

[Junior]

Toyo Proxes T1-S. Excellent tire, also handles really well in the wet. Toyo is having a promotion right now, cheap tires. I'm not sure about US, but in Toronto the tires are going for like 40% off retail.

[liquor]

I just bought Kumhos ecsta supra 712 from tiretrends.com for my 16" 7g alloy wheels - at 85$/tire for 205-50zr16 you cant go wrong. They look very good. They stick to the road dry/wet. They rock.

[gttoyo]

the best tires I have fgound are the toyo proxes ts1
Or the hankook ventus proformance

[west_minist]

QUOTE (gttoyo @ May 8, 2003 - 8:25 PM)

the best tires I have fgound are the toyo proxes ts1 Or the hankook ventus proformance

If you might not know, these are very good tires:-

Bridgestone Potenza S02, S03
Toyo Proxes RA1, T1-s
Pirelli Nero, Rosso Asimmetrico
Michelin Pilot Sport
Dunlop SP Sport
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
Yokohama AVS Sport

This post has been edited by west_minist: May 9, 2003 - 2:32 PM

[Celicav]

DUNLOP Tires all the way baby!

[BlackSTX]

So are Cooper tires worth a dang? Someone on here once said they are good quality tires.

[west_minist]

I am surprise that this tread have gone on for a long time.

Just go to tirerack.com and review the tires there. Whats the problem?

[BlackSTX]

Tirerack doesn't sell every brand, such as Cooper tires.

[97GTinKC]

I have seriously been thinking about some Continental ContiExtremeContacts,


Continental Tires

they do come in the 205-55-15 V-rated, but not in the 16 inch for my GTS wheels,,,

and if you have a GT, especially with the sport suspension package, anything less than a V-rated tire handles like crap. I tried it on mine, some S-rated 225-50-15's, felt like I was driving on under-inflated snow tires,

[LBCxGUY]

just got some brand called "VISA" was told that they where made by "falken" they are 205/50/16....they are also V-rated....works nice for me!

[97GTinKC]

Cooper makes tires for quite a few different companys. A lot of the house brands like the futura at Pep Boys are made by Cooper,,,

Check out this list of names Cooper manufactures:

Cooper tire list


Unfortunately, this is from some lawsuit, I doubt they are any worse than any other maker...I have had problems with all brands of tires.