Need new tires - suggestions?

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plates! duh! why didn't I ever think of that.. I was just in the garage the other day looking for wieght if I become that desperate. I thought sandbags, but I never have luck with them staying intact. guess i can go in the basement and take 4 or so off my curling bar.... haha..:D
 
Quinton said:
oh, Thank You! 255's it is.
Anyone have a side pic of the 255's? I don't want to take away from it's "smooth" look.
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My Black 02 in my photo garage has 255/45/17's they look nice and fill in the wheel gap better than the 245's
 
So these are 255/45's? They don't look any wider then 235's to my untrained eye.
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I was just at Sears and priced their Kuhmo's. The 255's were $120ish and the 235's were $210ish. Wonder why such a huge difference?
 
jokken said:
I found these: Avon Tech M550 All Season. I am very happy with them. They are good in the snow/rain, handle great and the wear is a lot lower than I expected. The price wasn't bad either. Avon is a British company I think, so I wasn't too upset about going foreign.
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Avon was a British company, but it's now owned by Cooper Tire, so they're American. AFAIK, the Avons are also made in the US.

I have about 5,000 miles on my Tech M550s, and I like them very much. They're much better than the OEM Michelin MXM4s I had.
 
^i agree! Kumhos are well priced and great tires. Everything you need.
 
Sounds like the 255 Kuhmo's are what I need once we have some money for them. Newly adopted baby, new furniture, birthday, Christmas, furnace went out, all take a toll on the checking account. Now we just need out washer and dryer to quit working. lol
 
Quinton said:
LOL
Best/cheapest place to buy the Kuhmo Ecsta's?
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Call Ryan Deberry with East Coast Tire at 800-560-7834. He was the lowest place I found when looking for my Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. They'll ship anywhere in the US.
 
I called Sears and they have Falken ZE512 for $129 ea. That's the best price I've found so far (locally) for a high performance all season tire. Tread pattern looks cool too.

Anyone have any experience with this tire? Thanks!
 
Well I finally decided to go with the Kumho 255's. It's down at Sears getting them put on the rear right now and they look BADAZZ sitting there by themselves. I can't believe how big and fat they look. I can't wait to try them out.
 
Got'em on - they look sweet!
I told them to static balance the tires and they forgot and put some weights on the outside. Stopped to powerwash all the snow/salt/dirt road grime off and one of the tire weights came off with it. lol I'll go back this week and have them redo both of them.
They aligned it and going by their computer the front was off quite aways but now that its "fixed" its not going down the road straight. Any idea's?
I had 150lb weight in the trunk for more traction in the snow, could that throw off the front reading that much?
 
I'll have to get some pics of them when the weather warms up.
They look nice and fat.
 
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