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Ok, I need to replace all 4 of my tires, and I have been looking around. Getting rims and tires is out of my budget right now. Well I checked with firestone on our stock FR690 tires and they said they are $87 each. thats alittle more than what I wanted to spend. Does anyone know of a better stock tire to buy or just a better tire to buy and that might be cheaper. I want to spend about $300 or less. Also I want a tire that has a good looking sidewall.

 
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anything is better than Firestones

 
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Well, I liked my firestones, that is what I have on my car, the only thing I really didnt like was they lose tread fast. I want to find a different tire and maybe cheaper.

 
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87 each is a crock of ****. 15" run of the mill tires should be much less than that.

Get Potenza RE950s... by far the best performance all season you can get.... $71 from Tire Rack.

Also scoring well in that category... Dunlop SP Sport A2 at $56.

I'd recommend either of those over Shitstones.

BTW... the FR690s were ranked 42 out of 42 tires in the All season class with a total score of 3.6 out of 10... somehow I don't think you want to buy them again.

 
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What about bridgestone turanzas? I heard they were good, quiet tires.

 
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Check out the Falken ZE-512. Temp. A, Traction A, Treadwear 400+ and I got 'em for $37 each. They recently won a consumer test too.

 
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Where did you get them for $37 each. Let me in please.

 
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Ok, after readling the reviews of the Dunlop SP Sport A2, I am probably not going to buy that tire because alot of people said that their tires wore out after only 12,000-18,000 miles and I wont deal with that, now after readling the reviews on the potenza RE950's, I might get those tires, thanks for the info Boilermaker

 
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I asked this question before but didnt get any responses, If I chose to plus size to 205/60/15 would they fit on my stock wheels from the factory? And if so, would they be better or worse than 185/65/15?

 
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What wheels do you have? 205/50/15s will fit on 15x6 wheels. I have them on my Si/EX wheels right now. Speedo reads approx. 1% too slow. You can check out the tire calculator.

 
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205/50s are about 6% too fast. You may want to double check that.



Anyways... 205/60s fit. It'll probably flub out the sides a little, but you can get them on there. If you want a wider one on stock tires, go for 195/60s. Going to a wider rim, a 6.5 or 7" rim would make a 205 look a lot better and much more at home.

 
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Wheelguyz is running a 15" wheel special with tires for $400 shipped. 17" for 500 shipped, FYI.

 
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i might also check out the pirelli lines, specifically the P6000 and P7000 line, tirerack sells them for rediculously low prices (allthough not as rediculous as $37 a tire)

 
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Yeah, you're right. I mean 205/60s read approx. 1% too slow. They look good on 15x6 wheels, but they do "flub out" a little. Turn-in response is somewhat slow. These tires would do better on a 15x6.5 or 15x7. 195/60s are pretty popular - this is probably the best bet if you're sticking with the stock wheel width.

 
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$37 each = my dad works at a dealer so this is wholesale price. But check out vulcantire.com. They've got the ZE-512 for $43 each.

 
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Tell me what you all think about the falken ZE-512 http://www.vulcantire.com/ze512_60_t.htm Does this look like a good deal and is this a good tire?

 
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Yup. That's what I got. 205/60/15. They're so much better than the Firestones it's not even funny. That's also the site I ordered them from. Good service and fast shipping. I recommend them.

edit - yes, the tires are better, but I'm sure that part of the reason the ones I got are better than stock is because stock is 185 and I got 205.

 
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I think I am going to go ahead and get those, thanks Ironfist

 
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just bought some Kumho 716 HP4 for $36 each from Whalentires.com... Thats cheaper than on tirerack.com. If you read the performance reviews on them at tirerack.com you'll see that they're pretty fair. I haven't installed them yet so I can't tell you how they are. Best bang for the buck though.

 
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I heard that those Kumho tires have a ugly *** sidewalls, what do you think?

 
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The tires on my car right now are 205/40/17 Kumho Ecsta Supra and they're awesome tires, just kinda loud. I like the sidewalls b/c they're straight up, doesn't curve at the top. I think the sidewalls look fine.

 
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Well, I just ordered some falken ZE-512 tires from vulcantire.com, hope they come soon. Hey ironfist, when you ordered them from there website, how long before they shipped them out basically what day did you order them, what day did they ship them out and when did you get them?