Do 03's, 04's or 05's come with the same crappy Firestones as the 01's and 02's?

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Nov 9, 2004

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Do 03's, 04's or 05's come with the same crappy Firestones as the 01's and 02's?

Just curious. Those Firestones really were the worst.

Nov 9, 2004

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my 03 ex came with shitty firestones
04+ came with potenzas i believe (maybe just the alloy rim models)

Nov 10, 2004

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04 with 14" steelies came with dunlop tires.

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Im still riding on my 04 stockies and there almost ****ing bald

Nov 10, 2004

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Yep, the last year for the shitstones was 03'.
I don't miss them one bit. Dumped them after they were bald at 23k.

Nov 10, 2004

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Firestone RE92 (I think...) on my 01 when I got it.
Now it's Bridgestone RE92.

Nov 10, 2004

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I think mine were FR490... I could go look in the garage, cause my stock tires w/ about 8k miles are still sitting arund, I plan/ed to sell, but they're just sitting atm..

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i remember the ratings for stock firestones were terrible on tirerack.com... like on of the worst ratings i've seen like 5-6 for dry traction even.. or whatever the unsatisfactory # is..heh

Nov 10, 2004

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hm..........
now im using re92 from 04 ex.........how good is this tire?

ok....the stuffs i noticed......after switching from firestone LH30..

1. road noise..............like crazy...
2. the tire seems to rotate itself.....when i launch.....with 2000rpm (or so)
3. braking distance.......increased......( u know what i mean, right? )

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Nov 12, 2004

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I still don't understand why honda would do something like that.
hehe look allllll the way at the bottom
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...ay.jsp?type=AS

once again scroll way down (better than firestones at least)
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey....jsp?type=HPAS

the tread designs are so dated...

I currently have the re92's on my 04. 12000 miles and probably will last till 30000. honnestly I think they do quite well, but I really look foward to the performance boost I will get from replaceing them