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Old Feb 19, 2005
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Upgrading to BF Goodrich this saturday!

Shitstones be gone!

Upgrading my oem tires which are horrible in all conditions and dangerous in any type of precipitation.

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look at the chart. the oem tires that come with the car have worse DRY traction than the BF's SNOW traction!!!

Ugh! I wish honda woudn't skimp on the tires. but i forgive them.
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oops. double post.
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Hey, where did you find that information about tires? Can you link me?
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Hey, where did you find that information about tires? Can you link me?
Those are from Tire Rack. Here's the link for it.

Tire Rack Survey Result
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BFG Traction are excellent tires, we stock and sell alot of them. Haven't had any problems at all.

As far as Honda skimping on OE tires, they are not the only ones. Most car manufacturers use mid-grade tires, or what ever they request a certain tire manufacturer design for them. Some Goodyear tires will say 'TPC SPEC' on them, these are tires that Goodyear originally developed for GM. The first thing I did with my wife's Yukon is get rid of the crappy *** Firestone tires that came from the factory.
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They are on and I already feel a great improvement on cornering stabilty and at higher speeds. There is that pesky white paint that comes from the factory all over the tires side wall. The tire shop said it will dissappear over time.

They also said the tires are great and no customer complaints. Said to expect 60,000 miles out of the tires. I got 10% off and also picked up the insurance for free rotations and fix/replacement.

These should go really well with my Koni Sport kit in 2 weeks. I already have the rsx rear sway and front neuspeed tower bar.

The best part of all these mods is that it improves sporty daily driving and no one can tell it apart from another EX Sedan.

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BFG Traction are excellent tires, we stock and sell alot of them. Haven't had any problems at all.

As far as Honda skimping on OE tires, they are not the only ones. Most car manufacturers use mid-grade tires, or what ever they request a certain tire manufacturer design for them. Some Goodyear tires will say 'TPC SPEC' on them, these are tires that Goodyear originally developed for GM. The first thing I did with my wife's Yukon is get rid of the crappy *** Firestone tires that came from the factory.

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Just a note.... Those Rateings from the tire rack are based on the opinions of the people who have used one or more of those tires... there is no quantitative data to support any of it. It is all based on the personall opinion of the person who decided to answer their survey... So believe them at your own risk.
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Sometimes user ratings are even better than professional reviews. Because they can be trusted where as some media's reviews might be biased toward advertisers.

How about this test review by their professionals?
330i BMW road test



Originally Posted by Zzyzx
Just a note.... Those Rateings from the tire rack are based on the opinions of the people who have used one or more of those tires... there is no quantitative data to support any of it. It is all based on the personall opinion of the person who decided to answer their survey... So believe them at your own risk.
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Those tire are OK for the money. I find that they are very heavy and don't tend to balance that great. I work in a tire shop and we have done a few returns because of the excessive amount of wieght need to balance them. But overall, they have an excellent warranty, decent priced and pretty sticky. I can't complain, my set was free.
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thats what i mean. I aint upgraded my rims and then having high perf $100 summer only tires, then spend $300 more on snow tires/steelies.

These are dependable all seasons that grip in any weather and will last a long time. In their category they are the best and make the OEM tires shameful.
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Looks like i will be testing them in 6-8 inches of snow tomorrow
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Originally Posted by Zzyzx
Just a note.... Those Rateings from the tire rack are based on the opinions of the people who have used one or more of those tires... there is no quantitative data to support any of it. It is all based on the personall opinion of the person who decided to answer their survey... So believe them at your own risk.
I think it's safe to at least believe the shitstones reviews
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