time for tires.

its that time again, the magical time when i realize i can't drive around with three slipped belts, awful feathering and a bead about to be exposed like girls gone wild. time for new tires. i'd like all season since i live in new england and theres really only two seasons here, the cold season and the chilly season.
being the poorest college student in the world, i'm looking in the $40 region. i've got the sawblade crx si wheels so the size is 185-60-14. i've narrowed it down to 2 tires, the sumitomo srixon4 ($37) and the kumho ecsta hp4 716 ($33). does/has anybody owned or driven these? got any other tire nominations you think are better for the $.
i've also got to do brakes. whats the pad of choice? what about rear shoes? are there aftermarket shoes and are they worth getting? i've got warped rotors up front; i think this is a common problem as its happened on both of my 4th gens, but never on my 3rd gen. tirerack.com has brembo stock rotors, no drilling or slotting, for $41 each. how much do OEM rotors run? are the brembos worth it? are they less likely to warp in the future?

thanks for your help guys,
graham

owner of a hatchie so reliable you'd think it was built by lotus.

kumho's suck

I just picked up 4 Goodyear Allegra's today. 155/80/13. Candian tire was having a sale so it only came out to 296$ (canadian) for all 4 including balancing & taxes (I saved about $80 bucks).

My old tires were worn to shit so I'm glad I finally got some new ones.

Anyhow the tires look good and the ride is a little smoother now. They are good for 120,000kms. I think it was like 47.99 each tire.

Originally posted by joeyo
I just picked up 4 Goodyear Allegra's today. 155/80/13. Candian tire was having a sale so it only came out to 296$ (canadian) for all 4 including balancing & taxes (I saved about $80 bucks).

My old tires were worn to shit so I'm glad I finally got some new ones.

Anyhow the tires look good and the ride is a little smoother now. They are good for 120,000kms. I think it was like 47.99 each tire.

hmm, i'm gonna hafta check that out tommorow at work, i wanna see what tires i can get for my car for cheap, prolly end up with motomaster SE tires, i need 175/70/13 for my car and not many performance tires come in that size at our store, i'll check the computers when i'm on lunch tommorow :D hehe

Originally posted by 1PhatCX


hmm, i'm gonna hafta check that out tommorow at work, i wanna see what tires i can get for my car for cheap, prolly end up with motomaster SE tires, i need 175/70/13 for my car and not many performance tires come in that size at our store, i'll check the computers when i'm on lunch tommorow :D hehe


The motormaster SE tires are the same price as the allegra's this week with the sale.

alright lol
i wanna see how much Pirrelli's r and if we have ne my size in stock :D lol
ahhhh the benifits of workin at Canadian tire lol
i always look up parts for my car on the computers when its slow hehe :D:D

hey can you guys do print outs and shit?

I went there a few weeks ago and the guy had like this massive parts list for my car in the computer. It would be great to get a print out of that shit with the price etc.

I have goodyear 175/70-13s Integrity's on my stock wheels, and theyr'e good tires.. it is actually a pretty soft rubber compound, so if you're not careful you can eat through a 30000 mile tire in 7000 miles like I did. Now I take it easy. But yeah, for stock size, they're nice, good ride, good grip, etc...

Originally posted by joeyo
hey can you guys do print outs and shit?

I went there a few weeks ago and the guy had like this massive parts list for my car in the computer. It would be great to get a print out of that shit with the price etc.

no sorry dude, we cant do print outs, kinda crappy eh

I have falkin 35's they are alrite

155/80 ???? somebody must like to fold tires under cornering.... those are like bike tires :flipa: