blown out

<<< first blow out... my own dumbass fault should've known better then to drive on the patched tire but i had to pick my sis up from the airport..... o well it wasn't to bad..... now who knows a good place for tires???

tirerack.com, thats where I got my Kuhmos from. Hell the tires and shipping then paying to have them mounted and balanced was cheaper than buying them locally.

do not get H rated tires!!

What are the different ratings and what do they stand for?

LOL if ur lookin for cheap okay tires, go to COSTCO!!!! :-P

What are the different ratings and what do they stand for?


http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/general/speed.jsp

Check it out, it explains all the speed ratings.

do not get H rated tires!!

Young, what's so bad about H rated tires? (actually, i have some crappy Pep Boys brand H-rated tires, ya they suck, but i figured it was b/c it was a Pep Boys crap brand, Futura i think is what they're called).

Check out discounttiredirect.com . free shipping on their tires, and better prices than tirerack.com. although they might not have as big of a selection as tirerack.

i need a nitto tire... well thats what the rest of them are and i kinda wanna keep them the same....but i will check out tire rack thanks guys

and now somebody hit my car .... the hits just keep on hitting....

How bad was it?

Young, what's so bad about H rated tires? (actually, i have some crappy Pep Boys brand H-rated tires, ya they suck, but i figured it was b/c it was a Pep Boys crap brand, Futura i think is what they're called).

Check out discounttiredirect.com . free shipping on their tires, and better prices than tirerack.com. although they might not have as big of a selection as tirerack.

you can easily tell the difference in handling with those things on. i was broke at one point and made the mistake of getting h rated tires.

we have a narrow street in an area called the arboretuem. its sorta like the touge, and i would zoom through there like cake, then with those tires it was noticeably different, back to teh Z tires and, as musashi says, BOOOOYAHHHHH

or something lke that

It wasnt the speed rating that made the difference in the tire. Its just the fact it was a cheaper tire. I had H rated on my car before my current z's and they cost more than what I paid for my current tires. They handled VERY well because they were designed to. And actually 95% of owners dont even need z rated tires because there car will NEVER see the speed the tires are rated for.

Yeah - the rating of the tire has to do with their speed, not their handling. The quality of the tire (and overall design) means more to handling then just the rating. However, if you do like to crank up the speed, stay with the Zs just to be on the safe side. I've never had anything but Zs on my VR4s.

What kinds of z tires you guys own for all season???
also is V tires alright for an sl?

the entire driver side of my car starting from the side skirt forward was hit by a pick up truck.... and it happened in a parking lot and idk who hit it

Damn... you covered?

My Konig rims have Nitto 555 ZR 18 tires on em but my winter factory rims have Lemans HR 225/55 16 H rated on em and they handle so well on the rain that I don't peel and slide like I would on the Z tires (which are directional and ultra-high performance). Yet, I still drive fast on the H rated until snow and ice hit.