Help...need new tires

Hey all,

I have a 2003 Alero GLS (in a beautiful teal green :) and I am on the hunt for new tires. Any suggestions...I was looking at the Fuzion H rated tire...but wanted to get other opinions on this. I currently have the 225/50/16 Eagle RSA's at the moment...and really did like these tires...but 152 bucks a piece is too damn much :P .

Thanks,
Maureen

I heard the Fuzion were good tires. Nice OTQG ratings on it. The problem I have is they are made by Firestone/Bridgestone. What are they going to cost?

And yes the RSAs are expensive.

I have yokohama(sp) as430 on mine and there were 130 bucks. I beleve kumo i think is also good, from what i hear, i will try them next. Bob..what are your thoughts on kumo?

The Fuzions are 82.99 each...with the special firestone has going on right now...i can get 4 with the road hazard for 350. Thanks for your input.

Maureen

I have yokohama(sp) as430 on mine and there were 130 bucks. I beleve kumo i think is also good, from what i hear, i will try them next. Bob..what are your thoughts on kumo?

The Yokos are good tires Andrew. Plus I know people with Kumo and they are happy with them. We went with the OEM Goodyear Eagle RSAs. Expensive but they are V rated and the Alero GL2 & GLS with the F83 suspension & handling option were designed with them. With the RSAs it will pull .83gs on a skidpad.

BTW - The cost on the Fuzions looks real good.

Well, after a bit of research...I have decided to try out the Fuzion Hri's....I'm going to have them installed tomorrow...and will let you all know what I think. I really like the OEM tires that I have on the car (Eagle RS-A's)...but 152 bucks per tire is just too damn much.

Here are the specs and ratings on the Goodyear OEM tires....
Size (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=46)
Service Description
(http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35)Load Rating (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35)UTQG (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=48)Max
Load (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#maxload)Max.
Inflation
Press. (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#maxinflation)Tread
Depth (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#depth)Tire
WeightRim
Width
Range (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#rimwidthrange)Meas.
Rim
Width (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#measrimwidth)Sect.
Width (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#sectionwidth)Tread
Width (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#treadwidth)Overall
Diam. (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#overalldiameter)Revs
Per
Mile (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#rpm)225/50 VR16
91V SL 260 A A
1367 lbs.
44 psi
11/32"
23 lbs.5.5-8"
6.5"
8.3"
7.3"
24.8"
NA


Results based on 1840 submissions of our online tire survey (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/index.jsp).
http://www.tirerack.com/images/reviews/SurveyTabs.gif
Surveyed Averages15 65% 4.0 5.7 5.8 6.8 7.4 6.9 4.8 3.3 3.3 6.5 6.1 5.9 52,558,347

Here are the specs and ratings on the Fuzion Hri's from Tirerack.com....
Results based on 174 submissions of our online tire survey (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/index.jsp).
http://www.tirerack.com/images/reviews/SurveyTabs.gif
Surveyed Averages7 89% 7.6 8.1 8.1 7.7 8.3 7.9 7.4 6.7 7.1 8.1 7.9 8.1 493,395

Size (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=46)
Service Description
(http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35)Load Rating (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35)UTQG (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=48)Max
Load (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#maxload)Max.
Inflation
Press. (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#maxinflation)Tread
Depth (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#depth)Tire
WeightRim
Width
Range (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#rimwidthrange)Meas.
Rim
Width (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#measrimwidth)Sect.
Width (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#sectionwidth)Tread
Width (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#treadwidth)Overall
Diam. (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#overalldiameter)Revs
Per
Mile (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#rpm)225/50 HR16
92H SL 400 A A
1389 lbs.
44 psi
11/32"
26 lbs.6-8"
7"
9.2"
7.8"
24.9"
837


I'll be back in the next few days to let you all know what I think of the Fuzion Hri's.

Maureen

looks like a good value. i can't imagine paying more than $100 per tire for a typical passenger car.