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01-21-2005, 12:38 AM
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Tire question
Hello everyone,
I have a 2000 Tiburon and have not had one bit of trouble except for tire wear. I have 70,000 miles and I am on my 8th set of tires. The car is perfectly alligned and I am not *rough* on my car by any means. It can get pretty expensive buying the 195/55 r15 every 10 months or so, are there any other tire sized that will fit? I had read somewhere that 205/50R15 would fit but I wanted to check and see if anyone has tried that or not, not that they would be much cheaper. Any help would be appreciated. 
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01-21-2005, 09:12 PM
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it always helps to buy good tires instead of those cheap junk yard tires just messin with you. if you were getting them balanced i dont know. i'll try and find something out from my car guy or tire guy if i see them
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#3
01-22-2005, 12:45 AM
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Re: Tire question
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Thanks for any help.
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01-22-2005, 08:47 AM
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get your ball joints, bushing, and tie rod ends checked if they are worn out a bit the tires will wobble back and forth or side to side and that will kill your tires i'll try to find more out this week
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#5
01-22-2005, 02:33 PM
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Re: Tire question
bigtdawg is right, that will be hell on your tires if they are worn. I had a broken a arm on my old car and i just tore the shit out of my tires. actually the guy at the tire place wouldnt put new tires on till i got it fixed b/c he said i would be back in in a few months needing new tires.
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2003 Tiburon GT Haydin Oil Cooler, Hotshots Racing Header, Injen SRI, Borla Exhaust, SR BBTB, NGM Stage 4 Upper/Lower Intake Manifolds, UD pullies, Apexi Grounding kit, ARK Front Strut Brace, Nology Coolwires, kspec motor mounts, greddy oil catch can, Tein pro suspension, Tein front/rear sway bars, SAFC Neo, 15mm Hub Adaptors, Invader CF hood, centerforce stage2 Clutch, Cumstom reground cams.
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01-23-2005, 12:30 PM
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#8
01-26-2005, 07:09 PM
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sorry it took so long to reply i've been working late i can get my headers now if the tires are wearing perfectly even i dont know did you just look at them? if so rub your hand over them feel for cupping take a tire off and look to see if there is more wear along the edge of one of the channles. make sure you give it a real good inspection
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#9
01-29-2005, 10:18 PM
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Seems to me that a smaller diameter tire will wear faster then a larger one. 15's would take more revoloutions than 17's to cover the same distance. Think about it. I could be wrong but the math is right...
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#10
01-29-2005, 10:41 PM
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very true rickna but hes on his 8th set in 70,000 that seems like alot i'm sure he isnt buying 9000 mile tires i still say take it into a trustworthy shop and have everything looked at
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01-30-2005, 01:11 PM
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I see he has R speed rated (harder rubber-longer tread life), even if he has Z speed rated they shouldn't wear that fast. Either something is very wrong or these tire guys are rippin him off, IMO.
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