Suggestions for tires?

[scottzg]

I need to get myself some all season tires to throw on my ugly 15" rims. Priorities are as follows:

1) a good stiff sidewall as a 60mm sidewall will allow.
2) cheap and hard compound (think low running costs)
3) nice smooth breakaway

It seems like this is a hard combination to find. Nobody buys cheap hard tires who wants to trade responsiveness for nvh. I totally don't care about ultimate grip, but if they feel good on the road and last a little while ill be psyched.

Suggestions?

[badbasser98]

I just bought some BFGoodrich Traction T/A's last spring. Those seem to be a pretty decent tire that has a high mileage warrenty. Might want to give those a look. Not sure that they will fit your description fully, but well worth a look IMO.

-BB98

[BAC5.2]

Toyo Proxes 4. Cheap. GREAT in the snow. Good tread wear.

Correctly align the car, as well. Run as much camber as you want, but keep the toe between 0 and +.02". That'll help keep the tires fresh for a long time. Camber doesn't wear tires nearly as much as people think, TOE hurts tires more than anything. We've had race cars running very little toe, but 4 degrees of camber in their "street" setups, and put tens of thousands of miles on the same set of tires without much problem. Make sure to rotate front to back every oil change or every other oil change or so.

My neighbor has 25k on his 4's and they look great. I've got about 1k on them, and I've never been happier with an all-season. I like them so much, I will be putting a set of them on my mothers car when she needs new tires.

[evolutionmovement]

I like the Goodyears the Mazda comes with, but what the dealer charged the insurance co for my recent flat was absurd ($200+).

I bet one of the reasons camber doesn't wear so much is that the tires aren't sliding on their sidewalls so much and if you are contemplating negative camber, this is probably a problem. I know it is for me.

Don't get Kumhos - they wear out faster than silk underwear on a flatulent fat guy and are garbage in snow even when new. You get what you pay for, though.

Steve

[Splinter]

Im looking at throwing on a set of BFG T/A g-Force ADWS's


I dont know if the g-Force's have a mileage warranty tho, since most people who get them drive the car like a maniac...

[scottzg]

well, as it turned out, i got a flat on a road trip, and the only tires i could swing (long long story) were a set of bridgestone re950s. I'm not that enthusiastic, i hope they last.

[Yukonart]

Take a look at the Continental ExtremeContacts . . . I ran a set on the STi for about a year, and unless I pushed them really hard in the dry, they wouldn't break loose very easily. They had excellent wet grip, and were amazing in the snow. They're also among the "not so expensive" tires among all the brands that are worth a shit.

[tris91ricer]

S03's.

[Yukonart]

S03's.

S03s are max performance summer. . . they'd be deadly in the snow.

[tris91ricer]

Craig's m3 showcased those tires pretty well in the rain the last time we took a ride. . . Do they have great rain capabilities, to?

[Yukonart]

Craig's m3 showcased those tires pretty well in the rain the last time we took a ride. . . Do they have great rain capabilities, to?

Yessir. . . S03s hold their own VERY well in the wet.

[Legacy777]

About the only thing maybe a little better (in the same tire class) in the wet then the S03's is the goodyear GS-D3's.

They're freaking amazing.

[greg donovan]

if you wanna swing for the fences and get the ultimate all weather tire go for the Nokian WR.

sadly they are about 400 for a set but they are the only all season tire that has a severe duty M+S rating.

i have them on my 95 wagon. the sidewall is very good.

[93forestpearl]

I liked my Cooper Cobra G/T's. They were fairly stiff, had a pretty hard compound, ok in the snow, and were very forgiving at the limit.