Ok, this Coupe I bought needs tires before it can be inspected. They told me that because the car has been sitting in a garage and not driven, the tires have dry-rotted to the point that they are no longer safe. The tires do look pretty crusty, so I do want to replace them. What tires do most of you recommend? I want something for summer (mostly dry) driving conditions. This car will NEVER see snow, and rarely see rain. I don't want to spend a fortune, either. What is a decent budget tire for the Crossfire, and what size should I get? What size is stock on the NON-SRT Coupe?

Thanks

 

go to tirerack.com. i paid $553 for my tires!

 

Front is 225/40 R18
Rear is 255/35 R19

So what year is your car? and for how long has it been sitting in the garage?

 

Lucy has F1s on her and drove much better then the contis on mine

 

Last week I replaced my stock Continentals with Kumho Ecsta's from the Tire Rack. Much nicer driving.. a little quieter and a slightly softer ride (the wheel allignment I did at the same time may have helped a little, too!). It was $532 + tax & shipping for the four of them. You can't beat that. There was a thread a couple of months ago on these tires - I'm pretty sure that everybody who bought them liked them.

 

I put the Eagle F1's A/S on my car, and I absolutely love them. They are so much better then the stock Contis..

Although, they are an A/S tire, I think they make (Goodyear) a F1 summer performance..

 

Had to replae the Conti's last summer - HUGE cracks in the sidewalls on the driver side - after a ton of looking ended up with Goodyear F1's - great in the summer and rain, this winter found that the traction light blinked on a ton, from what I understand that's normal with these tire - rubber gets harder and tires tend to slip.
Ride is comfortable and I don'tthink they are noisey at all. Overall like the tires but thought that they were pricy - about $1300. installed

 

How's that work with Tirerack, they ship them to you & you have to pay someone locally to install?

 

No it's like magic - the tires just appear on the car mounted about a week after you click the "purchase" button. I couldn't believe it myself but there you go.

Send this to ten people and in a week...



Seriously, they ship the tires to you and you go somewhere to have them mounted. I took mine to the Mercedes dealer because in reading the instructions for mounting tires there's a little bit of fuss over the pressure sensors and removing them before removing the old tires from the wheels. I wasn't convinced my local Tire Kingdom/Mechants/National Tire and Battery place would pay that much attention. If you bring them someplace, do yourself a favor and make sure they don't hose up your sensors!

Here's my write up with some useful info

Click Here

 

www.Tirerack.com

get the OEM tires
Save $

Sincerely
MK

 

I compared tire rack to Treadepot.com and found they both had the same price but treadepot.com shipped free! That was a $43 savings.

FRONT TIRES 225/40ZR18
REAR TIRES 255/35ZR19
"W" rated - 168 MPH
Continental ContiTouringContact CW95

One thing I noticed was that many of the tires people mentioned are directional tires. That is, the tread is intended to rotate in one direction only. That makes me wonder what happens when it's time to rotate tires?



Since the tires cannot be moved to the other end of the car on the same side (different-sized wheels) they must be dismounted, and remounted to the other side facing out before being placed on the opposite side/same end of the car. I guess it's not that big a deal, but it eliminates doing it yourself unless you have tire machines...

 

You don't rotate the directional tires.

By the way, thanks for finding the cheaper website, haha~

 

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Directional rotation tires on a car with same-size tires all around are rotated front to back/back to front on the same side of the car.

I ordered my tires from treadepot.com and saved $43. What's your point?

 

Yep, there you go, when the car has same-size tires on all four.

 

I just put a set of these on. So far I'm satisfied with them. 255/35 ZR 19 Vredestein Sessanta Tire

NEW - European tire

****GUIGIARO DESIGN ****

*NOW BROUGHT HERE TO THE US FROM EUROPE*

This is the European style by Giugiaro Design, who's nameis linked to Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Maserati to name a few!

 

Where did you order these from & how much ?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/19-25...em140231789046&
I called them first, they said that if the tire you want is not on the e-bay listing, they can list it for you. Hope this helps you. Their phone number is on the e-bay site I listed here.