Anyone Else Have to keep Buying Rear Tires

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02-27-2009 | 07:21 PM

MikeR

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Re: Anyone Else Have to keep Buying Rear Tires

I hope to wear out my Kumho Ecsta's this year so I can replace them and the Conti's on the front of the Aero. I cant burn them off at the track since I bought DR's. I would like to go to 275 or 285's rear and 235 or 245 fronts. If I could find a bag of money I would put on new wheels too......

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02-27-2009 | 07:29 PM

Moparrbust

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Re: Anyone Else Have to keep Buying Rear Tires

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Originally Posted by lacerdaschoon

I find i can get alot of wheel spin from the lights, im not the best driver i must admit

Does anyone have any suggestions what tyres to go with for minimal wheel spin. Im getting ended by my mates 135i from the lights every time at the moment. From a roll in stock form im getting one car on him to 120.
Maybe my best bet is to learn how to launch huh? any tips?

Read post #6.....................the only "downside" is you have to run 18'' rims in the rear because those tires aren't made in 19's.

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02-27-2009 | 09:44 PM

04Fire

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Re: Anyone Else Have to keep Buying Rear Tires

28k and counting on one set of PS2's... and I drive pretty hard but they won't last much longer.

And this may be a dumb question but what causes the compound to harden? Age?

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Originally Posted by roncosrt6

I got 17K miles out of my rear PS2's. Front's are still in excellent shape. They weren't bald but compound hard and slick. I was going 40 on freeway entry ramp, hit the warp speed button and nothing. Tires broke loose, and felt like I was standing still.

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03-02-2009 | 04:52 PM

lacerdaschoon

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Re: Anyone Else Have to keep Buying Rear Tires

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Originally Posted by Moparrbust

Read post #6.....................the only "downside" is you have to run 18'' rims in the rear because those tires aren't made in 19's.

Thanks mate, that is abit of a problem i would love to keep 19s at the rear. I will however look into those tires. thanks

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03-04-2009 | 06:19 AM

LantanaTX

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Re: Anyone Else Have to keep Buying Rear Tires

buying tires was getting expensive for me too. I switched to 18x8 front and 18x9 rear. Running 18's gave me access to a much bigger selection of tires that didn't cost as much. I am now running 235 40 18 up front and 265 40 18 in the rear. I just relplaced the rears with BFG Gforce KD's which I found for only 220 for the pair. I also added the KMAC kit and had the car aligned for maximum tire life. I hope I can now get over 5000 miles on the rear.

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