Dirt Cheap Quality Tires?
12-04-2008, 12:45 PM
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Dirt Cheap Quality Tires? As not just a Corvette owner but a high end sports car owner, Im used to seeing the parts for our cars higher than normal when compared to other vehicles. One area I feel that sport car owners have been getting raped on is the price for performance tires. OEM tires for our cars are easily $300-400+ea and more for some after market tires. Thats crazy, over $1200+ for tires?! So is $250-300 a good price? How about lower? A lot of guys find good buys on Khumos and BFG's for about $255 and up, and those are good tires, but I even got those beat. Last year I became a fan of the General Exclaim UHP. Thats right, a General Tire. Who? Its Generals ultimate high performance tire, and the name fits. I had these on my stock sized C5 wheels and they were great. Great traction, great control and low noise (cant hear with cam anyway). Now That I have a little larger wheels I was looking for some 295/35 r18's and found that General makes the Exclaim in this size (new tire size). So, still a little skeptical I looked at the reviews for all cars and Vettes, most were C5's, and all the reviews were very good. Check them out for yourself at DiscountTires or TireRack. The best part is the price. The 295/35's average $165-200 but Summit has them for $130! So, does more money give you more tire? Can a company whos made their money in commercial and economy tires produce a high performance tire that can compete with the best tires onthe market? Does this mean they have more time to produce a hp tire since its their only one? Im gonna find out and let you guys know, so, have an open mind guys. I should order thm next week and recieve then a few days later. I will take pics maybe vid and keep you guys posted. Michelin PS2's, move aside, the General's coming through.
Side note: 295/35r18 is a new size but Summit and TireRack have them. Stock C5 sizes are easily available at most tire places. I also plan on trying them out at a road coarse early next year to see how they hold up.
http://www.tirerack.com/survey/Surve...ommentStatus=P
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....el=Exclaim+UHP
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/rea...etail&pc=32505
Side note: 295/35r18 is a new size but Summit and TireRack have them. Stock C5 sizes are easily available at most tire places. I also plan on trying them out at a road coarse early next year to see how they hold up.
http://www.tirerack.com/survey/Surve...ommentStatus=P
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....el=Exclaim+UHP
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/rea...etail&pc=32505
12-04-2008, 04:21 PM
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Wow that is really cheap for 295/35-18's! The best I've found so far is for some Vredestein tires in that size at $177/tire shipped. There are a lot of threads about the vredesteins over of CF.com. I'm definitely going with those or the generals once we get some info on them. Do the generals come in 265/40-17s?
12-04-2008, 06:14 PM
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When I go to summit's site and display all sizes for those tires and then click on the 295/35-18's it shows $129 but in the description it shows 225/45-18's...are you sure the 295's are actually $129? It makes me wonder since the 275/40-17's are more ($149). Seems like their website is screwed up for that size or something.
They show to be $349/piece right now. Trending Topics
01-03-2009, 08:11 PM
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vredestein I bought all four vredestein ultrac sessanta for my 2000 vette and they are great. I got z06 chrome rims (staggereda) with the vredestein tires balanced and shipped for 1200.00. they ride great and stick hard on turns. You can be on ebay all four at 750.00. best tires for the buck anywhere!!
01-08-2009, 10:02 PM
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As not just a Corvette owner but a high end sports car owner, Im used to seeing the parts for our cars higher than normal when compared to other vehicles. One area I feel that sport car owners have been getting raped on is the price for performance tires. OEM tires for our cars are easily $300-400+ea and more for some after market tires. Thats crazy, over $1200+ for tires?! So is $250-300 a good price? How about lower? A lot of guys find good buys on Khumos and BFG's for about $255 and up, and those are good tires, but I even got those beat. Last year I became a fan of the General Exclaim UHP. Thats right, a General Tire. Who? Its Generals ultimate high performance tire, and the name fits. I had these on my stock sized C5 wheels and they were great. Great traction, great control and low noise (cant hear with cam anyway). Now That I have a little larger wheels I was looking for some 295/35 r18's and found that General makes the Exclaim in this size (new tire size). So, still a little skeptical I looked at the reviews for all cars and Vettes, most were C5's, and all the reviews were very good. Check them out for yourself at DiscountTires or TireRack. The best part is the price. The 295/35's average $165-200 but Summit has them for $130! So, does more money give you more tire? Can a company whos made their money in commercial and economy tires produce a high performance tire that can compete with the best tires onthe market? Does this mean they have more time to produce a hp tire since its their only one? Im gonna find out and let you guys know, so, have an open mind guys. I should order thm next week and recieve then a few days later. I will take pics maybe vid and keep you guys posted. Michelin PS2's, move aside, the General's coming through.
Side note: 295/35r18 is a new size but Summit and TireRack have them. Stock C5 sizes are easily available at most tire places. I also plan on trying them out at a road coarse early next year to see how they hold up.
http://www.tirerack.com/survey/Surve...ommentStatus=P
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....el=Exclaim+UHP
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/rea...etail&pc=32505
Side note: 295/35r18 is a new size but Summit and TireRack have them. Stock C5 sizes are easily available at most tire places. I also plan on trying them out at a road coarse early next year to see how they hold up.
http://www.tirerack.com/survey/Surve...ommentStatus=P
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....el=Exclaim+UHP
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/rea...etail&pc=32505
Are you considering these as a track/performance tire too?.... or do you run a sticky tire setup for duty? Just curious how they'd react, with a car with your mods.
I have personally nothing against general, or any brand that performs. If its cheaper price wise,...thats even better. Post up when you put them on. Etc. Would like o know what happens when you punch in from like 30 mph.
Good find.
01-09-2009, 04:51 AM
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^ lol on your car forget it 
What's funny is in general most Vette guy's laugh at other guy's that buy a cheaper tire, personally, it's your money and if you want to buy $100 tires that's up to you. Let someone else pay $400 a tire (which is a rip) Ive owned expensive tires, and cheap tires and I never thought the expensive ones were $300 better. I just picked up some Nankang (lol) for the front tires on my Z and I got them for $190 shipped (265-35-18) I've also had Vredestein's on my 03 Cobra and I thought they were pretty good, definitely better than the T1R's and the KDW2's they replaced IMO.
What's funny is in general most Vette guy's laugh at other guy's that buy a cheaper tire, personally, it's your money and if you want to buy $100 tires that's up to you. Let someone else pay $400 a tire (which is a rip) Ive owned expensive tires, and cheap tires and I never thought the expensive ones were $300 better. I just picked up some Nankang (lol) for the front tires on my Z and I got them for $190 shipped (265-35-18) I've also had Vredestein's on my 03 Cobra and I thought they were pretty good, definitely better than the T1R's and the KDW2's they replaced IMO. 
