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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 02:32 PM
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What tires are you guys running on your skinnies? Has anyone had cheap skinnies and switched to something like an ET Front and seen any difference in ETs? Which tires do you recommend NOT to get? thanks in advance.
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What tires are you guys running on your skinnies? Has anyone had cheap skinnies and switched to something like an ET Front and seen any difference in ETs? Which tires do you recommend NOT to get? thanks in advance.

MT sportsmans up front on mine
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I know most people on here are running skinnies, what tires are you guys running? Are you running the Kumho 758 165/80/15s?
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I have the Moroso DS-2

17026 DS-2™ Front Tire; 26.0 x 4.5-15.
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I have the Moroso DS-2

17026 DS-2™ Front Tire; 26.0 x 4.5-15.

http://www.moroso.com/catalog/catego...?catcode=10100
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165R15 Metric Fronts
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Kumho Powerstar 165/80/R15
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I have the Moroso DS-2

17026 DS-2™ Front Tire; 26.0 x 4.5-15.
Me too. Nice tires.
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165R15 Metric Fronts
thats what a lot of people use. You can get them at pepboys. futura made the ones i used on my bogarts
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Originally Posted by promod1955
thats what a lot of people use. You can get them at pepboys. futura made the ones i used on my bogarts
how much do those run usually?
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Honestly I cant remember. there pretty cheap though.
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mine were $60 from discount tire online or something like that

Can't be any more expensive than that
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thanks man, ill start lookin
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Originally Posted by 01_ram-air
I know most people on here are running skinnies, what tires are you guys running? Are you running the Kumho 758 165/80/15s?

Yup. They look the best and seem to be a decent tire.
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