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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 11:47 AM
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I need to buy a set of new tires. Does anyone have this comb street tires? 265/40/17 front. 285/40/17 rear. If so which brand tires and who do they stick at the track? I'm also on a bugdet so price is an issue . any ones 2 cent are welcome. I could also go 275/40/17 all around.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 01:56 PM
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Do not put different diameter tires on a f-body. The 265's will be too short and the 285's will be too tall. The ABS on the f-body is not designed to compute for differnt tire sizes.

275/40ZR17 is the stock SS and WS6 tire size.
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 09:53 PM
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i had those sizes on my '94, never had an abs problem... they r 25.3" and and 26" tall, which isn't a big enough difference, less than 3%... i had the front lowered 1.5" so the shorter size looked good, i liked the 'raked' look... check out the tirerack and discount for prices, look to the right for the links... oh yeah, what size wheels do u have? i had 8.5's and 9.5's and that was the narrowest i'd use for those sizes...
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Old Oct 17, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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I would stay 275/40-17 on all 4 corners.
The Kuhmo 712 is a pretty good budget tire.
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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 10:43 PM
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I goin to stay with the 275's all around thanks for replys. By the way the tires are or oem ZR1's I forgot to post that info.
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