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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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Hey everyone, I kinda already posted this in the newby section, but I thought it might be better served here. I'm looking for new front tires. Looking at Falken, Yokohama, BFG, etc. Anybody recommend anything? I just wanna get the most drivability for the buck. Wet traction, handling, and PRICE are most important.

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P.S. The size is 275/40/17.
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your prolly gonna get alot of opinionated responses here, everyone has their own favorites on tires

personally im a bf goodrich guy ive got g forces and love em

and also this is an area where yo get what you pay for, cheap usually means crap
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Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport($156), Firestone Firehawk Wide Oval($156), General Exclaim UHP($124), Yokohama S.drive ($133), BFGoodrich g-Force Sport ($141), in that order. At the Tire Rack.
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OK thanks guys.
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Does anyone know if these tires will fit on my 9.5 inch wide wheel? I might try to talk this guy down on a couple of them if they do. I'm only worried that they may be more low profile than what I'm looking for too. Any suggestions? See link below:

http://abilene.craigslist.org/pts/1571096137.html
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Originally Posted by LSWONCOOP
Does anyone know if these tires will fit on my 9.5 inch wide wheel? I might try to talk this guy down on a couple of them if they do. I'm only worried that they may be more low profile than what I'm looking for too. Any suggestions? See link below:

http://abilene.craigslist.org/pts/1571096137.html


They're a discontinued tire, so first of all, you'd probably have a hard time getting a fourth tire. Secondly, they're old tires, even though they don't have much usage.



For an inexpensive, but good performance tire, I'd suggest the Falken Ziex ZE-502. I used a set on one of my wife's cars, and was very satisfied with them....until she tore up two of them in a construction zone, but that's a whole different story!
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Fuzion ZRi's are pretty good, and pretty cheap too
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Originally Posted by leadfoot4
They're a discontinued tire, so first of all, you'd probably have a hard time getting a fourth tire. Secondly, they're old tires, even though they don't have much usage.



For an inexpensive, but good performance tire, I'd suggest the Falken Ziex ZE-502. I used a set on one of my wife's cars, and was very satisfied with them....until she tore up two of them in a construction zone, but that's a whole different story!
I went ahead and bought the tires on the ad. Fitment is awesome. I only needed to replace the front two anyway. They handle great. Way better than those worn out BFG's.
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