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Mar 9, 2010 | 06:01 PM

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Dip them in tire shine lol. jk, burn them off, it isnt that big of a deal

Mar 9, 2010 | 06:04 PM

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what are you talking about?

Mar 10, 2010 | 08:42 AM

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i dont see any point in a road hazard thing. a plug or patch should only cost around $5 to get it done. you can do a plug yourself with a kit and save even more money.

Mar 10, 2010 | 09:07 AM

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Is that road hazard stuff worth it? Is it another ploy for them to get some extra $ out of the customer?

How much do they want for the road hazard? I've bought it in the past on a set of Goodyear F1 GSD3's on my other car, and was very very happy when one of the sidewalls started bulging from a broken steel belt and they replaced it no questions asked...but in that case, the tires were $200 each, and the road hazard was like $10 a tire...so it was only 5% of the total price.

Mar 10, 2010 | 09:08 AM

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and where did i say i ever get my tires done at a shop??? if i ever did want nitro in my tires, id get my own tank. calm the **** down pal.

So you do them yourself and know there's nitrogen in them, good for you. The advice you were giving on the thread though, would probably lead a lot of people to go to a tire shop and waste their money on more expensive compressed air.

Swear at someone else "pal".

Mar 10, 2010 | 10:10 AM

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Ok,

Thanks for the advice everyone.

I'll post up when I make my final decision and take some pics of the ride when I get it rolling again.

Mar 10, 2010 | 10:18 AM

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I'm looking to drive a little more this year. Maybe around 5k miles. I don't want falkens, I had them on my 94 and I would rather drive on bicycle tires than those things.

Who makes Fuzion? Have they been around a while? Never heard of them, maybe I'll do some searching.

What about my 3 original choices for a good street radial?

nitto 555
bfgoodrich kdw2
kumho ecsta spt

anybody have opinions of these 3? pics?

I don't know who makes them, but they suck (the ride quality/noise is terrible). My car came with them when I bought it Fuzion ZR-1 or whatever they call them...275's. The only reason I haven't replaced them already (i've only had the car for seven months) is that they have ~90% tread remaining. Just spend the extra money and get a good/mainstream tire.

Mar 10, 2010 | 07:43 PM

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my advice in the thread.......like YOU quoting me saying "what little difference it makes, its less affected by temp. and is dryer." who would ever take that to mean they should run out and get nitro in their tires??? if youre THAT easily swayed ive got plenty of other things to sell you then nitrogen.

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Mar 11, 2010 | 01:38 PM

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Mar 14, 2010 | 05:41 PM

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I wound up going with the Firestone Wide Ovals. I did an online quote and called the shop the online thing referred me to. The guy took 15% off each tire and knocked off 10 bucks from the alignment. Got out of there for $720, but skipped on the road hazard.

So far I like the them, but there is a funny lip design to them. These are not glamor shots, but what do you think? They are the same size as what came off.

285/40/17 & 255/45/17

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/P3140073.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/P3140072.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/P3140071.jpg

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Mar 14, 2010 | 11:44 PM

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those tires are still good.......................for a burn out.

Mar 15, 2010 | 05:58 PM

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I run wide ovals...they're good in the rain, decent in the dry, a little noisy, but they've lasted a long time, I'm happy with them for a daily driver.

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