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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 05:49 PM
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i am having a ton of trouble finding tires.
i am looking for some tires that wont be awful if it rains, but might be an alright proformance tire.
i have 16s that are 9 inches wide.
can anyone help me
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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 05:52 PM
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9 inch 16"s...aftermarket?
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i had 245/50/16 falken ziex 512 on my 86 IROC Z28 and they were really good. i have 275/40/18 KDW tires on my 02 Z28 and they are AWESOME
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yeah simmons racing wheels.
i have a set of yokohoma tires made for road racing.
i put in an adjustable panhard bar in and sent it out to be aligned but when i got the car one rear tire is shreded and they say they wont pay.
the tires that are on it are not made anymore ao i need 2 new rear tires.
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Wide OVAL are good!
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I just got some Kumho ASX's and I had them in a really heavy rainstorm the other day here in Central Alabama and they are great. They have twin "rain grooves" in them very similar to the original aquatread design. I would definantly recomend them.
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speedfreak can you link me to a place i can get them or give me the model number with the size.
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I have BFG KDW2s all around and they're not too bad. Not the greatest traction, but they're 275/35-18, so it'd probably be significantly better with more sidewall on a 16" wheel.
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I thought my Kumho 712s were great in the rain. I put a set of BFG KDWS on last week and they're pretty good also.
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Originally Posted by ggk
i am having a ton of trouble finding tires.
i am looking for some tires that wont be awful if it rains, but might be an alright proformance tire.
i have 16s that are 9 inches wide.
can anyone help me
Try a sumitomo HTRz 255/50-16, great tire for the money, have put 4000mi on the so far, great in rain, stick on dry pavement. 30psi on the street, 18psi is the magic number for the drive tires at the track.
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sorry i have been gone
but acn anyone link me to the tires you guys are recamending?
also can i purchase any of these tires at say sears?
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