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Not really my purchase, but I took my son's 2021 Bronco Sport Badlands to Discount Tire this morning to get tires he ordered online installed. The Bronco came with Falken Wildpeak A/T and they had 48,800 miles on them. Still 4/32 left, but he is planning a trip this weekend to Cincinnati and with the predicted bad weather, he decided that it was best to have new tires for the upcoming winter and the trip. He was very pleased with the original Falkens, so he ordered the same identical tires. I have never owned any Falken, but I have to admit that they are smooth for a fairly aggressive tread pattern.
picked my new maverick from dealer drove it home and took the steelies off and put these momo racing wheels with continental extreme contact dws 06 plus tires on
the steelies and tires are for sale in the classified section if anyone needs 225/65/17 tires or 5x108 wheels with 63.4 hub bore
the steelies and tires are for sale in the classified section if anyone needs 225/65/17 tires or 5x108 wheels with 63.4 hub bore
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A set of four Nitto nt555 G2 tires for a 2022 Corvette
I also order tires online from WM and cross the Connecticut River to pick them up at a WM automotive center in sales tax free New Hampshire. Like you, I only trust the WM gorillas to carry the tires out to my SUV. I get them mounted by a shop with Hunter equipment.
Needed a new spare tire BFG 35x12.5r17
I had the same problem years ago with Blizzaks. I think due to the soft compound you are feeling it squirm. I noticed it a lot at highway speeds but I got used to it after a few times of driving.Issues with new snow tires
With the winter approaching I decided to bite the bullet and order snows for my car. I researched snow tires and ended up buying 4 225/40-18 Vredestein Wintrac Pro Xl tires mounted on Enkei wheels from TireRack. These are "W" rated snows. They are replacing staggered Michelin PSS tires. My wife has Vredestein tires on her appliance, err Accord, and they're great.
TireRack shipped them with 34psi inflation in all tires which I increased to 35psi front and 37psi rear. The lug bolts are torqued to 105ft-lbs, per factory specs. I know that new tires have the remnants of chemicals that allow the tire to be easily removed from the tire molds. This is typically worn off after 50 miles of driving. Obviously, these are not PSS tires, but the car wanders at highway speeds.
Anyone want to chime in as to possible solutions?
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Updating my purchase. After months of looking for the perfect tire for our 2020 Connect.. we went through 5 different brands and none expect the Nokian brand seem to offer us the prefect blend of performance and handling. We can now say we're perfectly happy with the Nokian WRG4 tires. These tires out perform any tires we've ever had the chance to own. The are superior on dry roads and very well on wet roads. We've yet to drive these on snow covered roads. As I said in other post, the other tire's sidewalls kept over flexing some time to the point where they looks like the tires are going flat of that they are about ready to pop off the rim. The only tires that didn't perform in this manor was the Nokian brand. But the Nokian "one" tires failed on wet roads. We gave the Nokian brand another chance and selected the WRG4' tires and what a different these things want to grip the road no matter what the condition. Now to upgrade the stock 24mm sway bar to a 32mm performance sway bar for even better handing.
So here's what we ended up with: 19x8.5 ET40 Axe CS Lite Wheels w/ 245/40/R19 Nokian WRG4 tires.
So here's what we ended up with: 19x8.5 ET40 Axe CS Lite Wheels w/ 245/40/R19 Nokian WRG4 tires.
An excellent choice. I've got the Nokian Outpost APT (all-weather) on my 2023 Hyundai Kona N-Line. It took on the crazy snowy-winter weather here in Metro Vancouver last month like a champ. Nokians are now "Made in USA" (Dayton, Tennessee). This is a huge plus for me (even as a Canadian).
I switched over to Forgeline SC1 monoblock wheels shortly after purchase of my Chevy. Staggered set up from the factory so I increased the front and rear 1/2 inch in width.
Front: 19x9 +44 and Rear: 19x9.5 +48
Front: 19x9 +44 and Rear: 19x9.5 +48
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Just a supplemental to my Nokian Outpost APT I use during the winter, I bit the bullet and swapped out my OEM Goodyear Eagle Touring for a set of Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 on my newly purchased 2023 Hyundai Kona N-Line AWD 1.6T; the same tire model that performed so marvelously well on my just-sold car (Ford Focus ST).
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@AJW001 according to the Discount Tire store manager, he said while he was in CO, the G3's was the tire of choice with the Focus and Impreza drivers. Although I tried the Nokian one tires, I wasn't impress but I was willing to give the Nokian brand another shot. These G4's have proven themselves in all types of weather and they just keep on going. Once the sway bar in in place this should accentuate the tires performance and the over all handling.
My uncle recently acquired this 2022 Corvette and he's looking to get a new set of tires. We'll just finish installing the suspension and shocks from 4Wheelonline onto the truck before we can start modding it. I'll mention the NT555 G2 tires to him.
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Well dad bought these but unfortunately they won’t work for what we need because two will not pass Virginia state inspection. I told him just save up your money while you aren’t using the car and pay me back for the Uniroyal Tiger Paw
. They would be new versus these tires. There is nothing wrong with these but the fact they are used the back two had 4/32 fronts are 2/32 which fails state inspection in Virginia. I even ordered the tires for him now I’m going to have to fork out the $400 for them they are what he wanted and told me to order the Uniroyal. And in Virginia the law states if someone sells you used tires they have to install them and also they cannot be over 5 years old so automatically these are disqualified from that. These are 2017 tires. So now he is out of luck. I told him try selling the two with 4/32 to recoup some money back. I love him but man he does not think sometimes. I told him wait till I get home to look at them. Come home and he already bought them.I have a set of those with 4,000 miles on them. 2022 Acadia 235/55/20s. Because they don't have the snow flake 3pms or m&s, they cannot beView attachment 141530
Well dad bought these but unfortunately they won’t work for what we need because two will not pass Virginia state inspection. I told him just save up your money while you aren’t using the car and pay me back for the Uniroyal Tiger Paw
used on BC highways between Oct 1st and April 30th. Like new, the first 200$ takes them. New is 9/32s
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Wish I could use those. His are 215/60R16.
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He went and confronted the guy and he got $20 back from him. It was obvious the guy knew even though he listed them as half tread. Oh well at least he has the money now but now I’m out $400 of Blazer or Crown Victoria money haha. We are going to see if the local used tire house will give us anything for them though they can’t install them being over 5 years old. I will post the Tiger Paw when they arrive.
