Cheapo Tires! Whats good?

FlyBy763 · Apr 24, 2006

I need to buy some cheap street tires to mount on my wheels when they come on Thursday. Any suggestions? I know I cant expect the world out of them but I cant afford anything great and I have Nittos for the track.

5.0_GT_kid · Apr 24, 2006

Kumho Ecsta (sp) are pretty cheap.

FatLefty · Apr 24, 2006

Yeah Kumho's are pretty inexpensive and are an okay tire. They didn't wear to quickly when I had them on my pony rims when I first got my car.

The only other thing I can suggest is going to your local Discount Tire or something like that and seeing what they have in the way of used tires. You would be surprised how many guys buy brand new Corvettes or Mustangs and only have the tires on for a couple weeks before buying ones, you can get those used tires for pretty cheap.

Oh BTW just forgot you can get those New BF Goodrich G-Force Sports for pretty cheap 275/45/17s are only like $122 on Tirerack.com

My buddy just got some for his car and he loves them. Although he drives a CRX

5.0_GT_kid · Apr 24, 2006

Try Ebay as well

JJ95GTID · Apr 24, 2006

I got the BFG G-force Sports. Excellent tires for the money. But, largest tire they have is the 245/45R17 which is stock size for 17x8 GT wheels. If you have 17x9 or larger wheels then I would go with another tire and no smaller than a 255/45R17. IMO 245s on a 9" wide wheel looks too small.

94gts · Apr 24, 2006

kuhmo ectsta 711's are awesome. the 712's suck though.....stay away from them

FlyBy763 · Apr 24, 2006

Yeah...i want 275/40-17...

IEatRiceGT · Apr 24, 2006

definitly try out the used tire route...it wouldn't hurt and could save you some cash

Mrgreen94gt · Apr 24, 2006

JJ95GTID said:
I got the BFG G-force Sports. Excellent tires for the money. But, largest tire they have is the 245/45R17 which is stock size for 17x8 GT wheels. If you have 17x9 or larger wheels then I would go with another tire and no smaller than a 255/45R17. IMO 245s on a 9" wide wheel looks too small.

They have the G-force Sports all the way up to a 275/40 in 17" sizes, now.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&place=8

Killercanary · Apr 24, 2006

I used to run the nankang EX-500 tires in 245-50-16 size on my car and I LOVED them. They were cheap as hell and I was cutting 1.91 60's on them. I bought them local so I don't know where else you can buy them at. Here's a link to the tire.

http://www.webezgo.com.tw/~nankang/index.php?PageID=12c70040d7892ce711751a1a4b46d5e2

My dad runs these on his '91GT and my cousin ran them on his KB '94GT before switching to DR's.

JJ95GTID · Apr 25, 2006

Mrgreen94gt said:
They have the G-force Sports all the way up to a 275/40 in 17" sizes, now.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&place=8

Good to know

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gcomfx.com · Apr 25, 2006

I have ESSENZA 210 type R tires 255/45 R-17's that came with my AFS wheels. I love them for street tires. They aren't rated Z, but they have lasted for two years + and I just rotated them front to back. They need a little heat to stick at the track, but I'm thrilled with them. Cut 2.0 - 60 fts most of the time I go to the track with stock suspension.

chaos254 · Apr 25, 2006

i like my sumitomo's... their cheap and so far not a bad tire. I usually go through tires pretty quick so i dont see the point in getting really expensive ones.

95snoozer · Apr 25, 2006

sumitumos HTRZ are 95 bucks from tire rack in a 275

green95gt · Apr 25, 2006

you took the words out of my mouth. switched the wifes 711's for nitto 555's and she wants the 711's back.

94gts said:
kuhmo ectsta 711's are awesome. the 712's suck though.....stay away from them

fiveoho · Apr 25, 2006

chaos254 said:
i like my sumitomo's... their cheap and so far not a bad tire. I usually go through tires pretty quick so i dont see the point in getting really expensive ones.

i 2nd that.

i have the sumitomo htr + 's. ultra high performance all season tire. tirerack has 275s for $99. 245 and 255's are a little cheaper. they are a W rated tire and have a good treadwear.

im happy with mine

Koniz · Apr 25, 2006

5.0_GT_kid said:
Kumho Ecsta (sp) are pretty cheap.

Same what he said

You can find them on tirerack.com for pretty cheap

94GTLaserRC · Apr 26, 2006

95snoozer said:
sumitumos HTRZ are 95 bucks from tire rack in a 275

One of my SUmi's has side tread popping out, but no visible wear..the other side is fine...I think it was a bum tire. But yeah, they are cheap!
RC

Jackie Chan · Apr 26, 2006

i bought a set of exocet wynstars for my car for 69/piece. I have put a bunch of miles(not sure how much maybe 6k) beating the hell out of them and they are still good. But the only problem is they are narrow for the size. the 245/45/17 is more like a 225-235 widthcompared to bfgs or michelins. these are also the tires I pulled 1.8s on

fiveoho · Apr 26, 2006

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