its time for new rubber for me, but i cant figure out what to do.
heres my situation, i saw a picture of a 94-98 stang w/ the same v6 wheels as i have with the firestone firehawk indy 500 raised white letter tires, and it makes the wheels look AWESOME, or as awesome as the v6 wheels can look...so today i go to the firestone dealer and he tells me that they dont make a raised white letter tire in my size, but i could go to a size bigger and wider but it would work. After tax and everything he said it would be just over $400 mounted and balanced. So i go to tires plus and he tells me that if i put a bigger tire on, it will screw up my transmission because the computer is programmed to shift it with the tires i have on there and that it would mess everything up. does anyone know of an affordable raised white letter tire or know what tire place knew what they were talking about?
thanks!!!
heres my situation, i saw a picture of a 94-98 stang w/ the same v6 wheels as i have with the firestone firehawk indy 500 raised white letter tires, and it makes the wheels look AWESOME, or as awesome as the v6 wheels can look...so today i go to the firestone dealer and he tells me that they dont make a raised white letter tire in my size, but i could go to a size bigger and wider but it would work. After tax and everything he said it would be just over $400 mounted and balanced. So i go to tires plus and he tells me that if i put a bigger tire on, it will screw up my transmission because the computer is programmed to shift it with the tires i have on there and that it would mess everything up. does anyone know of an affordable raised white letter tire or know what tire place knew what they were talking about?
thanks!!!
All that'll happen is your speedo will be off in porportion to the size of the new tire based on the old tire, but if it's just a little bit larger of a tire, you'll be off probably 6-7 mph, but you'll also put less mileage on your car because it will be reading less tire revolutions for your actual speed. I always hate it when I know more about cars then some mechanics and I'm too young to get a job as one 
. Well they do look nice, i have gotten many complements on them 
, i am still getting some cobra or svt rims. 
. They are awesome for the winter though where i live. I went with a size bigger i believe. I think the guy that was talking at tires plus where you live was full of it. If you want me too, i will go and get you the size, i would have to go out to my garage, and its so far to walk. LOL. I actually went with the widest tire i could fit on my rim, and not rub. I didn't like the pizza cutter look i was getting from the back. i think its only like 1/4 inch over stock height, can't remember. And my speedometer is still not noticably off. You won't notice it unless you put 32's on there. 
. Well anyways. i'm rambling. I would say, go with tires plus, don't listen to his bull, cause they're cheaper anyways, and get the widest tire you can get on that rim thats white letter. Which would be my Firehawks. 
