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Old 03-31-09, 09:14 PM
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Default Tire help stock wheels

Got a flat in my left front tire. Spare is on now, i just love the eye sore of the spare tire.

anyways. I'm need suggestions for tires. I don't need a complete set i have roughly over 30k miles on them. I'm just looking for the front, but if I get a good enough deal I'll swap out all four. Bridgestone is what the dealership had on. I'm noob when it comes to tires. Please help the noob.
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Bridgestone's are great tires for our cars but there are other good choices as well. I'm not sure if you want 2 different brand tires on your car but that's totally up to you.

Go to www.tirerack.com and they have our OEM tires plus many other recommendations as well. They ship very fast, excellent prices, good service, and can send them to the place where you want them installed.
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it's totally up to you to run different brands but those Turanza's on our stockies are not that good afterall..... i had to change them out at abt 20k miles...
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I have head nothing but great things about the michelin pilot sport PS2. They are also one of the highest ranked in its class over at tire rack. When my stock bridgestones replacing, Ill be heading over to the nearest costco and picking up a set asap!
Also had michelins on my old car...

also I think I heard somewhere about how they were the recommended tire for our cars for the shortest stopping distance but im not sure on that one...
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You can always try the Sumitomo HTRZIII if you don't want to spend a lot
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Falken FK 452
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dunlop sport maxx's are nice, but they have a high wear rating.

i had nitto invo's on my stock 18's also. aside from the slight tramlining and upright sidewall, they have a good performance/price ratio.
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Originally Posted by hkmember23
Go to www.tirerack.com and they have our OEM tires plus many other recommendations as well. They ship very fast, excellent prices, good service, and can send them to the place where you want them installed.
And Tirerack is a CL Vendor. Read the reviews on the tire size and manufacturer you are looking for. They will get your tires to you very fast so you can put that spare back where it belongs
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thanx for all the help guys. I just took my car into discount tire because i had purchased some sort of insurance for the tires when I purchased the car. Turns out they are only charging me for one tire and i'm only replacing two.
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that's cool!
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Originally Posted by smokyis350
Falken FK 452
452 doesn't come in a 255/40/18 size might wanna look into AZENIS RT-615
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