Gen III ....tires

[OzzmanNT]

Alright I looked at tirerack for some good tires and about all I can find were http://www.tirerack.com/tires/pirelli/pi_p7000.jsp and http://www.tirerack.com/tires/bridgestone/bs_re730.jsp

I would acutally like some nitto's but tirerack doesn't offer them, can I order them right from nitto's site? Also these tires are not considered all season preformance tires, but i don't plan on driving in the snow. Would it be that bad if I had to drive in light snow?

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1998 Burgandy SHO (Tan/Mocha leather)
K&N panel filter
Mobil 1 5W-30 Synthetic Oil
Cool Blue headlights (much brighter than stock and look much better)
OBD-II diagnostic Module (this thing is schweet)
Installing ride control switch soon
Upcoming Mods:
-Borla Exhaust (working with a local muffler shop on this)
-Paint brake capilers (or polish them)
-Colgan Bra
-SHO lettering on the doors
-Upgrade intake system
-and probally a few more as I think of them.
OzzmanNT( mailto[email protected][email protected]</A> AIM: OzzmanSHO)

 

[ncmcn]

See http://www.nittotire.com/dealerlocator.asp

Looks like discounttiredirect.com sells 'em.

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Neil
'99 Black - Last of the Breed
'65 FFR Shelby Cobra 427 S/C
http://neil.mcnulty.org/cobra.htm

 

[sdpatt]

I have had ten sets of high performance tires on my SHO and I think I have been impressed most with the overall performance qualities of the Bridgestone RE730. The tires I have run on my car include the following:

215/60VR16:
Goodyear GT+4 Assymetrical (OEM, fair)

Remainder were 225/55VR16 or 225/55ZR16:
Dunlop D40M2 (2 sets good)
Goodrich VR4 (poor performers)
Dunlop SP8000 (very good)
Falken Ziex (fair, returned)
Yokohama AVS Intermediate (very good)
Bridgestone S02 (awesome, expensive)
Bridgestone RE71 (good traction but noisy)
Bridgestone RE730 (excellent all-around)

This is a ringing endorsement for the RE730. I love the dry road traction. it is always ready to attack the corners a little faster. The braking performance allows me to stop with over 1.0G decceleration. They are quiet at their high cornering limits with excellent on-center tracking. The wet road traction is quite amazing. They are hard to break loose in the wet. They are wearing slowly and evenly. They are noticeably silent in comparison to many of the other tires on the list. Read the customer feedback in the Tire Rack site. They aren't kidding. Neither am I.

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Scott

1991 with 250,000 miles, OEM 'glass hood, SVO shifter, Catz fogs,
K&N, Vortech 73mm MAF, PP Y-pipe, Borla cat-back, 190 lph pump
Eibach/Tokico/polyurethane, SHO Shop front & rear strut braces,
16x7.5" Moda R1, 225/55ZR16 Bridgestone RE730, -1 deg camber x 4,
Class II hitch, Silver award at the SHOklahoma Car Show

 

[stephen newberg]

I agree with Scott just above, having used RE730s before. At the moment I have 910s on because I wanted to go to 245x50x16 all season, but with my change next summer to 17 inch, I will likely go back to the 730s or the follow on tire for that model from Bridgestone. I am at the moment convinced that Bridgestone is making the best performance tires available, and their price, though not the lowest, is no where near the highest.

You should give them a try. And those all season ones you are looking at will be difficult in even light snow, by the way. The 910s I am using are similar, and they are certainly not a good snow tire. This year for the winter I am going to go to Blizzaks and just have a real winter tire, though a performance oriented one.

pax
smn

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'98, Black
Mod.Porter intake, K&N panel, SARC cutout, instrumentation cluster, 23mm rear swaybar, 245x50x16 Bridgestone Potenzas

[This message has been edited by stephen newberg (edited 10-03-2001).]