Need tire help

Post by **albert_ey** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:38 pm

I know this has been covered before, but I wasn't convinced.

The tires that the car came with are the bridgestone potenza's. Not pole position, just plain potenzas. These tires are just aweful! They have really bad traction, even when the ground is all dry.

I need help in choosing new tires for when it does rain here in Los Angeles. If the tires I have now su*k in the dry weather, I can only imagine how they might handle in wet weather.

What is a an ok tire for the occasional rain we get in L.A?Money isn't a huge issue as long as I'm getting a good tire. Safety first!

Post by **Beancooker** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:00 pm

I am running the BFG G-Force Super Sport A/S.

Great tire for all seasons and grips like a hooker on a crackpipe.

Post by **R350Zz33** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:29 pm

how much are those

Post by **RCA** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:37 pm

Choose your size:http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com....html

then search:http://www.google.com/prdhp?hl=en&tab=wf

Post by **albert_ey** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:14 pm

hahaha! I'll go take a look at those. They look pretty good online. I actually wanted to buy some BFG's

Thanks for the input!

Post by **BusyBadger** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:51 pm

albert_ey wrote:What is a an ok tire for the occasional rain we get in L.A?Money isn't a huge issue as long as I'm getting a good tire. Safety first!

My tire of choice (from the last tire discussion thread) are General Exclaim UHP's. I've driven through more than my share of downpours with all the remnants of hurricanes sweeping up through the southeast and I've never had any problems with traction loss or hydroplaning, even driving over the PSL with the VDC off. It makes me wonder about all of the horror stories I read about the tail end getting happy and swinging out - are people being careless, driving beyond their abilities, running on bad tires or a combination of all of those?

The Excalims have a good treadwear rating (380), are relatively quiet and have plenty of traction wet or dry. Best of all they are pretty cheap as far as summer performance tires go. Like most good tires the tread is directional so they'll need to be dismounted from the rim in order to rotate them. I'll be changing over to an all-season as the weather starts to turn colder here on the VA/TN/NC border, but since you live in LA you should be able to run them year round.

R350Zz33 wrote:how much are those

How is it that you can find a 350Z Hot Wheels car online, a host of "secret mod" crap on FeeBay as well as plagarizing a review of both intakes and exhausts from there as well but can't even copy and paste a tire name into a Google search bar and find a price?

Post by **BlackSmoke** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:14 am

BusyBadger wrote:How is it that you can find a 350Z Hot Wheels car online, a host of "secret mod" crap on FeeBay as well as plagarizing a review of both intakes and exhausts from there as well but can't even copy and paste a tire name into a Google search bar and find a price?

LMAO +1

Post by **marlin29311** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:47 am

There is a tire review thread in the Infiniti General area of the site...

zerothread/108009

Post by **albert_ey** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:25 am

Cool! Thanks! Very useful link!

Post by **Beancooker** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:27 am

I paid $380 out the door for the rears. I am running 275/40/ZR18.

They are an exact size replacement for 245/45/ZR18. The width is wider, but the height is exactly the same. Speedometer has a 0.00% difference.

Post by **JETPILOT** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:31 pm

The best tires for dry or light rain are the Toyo R888 R-compound. These tires have crazy performance and are descent in the wet as long as there is no standing water. I drive on them everyday.

They will last about 8000mi, but the yare crazy performance wise.

Post by **R350Zz33** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:58 pm

how much did it cost for all four conners?

Post by **gbear** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:15 am

I am running Goodyear Eagle F1 all season tires in Z rating. They are great in the both wet and dry. Tires are very smooth, but a bit noisy on concrete pavement.

YouTube · Post by **dasoupdude** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:59 am

BusyBadger wrote:
How is it that you can find a 350Z Hot Wheels car online, a host of "secret mod" crap on FeeBay as well as plagarizing a review of both intakes and exhausts from there as well but can't even copy and paste a tire name into a Google search bar and find a price?

Post by **albert_ey** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:33 am

Will that fit just fine on the stock wheel? Seems kinda large

Post by **spitalul2bad** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:19 am

Beancooker wrote:I paid $380 out the door for the rears. I am running 275/40/ZR18.

They are an exact size replacement for 245/45/ZR18. The width is wider, but the height is exactly the same. Speedometer has a 0.00% difference.

does that fit with the OEM rims?

Post by **albert_ey** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:22 am

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