Who's still runnin the stock rubber?

[vonivo]

I had new rubber waiting at home that i brought to the dealer when i picked up my A/C and they mounted them for free for me. I was not going to run even 100miles on that stock junk. I replaced them with these http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...urvey

and i am much happier.

[Infantry1327]

I get my new wheels and toyo t1r tires today. But because of this, today is going by slower than snail sex.

[AppleBonker]

I'm waiting to upgrade the rubber when I get new wheels. I don't really want to mess with that right now before winter (plus, I'm lacking in the funds department). I'll probably go for some new wheels in the spring and run a summer tire on them and throw the stockies back on in the winters (until my tread is gone and then I'll upgrade the rubber on the stock rims). The stock rubber is worthless.

Oh yeah, vonivo, sweet avatar (this pornography is infinitely excellent)...

[vonivo]

Oh yeah, vonivo, sweet avatar (this pornography is infinitely excellent)...

Im doing it as hard as i can.....lol

[Marisha]

need funds to get new wheels and tires together and want to get at least some use out of these no matter how bad they are

[marlin29311]

mmmm eagle f-1's yum......

i would have done the same, but i didn't want to drop another 800 bones on tires from the start (im between f-1's, pilot sports, etc - i don't got cheap on tires). So im just going to kill the stocks as fast as possible

[Infantry1327]

Ime selling my stocks, rims and tires. My wheel conection is going to buy them off me for $450. They have a little over 6000 miles on them.

I dont think a single person wants to keep the stock rubber. I'm guessing not one vote. Unless some clown wants to be funny.

The reason everyone is on NICO is because they want to upgrade there car, and tires are probably the most important part

[vonivo]

Yea i had a problem trying to decide between these 2 but i am happy with my purchase...does any1 else have any experience with these Bridgstone's?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...urvey(Goodyear)

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...urvey(Bridgestone's)

I think next time i'll get the Bridgestones to compare the 2 different tire patterns / compounds.

[{WBK}Viper]

I am. I like them fine. They ride soft and seem to havedecent traction. At least they're good enough that I can't justify the funds to replace the rims and tires. And I'm definatelynot changing the rubber unless I change the rims.

If I had a mysterious gift show up though...I wouldn't turn it down.

[iiiskylll]

I'm still rollin on the stock wheels and I hate it. In the past month i've gotten two flat tires that I replaced. Hopefully i'll have enough money saved to get new wheels in a couple months. I hate these tires!

[BlackNWhite]

need funds to get new wheels and tires together and want to get at least some use out of these no matter how bad they are

Double for me.

[vonivo]

I am. I like them fine. They ride soft and seem to havedecent traction. At least they're good enough that I can't justify the funds to replace the rims and tires. And I'm definatelynot changing the rubber unless I change the rims.

If I had a mysterious gift show up though...I wouldn't turn it down.

how could u like them? they are quite possibly the worst tire i have ever driven on. They make the steering soo vague and it doesn't even feel like your connected to the road...and forget about any kind of curvy roads their too dangerous for that.....these are the ones hat come on the 3.5 i don't know what the other ones are like. Heres the rating on tirerack.com you can see that not one person was satisfied with them. Our cars are sporty and they put tires that belong on a Buick for our starters that mast all of the feeling of the "spirit" of the car.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...urvey

[{WBK}Viper]

I never said they were a good tire, but for an average commuter going30 miles a day....their fine. No sense in dropping a whole lot of cashon new treads unless you're actually going to need it.

Sure I'd love different rubber, but I've had no issues with the stockyet. Knock on wood. Winters coming though so we'll see.

[{WBK}Viper]

And if the tread wear is as bad as people say...I guess I'll be changingthem when the tread wears off and then it wont really matter.

[dldjros69]

I never said they were a good tire,....their fine. No sense in dropping a whole lot of cash

I agree, when the tread wears out i will consider new rims and tires.

[LinkNuc]

when the tires wear out, don;t know what to yet

[Scandinavian Flick]

i paid for the stock tires, i will be using them till they expode, then i will get new tires... better tires,

also people bad mouth the stock tires, they are bridgestone turanza's, they are not bad, go drive on some uniroyals, or General tires, then you will have a right to complain, just because they are not falken or toyos, doesnt make them bad, they are in the "middle"

[marlin29311]

lol...im not a fan of falken or toyo either...

[Scandinavian Flick]

lol...im not a fan of falken or toyo either...

how can you not be a fan of Toyo, just listen to that name, TOY-YO, thats beautiful, thats the most japanese sounding tire ive ever heard of, and since its japanese it has to be the best

[vonivo]

i paid for the stock tires, i will be using them till they expode, then i will get new tires... better tires,

also people bad mouth the stock tires, they are bridgestone turanza's, they are not bad, go drive on some uniroyals, or General tires, then you will have a right to complain, just because they are not falken or toyos, doesnt make them bad, they are in the "middle"

how can they possibly be "in the middle" ? their not even close http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...urvey

and no i am not a fan of falkin or toyo but over 2 million miles reported on that survey of the stock tires and all crap ratings means they are bottom of the barel and in no way middle.
Modified by vonivo at 5:01 PM 9/23/2008

[Infantry1327]

I love my toyo's there are super sticky, and they look amazing. My handiling has gotten so much better since I put my new wheels and tires on. Everywhere I looked online had nothing but great reviews on the toyo tires.

[marlin29311]

Im not saying they're bad, I just personally don't like them. Maybe I drove on a bad model or something. I dunno - every tire company has their uber tire that's usually pretty good. It's all preference I guess. I just happen to love Michelin's...

[spockrock]

I have falken 452's and those things stick to the ground as well love them and very well priced.

[vonivo]

I have falken 452's and those things stick to the ground as well love them and very well priced.

those are summer only tires of course they stick like glue ( I ran Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's) but we are discussing all season high performance tires. I have done the summer / winter tire swap before and it was much better to ride on summer only tires the stickiness was amazing but a well rounded all season tire just makes things a lot easier to deal with especially when you live in a area that gets surprise storms before and after the winter season.

[Scandinavian Flick]

how can they possibly be "in the middle" ? their not even close http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...urvey

and no i am not a fan of falkin or toyo but over 2 million miles reported on that survey of the stock tires and all crap ratings means they are bottom of the barel and in no way middle.

Modified by vonivo at 5:01 PM 9/23/2008

they are in the "middle"

you are forgetting to include all the crap tires in the world,

[spockrock]

those are summer only tires of course they stick like glue ( I ran Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's) but we are discussing all season high performance tires. I have done the summer / winter tire swap before and it was much better to ride on summer only tires the stickiness was amazing but a well rounded all season tire just makes things a lot easier to deal with especially when you live in a area that gets surprise storms before and after the winter season.

I live a little further north and west to you, in Toronto, I know when to take the winters off when the buds show up on trees, as for winter, after the first frost.

[bembol]

i paid for the stock tires, i will be using them till they expode, then i will get new tires... better tires,

also people bad mouth the stock tires, they are bridgestone turanza's, they are not bad, go drive on some uniroyals, or General tires, then you will have a right to complain, just because they are not falken or toyos, doesnt make them bad, they are in the "middle"

+1

I will upgrade to High Performance Summer, when my OEM's are done.

[imdavit]

could someone explain to me the "tire terms" for example rubber and a bunch of other stuff. lol

derderder haha

[lilojoj]

i kinda like the stock rims. the tires have no grip though but its not like we're drifting lol

[spockrock]

our tires are really bad in the rain, there have been a couple of times when the back kicked out on me, or being on the highway and could feel the car start to hydroplane. In all honesty, I dunno how people drive the car, in the winter with the stockers.