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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 06:53 PM
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whats the best tires for the money i can put on the stock tC rims i want them to be grippy have a long tread life and be... well cheep as possible for what im askin any ideas?
Old Feb 8, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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lol basically you're looking for a tire that doesn't exist. best bang for the buck is kumho spt's in my opinion but they're only a summer tire so you'll have to change them out during the summer / winter.
Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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I had bad luck with kumho tires. Look up Visa tires. They are made by Falken, but they are just their cheaper line.
Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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man i love my kumho's i'll never buy anything else.
Old Feb 8, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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hows the tred life how much money and how do they do in wet ocnditions?
Old Feb 8, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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I believe the Visa tires I had on my 240sx had 420 tread wear and were given a B-A rating in wet weather.

Here's a website with 20 tires on it that'll fit your rims. You can look on there and decide which one you like best...
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...06&rd=17&ar=45
Old Feb 8, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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dose any body know aobut this tire tread life how good it dose on dry and wet roads cornering do they grip better than the stock potenzas?

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findTireDetail.do;jsessionid=FLhZPbhtxS47YLTHl2SdM6y0mjWQnLddNpgxn2WpnpVrL11SpRq8!-2078458046!1643126899?mk=&yr=2006&cf=false&sw=false&cs=215&pc=11789&rd=17&vid=008806&ar=45
Old Feb 8, 2007 | 10:16 PM
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most anything will grip better than stockies.
Old Feb 9, 2007 | 12:55 AM
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toyo proxes 4. search around, these are by far the best all-season high performance for the money. Just do a search in here for them and watch what comes up
Old Feb 9, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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yup i 2nd that! Should be a Toyo Proxes4 "Club" I've recommended these so many times!!..

The Toyo Proxes4.. They're not that much more $ than the Kumho's and they're awesome. great handling, ride, wet/dry is excellent, noise is low as well. And in snow, they're good, you want excellent in snow, I'd have to say get a snow tire. The Toyo Proxes4 does fine in snow too.

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