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Old May 10, 2013 | 07:56 AM
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Best SS tires - performance vs price

Looking for a tire that is a bargain, yet provides great performance; I guess "bang for the buck" is what I want. Considering street and All-Season.

Wanting stock size: 225 X 45 X 18"

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Old May 10, 2013 | 10:41 AM
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Falken ziex ze-612. I did get them one size wider at 235/40/18 but they are great tires and great price got em for under 100. And they come with a 40K tread life. Great grip in dry and wet. The only thing I noticed its not as responsive as the michelins but other than that they are way better than our stock tires
Old May 10, 2013 | 11:36 AM
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G-max03, looks like I'm going to get 50K on mine, they have been a pleasure to drive. I went with 255x40.
Old May 12, 2013 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by foxtrotraptor
Falken ziex ze-612. I did get them one size wider at 235/40/18 but they are great tires and great price got em for under 100. And they come with a 40K tread life. Great grip in dry and wet. The only thing I noticed its not as responsive as the michelins but other than that they are way better than our stock tires
Don't think I'd go with these; too many posts about how bad they are in rain and snow. Need good snow perf here in balmy Minnesota.

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Old May 14, 2013 | 08:56 PM
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G-max03, looks like I'm going to get 50K on mine, they have been a pleasure to drive. I went with 255x40.
2nd! Awesome tires! They're siped already and the sipes are locking, are awesome in wet weather and supposed to be good in snow too for a performance tire. Search online, there were a couple head to head battle comparisons with these tires by road & track or something
Old May 14, 2013 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jaymz
Don't think I'd go with these; too many posts about how bad they are in rain and snow. Need good snow perf here in balmy Minnesota.

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Idk about snow since I'm SoCal but these handle great in the rain. Perfect grip no problems
Old May 15, 2013 | 10:22 AM
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How about snows for the winter and then summer tires.
If you are planning on keeping it for a while its nice to save the summer tread in the winter and have a true winter tire.
All seasons don't work out so well where I live not sure about you.
Old May 15, 2013 | 08:00 PM
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Sorry, bang for the buck might put you in a snow bank...

I had a tire in the past that did very well on snow and ice, we took the SS to Edmonton for Christmas, I know what was I thinking, right. These tires were unbelievable. The Goodyear F1-AS, don't know if they even make it anymore. The tire I would buy if I were going back up there for Christmas is the Michelin Pilot sport. We put a set on banshee's stock wheels in 235x45x18, they fit perfect and do the all season thing in style.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
Old May 19, 2013 | 09:02 PM
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I run the continental extreme contact dws.
They do a decent job in the snow, better in rain, excellent on dry pavement, but really suck in gravel.
I grew-up driving gravel roads, never had a butt pucker moment. but just last week with the continental tires i had one of those moments that would make your heart race. i wasn't even going fast at all, maybe 20 mph when i turned the wheel and the car went into a full sideways skid.
I'm sure it's the tire's.
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