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Darren
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 01:41 am: | 
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I need to replace the stock tires Goodyear HP 255-55-18. Tirerack has nice selections, but i found this at the local shop, and they give you free life balance and rotation.
http://www.discounttire.com/dtc/findTireDetail.do?step=details&index=0&productCodeIndex=40189&path=tire
The description of these tires sounds good.. but Ive never heard of Nitto. |
Darren
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 02:02 am: |
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Seems like most people swap down to the 16" for better tire selections and offroading. There is however a 260-55-18, that can be replaced instead. Would this suffice the offroad performance? Found this at tirerack:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=255%2F&ratio=60&diameter=18&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&do=Search
This would allow me to keep my 18" wheels, but dont know how much it would affect the handling. |
Darren
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 02:10 am: |
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Also, there are lots of selection on 265-60-18's. |
Darren
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 02:24 am: |
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How would a 265-60-18 with OME springs (1" raise) with OME shocks to complement these tires? |
Carl (Cdoug3)
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 07:27 am: |
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Nitto tires are good tires when it comes to high performance (street performance) |
Keith Kreutzer (Revor)
| | Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 08:47 pm: |
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An interesting note on rim size.... It seems that the latest craze in tire design for rock crawling is the BFG Krawler tire... It's first carcass is built for a 17 inch rim.. The another thing of note is the desire (a big one) for 17" rims capable of being used off road.. Of course that has a lot to do with available room for sidewall... On a 32 inch tire a 17 would be silly but on a 37" the 17 eliminates lots of wallowing at low air pressure..
The Nitto tire? Well it looks nice.. |
jw
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 12:52 pm: |
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I just tried mounting Continental 265/70/18's on a stock SE7 w/ACE and running board- WOULD NOT FIT. Front clearance was incapable of using this tire on 18" rim. 70-height series is too tall for this. 60 or 65 would be the max. Got an excellent price from tire rack- 100/ea for the tires, with 540 treadwear rating. Goint for the Kumho's 255/55/18 now instead |
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