im pickin up some new wheels courtesy of subydude and was wondering if i could get some recommendations for

a) a good all-weather tire compound. reasonably priced

b) a shop to purchase them and have them balanced/mounted

thnx

 

autoinnovations in milpitas should be able to help.

i say get some SO3's, not the cheapest but here in cali... its pretty much all weather.

 

Wow Suby_dude, you run your S03's in snow? Just buy from the Tirerack. It is hard to beat their prices. Get some Dunlop SP5000's if you truly want "all-season". If you meant you want wet/dry tires, then your selection is much better.

-JOE

 

ya thats what i want, i dont play on the snow too much. but ill definetely be headin over to auto innovations.

 

Try Costco, not a great selection but you can't beat their mounting and balancing prices $7/each. Also lifetime rotation and balancing. I got RE730's 215/45ZR17's for $130/each.

-JOE

 

I have yokohama avs es100 tires on my subaru I haven't really tried them out at far as handling but they are terrible in the snow just got to be extra carful tirerack has them for about 100 a piece i think

 

im getting the es100's for track/autox days along with some of subydude's rota slipstreams.... theres a goodyear place down here that has good pricing... it should be around 100-110 per tire out the door including mounting and balancing

edit: i went with the es100's because they were dirt cheap with the right size and decent customer reviews (225/50/16)

"Skip's Tire and Auto" they have 5 San Jose locations and they've pricematched tirerack minus shipping for me on a few times when tirerack had the best pricing

 

hehe ... i'm running some nice gummy Toyo Proxy RA-1's (235x45x17). According to Toyo's site, it should be okay on 7.5" rims ... i'm going to give them a 2 day beating this weekend @ Thunderhill.

Oh yeah ... they seem to work really well in the rain and still water (no issues, yet).

Hehehe ... treadwear 40 ... YIKES!

 

hmm, but what aboot something along the lines of $125 and acts as a good wet/dry tire. im not interested in a summer only tire by any means.

 

I'm running RE950s... BAD *** tire when it comes to all around. What should have come on our cars stock.

you can go to the snow in them, and they work well. water, they are good. Dry, damn good also. Just, i'm running stock size, so i get sidewall fex. If you run a thinner series, like, 215-45-17 for your wheels, then you'll how good of tires they are.

If you aren't going to see snow, then i suggest ES100s.

If you really got the $, get RE730s, but you said $125 per tire...

So, whatever you want to do, call up Custom Alignment in Mt View. talk to them about the tire you want, and then call up Tire Rack, and have them ship to CA... go down, get the them mounted and balanced. they rock man!

-Gagan

 

thanks a lot guys! i think im gonna go with autoinnovations, just because they are close to where im picking up my wheels.

 

What he said! RE950's are great all around tires.