BigBlue's '07 HR
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Not sure I've ever actually seen pics of your car but either way yay/nay, BigBlue, it's Bitchin' (as Dave Kindig would say)!
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I believe raising your tire ratio to 40 series will not compensate your wheel gap... you must go lower. Keep in mind you have 18" wheels too so you will more than likely still have wheel gap even when you up the ratio size and drop some more.
I'm on 19's wheels with 35 series and I'm tucking a little on max drop with the same coils. IMO, if you do not want wheel gap, switch to 19's but that's through my personal experience, not concrete evidence.
GL br0.
I'm on 19's wheels with 35 series and I'm tucking a little on max drop with the same coils. IMO, if you do not want wheel gap, switch to 19's but that's through my personal experience, not concrete evidence.
GL br0.
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I need new tires myself and ideally, I will buy any tires that's budget friendly. Also try and pick tires with beefy sidewalls and it must have a higher tread wear rating because I do not track my car so a harder compound rubber is a better fit for daily/street car.
As travlee mentioned, some tires have bulkier sidewalls than others even though they're the same size... so this factor might play into consideration when buying tires. Through personal experience, I know the Michelin PS2 and BFGoodrich KDW 2's have bulkier sidewalls than the Bridgestone RE11.
As travlee mentioned, some tires have bulkier sidewalls than others even though they're the same size... so this factor might play into consideration when buying tires. Through personal experience, I know the Michelin PS2 and BFGoodrich KDW 2's have bulkier sidewalls than the Bridgestone RE11.
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I was wondering if any of you had any experience with the Sumitomo HTRZ 3 tires? I was talking to a local tire shop about costs of potentially staying with the Hankook v12s that are on the car (had 2 sets of them and like 'em). He quoted out the door prices, but also recommend the Sumitomo for about $150+ less total; they are a Y speed rating like the Hankooks, good looking tire, looked at some pics of them on Tire Rack. I thought I'd check around for any good/bad comments of them.
I replaced a set of aged Mushylin PS on my '03 pretty early on. My concern was buying this set of "budget tires" and losing all semblance of steering response and grip BUT the TR tests and reviews - which I take with grains of salt - were enough to give 'em a go.
Glad I did. I ran stock 18" sizes 225/245/45-18 until I switched up to a set of 19's with the great deal on the Volks I had. Put MAYBE 3-4k miles on 'em and my summary: BEST budget tire (and maybe one of the best of all) in terms of their razor sharp turn-in and overall grip rivaling (and beating) the Mushylins and even my current assortment of Bridgestone S-04s.
They DO NOT compare to my Yoko AD08Rs but.... they also cost less than half as much.
So do I recommend them?
Absolutely YES. And I'll buy 'em again.
Will add that that now they're a little noisy but nothing that's unmanageable (like the BFG KDWs that I literally GAVE AWAY to my buddy cuz they were SOOOOO BAD!) Heck, my B'stones are getting a little rough and noisy with low mileage on them too so whatevs....
Mic
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^ Thanks guys! Thanks Mic for the good info. and details! From what I read about these tires it seems that they put a lot of tech into the tread configuration and overall design.
The price of the HTRZ 3's is crazy low; like you said, 1/2+ difference in many cases. I'm not trying to go cheap; the Hankook V12s that are on the car are a very good price and I'd recommend them. If these others are even as good of a tire I think I just may lean that way! Thanks again for the tips and others feel free to chime in on what you think about all of this.
The price of the HTRZ 3's is crazy low; like you said, 1/2+ difference in many cases. I'm not trying to go cheap; the Hankook V12s that are on the car are a very good price and I'd recommend them. If these others are even as good of a tire I think I just may lean that way! Thanks again for the tips and others feel free to chime in on what you think about all of this.
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Got some new shoes mounted on the car today! I bought a set of the HTR3s; F-265/35/18, R-285/35/18. They look great and I'm impressed with their overall style, tread design. Only drove the 1/2 mile from the shop then cleaned the little paint marks off and shined 'em up, but I'll keep tabs on them as I put some miles on. I'll make a prediction that I will really like these tires.
Keep us posted on your progressive opinions as they wear!
Love your car, Blue.... ranks in my Top 10 on the forum!
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The Z coming and going!
I took a little spin today with my gopro camera. I have the Hero 2 model and I used the "skeleton door" as recommended to help with wind noise; added some sponge material in back of it also from a diy vid. Unfortunately the wind noise kills the exhaust and engine sound that I wanted to show.
I was taking it pretty easy at first on the semi-steep uphill but still got on it some; sounds like a roller coaster. It's a back road that goes from St. George, Ut. to Vegas (car is heading West; other side of those mts. is Nevada). Not a great video, but the car sounds pretty good at low speed/stop anyway. *I hit some good speed up on top where it flattens out and "open road". I edited it down to what it is so I hope that you like it ok! Camera was mounted in front of rear view mirror and just below the "squirter" on hatch window. Yeah, the wind noise kind of ruins it, but here goes:
I was taking it pretty easy at first on the semi-steep uphill but still got on it some; sounds like a roller coaster. It's a back road that goes from St. George, Ut. to Vegas (car is heading West; other side of those mts. is Nevada). Not a great video, but the car sounds pretty good at low speed/stop anyway. *I hit some good speed up on top where it flattens out and "open road". I edited it down to what it is so I hope that you like it ok! Camera was mounted in front of rear view mirror and just below the "squirter" on hatch window. Yeah, the wind noise kind of ruins it, but here goes:
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I've still been trying to perfect recording without wind noise. Idk how these YouTube people do it
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Thanks Conway! If you go to pg. 1 of this thread; post #14 I did a hard accel. vid with same camera mounted just below the rear license plate and it has the solid exhaust sound I was hoping for that day. I just played it and no wind noise. Maybe because it was mounted so low on the back side protected it from wind, don't know. Check it out just to see what I mean.
Yeah, your vid of mike inside was night/day difference. I was hoping to get some good front facing vid without the wind noise blanking out engine at work sound. I thought the rear facing would be fine since I did it before, but being mounted higher this time changed that.
Yeah, your vid of mike inside was night/day difference. I was hoping to get some good front facing vid without the wind noise blanking out engine at work sound. I thought the rear facing would be fine since I did it before, but being mounted higher this time changed that.
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Opposite side would have had better lighting no?
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Blacked out the headlights housings and it'll keep the theme you have going