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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 08:27 PM
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I cannot believe I just spent close to $900 for tires....19 inch rims suck!! Oh well...i hope they atleast last a good while...I got the toyo t1r's...oh well...TD4L has great service....I ordered 2 rears sunday night and I think they are sitting at home waiting for me right now today...Just ordered another front set as tires-easy.com said they were out of stock of the falken fk452's AFTER I ordered them.. ...anyways thats my rant.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 09:00 PM
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you got t1R on front and fk452 in the back? why didnt you just go for fk452 on all four?
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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i was on a budget...and i was just gonna mix em up...i just daily drive....but now i just got t1r's for all four
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 03:27 AM
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$900 ? That's cheap for 19's
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 03:31 AM
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You're not going get away with the 4 tires for $100 speicals on a Z.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 03:40 AM
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Failure to budget [$2000 per year] mainteance and repair money for TIRES, WHEELS, Brakes, fluid changes..................and to do a prorated reserve for other significant wear and tear items.............leaves many whinning.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by litlechina
I cannot believe I just spent close to $900 for tires....19 inch rims suck!! Oh well...i hope they atleast last a good while...I got the toyo t1r's...oh well...TD4L has great service....I ordered 2 rears sunday night and I think they are sitting at home waiting for me right now today...Just ordered another front set as tires-easy.com said they were out of stock of the falken fk452's AFTER I ordered them.. ...anyways thats my rant.
lol...my dad's new boxster comes with $350/tire pilot sports...$ is all relative!
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 06:29 AM
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 07:18 AM
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850 for falkens for 18's. One thing you don't want to cheap out on are tires. I did and wasted 600 dollars.

Good buy

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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 07:19 AM
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did you get the 452's chris?
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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how much did tire-easy charge for shipping the fronts? i went to their shipping calculator and it was doubled the shipping price at tirerack.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 07:26 AM
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whats the difference between 245 and 255 in the front?
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 07:40 AM
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255/35/19 compared to 245/35/19 tire: slightly wider and the profile width of the tire is slighltly higher.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 07:53 AM
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so if i have 10.5 in the rear i should get 255's prolly?
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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for a 10.5 rear, from the consenus here on the forum, I think the best size for tire is 285/35/19.
275/35/19 tire will look abit stretched but still fine. alot of guys are using this size so the tire doesn't rub against the rear fender.

imo, 255 will be too stretched for 10.5. it will fit fine with a 9.5 rim.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 10:03 AM
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well tires-easy.com had the falken 452's in 245/35/19 for $107 a piece and shippign was like $50 for me, but considering that the tires were $107 it was a hell of a deal. So I ordered them and 2 days later with no notification of shipment I called them only to find out they didnt have them. So all in all I just ordered two more toyos....total came out to be around $870 i think for all 4.
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I just checked their website and couldn't find the price 107 for those tires anywhere.
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Discount tire has free shipping on all tires(i think) and free replacements. If unrepairable. The free replacements are 25 a tire.

Ryan I am in the process. You said that they held your 245rwhp so I figured they hold me just fine

Chris
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by NA&CH
Discount tire has free shipping on all tires(i think) and free replacements. If unrepairable. The free replacements are 25 a tire.

Ryan I am in the process. You said that they held your 245rwhp so I figured they hold me just fine

Chris
yeah my 245 rwhp monster has no slip issues at all , i got mine at discount tire, i ran over a nail with 1500 miles on the car, had to buy another one
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kbomb
I just checked their website and couldn't find the price 107 for those tires anywhere.
yah thats wuts dumb...i ordered them for 107 each...and then i called two days later and they said they were unavailble. I THEN looked at their website...and they were removed from the list.
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