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I know I said I wouldn’t buy Cooper since they are Goodyear owned now but I didn’t listen and bought them again. Got 4 new Cooper Evolution H/T for the Escape. But it rides better now for sure and is much more quiet. It’s a good thing because when I took the front two off the rims they just fell apart they were 2017 tires and the backs were 2018 I saved the back two since they had 8/32 left.
Van got some BFGoodrich Advantage TA sport LT’s back in Devember’ish… or maybe it was January… after my wife got stuck in the driveway trying to pull out. Ended up being about $650 including the BFGoodrich rebate.
I am happy with both the Fuel wheels and the Tires. Be sure to use properly fitted hub rings. I went with the Wildpeak ATs because the truck spends 99% of the time on the road and will see snow. I like both a quiet tire and one which is 3 peak rated to help satisfy local authorities.
New rims for the Elantra. After dealing with multiple bent oem Hyundai rims (bought them used and apparently pre-bent off marketplace and I did not really look them over) and finally decided that repair was not cost-efficient at $130 per rim or replacement for $175 or take a gamble on 3 or 4 junk yard rims for $65 a piece I had to just change them all out….. this time for Mazda oem 17’s off a newer 3. Since Mazda recommends such a thick sidewall they are perfectly round. I will be swapping over the new 215/45 uhp tires to these Mazda rims and will post a picture when that’s completed and installed on car. But for now this is what they look like and the price was reasonable at $35 and change per rim. They have the same 5 x 114.3 and other specs as Hyundai oem so fitment will not be an issue.
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O.Z. Racing Ultraleggera.
Black painted.
16 x7 45 offset (OEM)
14.7 lbs ea !!!
Black painted.
16 x7 45 offset (OEM)
14.7 lbs ea !!!
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Just purchased 4 kumho LX platinum KU27 from Walmart 195/65/15 shipping and tax $239 total. Will get them mounted and balanced for another $60.
Ordered and received a set of Kumho HA32 SUV all weather tires for my new to me 2016 Santa Fe, which has some cheap Laufenn performance tires. So it was buy another set of rims and winter tires, or try the all weathers. I’ve run dedicated winter tires and rims for all my vehicles for almost 20 years now, but this is my first time trying all weather tires with a 3pmsf symbol rating. I’d like avoid changing and hauling and storing 2 sets of 19” wheels and tires, so we’ll see how the all weather tires do.
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Had a set of Goodyear Exhilarate's put on MB last Saturday, replacing the OEM Goodyear Runflats. New tires provide a more comfortable and quiet ride but do not track as well as the Runflats.
In November it was a set of Continental Pro Contacts on my wife's Escape. They were the OE tire and they did well so we figured a second would be the was to go at 70k miles.
Back in the summer of 2020 it was a set of Michelin Cross Climate SUV's on my Mariner. A bit much but they look and perform great
Just put 2 brand new LT235/85R16E Firestone Transforce HT2s on the front of the F-450 after one of the expensive Revo Ones got an enormous lump in the middle of the tread without hitting anything! Hopefully the HT2s are as good as the original HTs have been.
Rarely buy new but these were too cheap to pass up. Three Douglas tires to match the like new one already on the Nissan Versa I'm selling. $135 carried out from Walmart.
235/55r20 Bridgestone Alenza Sport A/S
Came with the new car
Came with the new car
I forgot to mention;
295/65/20 Toyo CTs on 20x10" Fuel Cyclone wheels (black) for the 2011 GMC 2500
295/55/20 Nitto EXOs on 20x10" Fuel Cyclone wheels (DDT) for the 2018 Chev 3500
285/75/18 Toyo AT IIs on the stock 2018 wheels.
The stock E-rated tires from the HDs trickle down to the 1500.
295/65/20 Toyo CTs on 20x10" Fuel Cyclone wheels (black) for the 2011 GMC 2500
295/55/20 Nitto EXOs on 20x10" Fuel Cyclone wheels (DDT) for the 2018 Chev 3500
285/75/18 Toyo AT IIs on the stock 2018 wheels.
The stock E-rated tires from the HDs trickle down to the 1500.
Please update us on how these work out. Been looking at them myself, but I seem to get from rack of tires that somewhere along the line they ”updated” and are noisier and harder.
We've had the LX25 on the Q5 for about 4-5 months now. From a noise and hardness perspective, I can't really tell much difference from the OEM Conti CrossContact LX Sport. To me they are quiet and not hard.
