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Old 12-03-2009, 10:23 AM
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Default Primewell PZ900 245-45-17

My tires were virtually bald, and not having any money to spend on tires, I went out and got the least expensive that were still supposed to be performance oriented. I have had them for about 2 weeks now, and have put about 1000 miles on them (took a T-day weekend trip to my parents).

"Primewell is a cheap, bargain-basement entry-level tire imported from China. Durable and safe enough but in no way is it a great tire. Primewell is a tire aimed at people who only see value as a dollar sign, not what you are getting for that dollar."

I took this off of Yahoo Answers, but it is basically what I have found elsewhere on this brand too. I just put a set of the PZ900 in 245/45/17 on my 04GT, so I will be sure to keep an ongoing review on here, but will put it in the Tire section if you want to check back there later.

So here is my initial review

They are decent. Both wet and dry traction is good. I don't have to try too hard to break grip on purpose, but they don't lose grip too much unintentionally. And when they do, they do regain grip quickly. Note that this is only when driving sensibly, not aggressively (like most of us usually want to drive lol).
In the looks department, they remind me of off-road tires. I don't have my camera on me, or I would take a picture and post it to show what I mean. But the tread pattern comes down onto the sidewalls somewhat making it look like a deeper lug pattern instead of what you might think of a performance tread pattern.
The salesman told me they might be a bit noisier than what I was used to, but as I drive a vert, I don't really notice this. In a coupe, that might be a different story.
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Old 12-03-2009, 07:43 PM
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Couldn't find much info on them other than a..... 420/280 UTQG rating? I have seen some differences between sizes, but never this much. I am suspecting you have the 420 set (will say on the side of tire), but don't expect a whole lot from either set, unfortunately.

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