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Which "inexpensive" tires to get??

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Old 11-22-2007, 11:24 PM
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Default Which "inexpensive" tires to get??

Okay I've decided to wrap my stockers with 255/45/17s all around just to get me by for a good while.
So I've come down to the following:

Nitto NT555s 255/45/17-- $516 shipped
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Treadwear = 300

Falken FK 452s 255/45/17s -- $480 shipped
Z-rated
Treadwear = 300


If anyone has any other suggestions... my big *** ears are WIDE open! I've got about 18.5k miles on my stockers and you can really see them wearing, especially the top part of the side wall from I guess cornering a little too fast.
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Old 11-22-2007, 11:33 PM
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the Falkens look more aggressive so i would get them
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Old 11-22-2007, 11:33 PM
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Well you probably wont be interested because it sounds like you want to rotate your tires, but you can get 245/47 r17 nt555's and 275/40 r17 nt555r's for 550 shipped from american muscle.. So you'd be paying a bit more and would look kinda funny if rotated them, but you'd have a nice set of DR's! You could always take my suggestion and then justrotate sides every few k to make them last longer.
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Old 11-22-2007, 11:36 PM
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Thanks for the tip but yeah I really need these suckers to be rotated because I drive 40 miles on the highway during the week for school! DOH! [:@]
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Old 11-22-2007, 11:38 PM
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id go with the falkens if your goin cheap, theyre actually pretty decent as well.
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Old 11-22-2007, 11:50 PM
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I like Kuhmo tires.
These are hard as a rock, but cheap.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....es&place=2

Maybe my Favorite cheap *** tire of all time.
Falken Ziex-512
http://highperformancetire.com/produ...t=0&page=1
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Old 11-22-2007, 11:51 PM
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I've heard that nexens werent all that bad of tires.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-NE...spagenameZWDVW
323 shipped

My favorite tires are Toyo proxes t1r's and can be had for as little as 700 in that size. They are great tires.
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Old 11-22-2007, 11:55 PM
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That 452 is a great looking tire tho, and a little softer than what I posted up. lol
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My friend had nexens, and he had horrible traction and hydroplanned at times!
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Old 11-23-2007, 12:27 AM
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My friend had nexens, and he had horrible traction and hydroplanned at times!
which nexens? If your talking about the cheapest ones nexens produces then yes I do not doubt it, I had a set of those on my stock bullitts. n3000's have a decent amount of grip to em for being such inexpensive tires.
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