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Old May 26, 2003 | 11:47 PM
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I'm looking for the best tires for my money. Something along the lines of 80 dollars for some half way decent tires. I'm buying 18' Chromo rims for 1200...I'm trying to only spend 300 to 400 dollars on tires. Can anyone give me some good adivse, if you know where I can find good low profile tires that would be great. Thanks guys.
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:06 AM
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ROFL 18" tires alone will run you at least $150 for a cheap tire, its lame about 18s you pay out the *** for tires
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:09 AM
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Kumho Ecsta Supra 712s are about as low as you can go for a better than decent tire. Whalen Tire has em for $98 a piece. Personally, I'd go with some Yoko Paradas (also on the linked page).
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:12 AM
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heres some advice....spending 1200 on rims and being a cheap penny pincher on tires is stupid
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:12 AM
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kumho says enough though jon he asked for decent
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:18 AM
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kumho says enough though jon he asked for decent
Please enlighten me on why Kumho tires are so bad.
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:46 AM
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Well 400 dollars isn't being that cheap, my friend goes to a race track called firebird out here in Arizona...and every couple months he has to buy new tires. He spends around 440 for new tires ever 8 months. He does a lot of track testing, with his imported EVO. He told me if I spend the same amount and don't plan on racing (which I don't) they would last me a good 45'000 miles. The only problem is I have no clue what tires he was talken about.
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:49 AM
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i at least think they suck the grip is bad in the rain and they arnt that sticky in the heat. my falkens grip 100x better for only like $20-30 a tire retail diff
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