[V8] Tire recommendations

[Ed Kellock]

Winter wheels should wear winter tires.

I run Hankook Winter iPike W409 on 3 cars.  For the V8 I chose 205/65-15.
They fit well on the stock wheels, provide a bit more traction due to the
slighty narrower width, provide adequate load rating (195/65's just aren't
enough for these cars), and the slightly taller height gives a skoashe more
ground clearance without throwing the speedo off appreciably.

How much winter do you see and need tires for?

An aggressive all season might be okay.  Nokian offers an excellent choice,
but they're pricey.  Aside from that, surf Tire Rack for the stock size
(215/60-15) and see what they got.

Ed


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Curtis Helton
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:27 PM
To: ron_01056 at yahoo.com
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Tire recommendations


Thanks for all the info guys.

I'm leaning towards Kumho's. Not certain yet. Still doing a little research.

Ron,
These will be the tires for my winter wheels. I should have mentioned that.
Sorry.

 I have a nice set of performance tires on my VZ's. Which hopefully will be
going on the car soon.

Also, price is important. I definately don't want the cheapest out there.
Nor the most expensive. Kinda in the middle.


Thanks everyone!!

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>  Is $$$ an option for tires? But 1st you'd have to "commit" to a size 
> rim for summer use age huh
>
>  Ron
>
>
> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Curtis Helton <fatboy03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Curtis Helton <fatboy03 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [V8] Tire recommendations
> > To: v8 at audifans.com
> > Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 9:48 AM
>  > Hey guys,
> > Looking to replace all the tires on my 90 after a blowout on a
> > sidewall the other night coming home from work.Freaked me
> > out, was
> > pretty loud.. thought I had run over something at first.
> >
> > Anyhow, I have on here Michelin xgt h4's which they no longer make.
> >
> > What are you guys running?
> >
> > Oh yeah.. these michelins were 7 yrs old and had a shit load of 
> > tread still left on them. But for safeties sake, I'm gonna
> > replace them all.
> >
> > Thanks!!
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