Re: Wheels vs.power, now Toyos suck

[Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

I think that if you were to go with a 195-45 that would be pushing the
limit, and you could bend your wheel much easier with that size tire.  But
again, thats just what i have heard.




Rich Deede
University Of Delaware (Communications)
1987 Scirocco 16v

"Think about how dumb the average person is, and then remember that half
the population is EVEN stupider!"....George Carlin
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On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Geordy wrote:

> Then what would you suggest for 15x50x195, 15x50x205?
> I heard michelin makes a 15x45x??? but it's expensive, anyone know
> anything about this?  My car will be street raced in the seattle area so
> I need reasonable wet weather handling(not top priority though cause I
> have another vehicle), pretty good sticky factor, and resonable
> longevity(about 10-15k miles).
> 
> Riley McDowall wrote:
> > 
> > At 12:02 pm -0800 1/12/98, dale witt wrote:
> > >I found it interesting that you are happy with your FZ-4s.  I put a set of
> > >205/45/16s on my 2.0 and as
> > >much as I like the looks of the wheel/tire combo......IMHO they are the
> > >absolute worse handling on dry
> > >surfaces.  They break loose much too easy.  I bought them because of price
> > >and should have known
> > >better.  They have a treadwear of about 300 and probially will last longer
> > >than I want them to.  I have a
> > 
> > Bingo.  I had the same tires, in the same size, and I agree 100%.  The Euro
> > TAs I ended up with later gave me considerably more dry grip, and the TAs
> > are almost universally despised.  I took the FZ4s to the track once, and
> > everybody kept telling me I needed to bump the pressure up; what they
> > didn't know was that they were already at 48-50lbs.  When they heated up
> > they got greasy.  What was even worse, those FZ4s complained LOUDLY going
> > around corners.  Stay away from them, and for good measure you should
> > probably stay away from the Nittos that sit at the same price point and
> > have virtually the same tread pattern.  Since Nitto and Toyo are
> > essentially the same company, I have a feeling the two tires will be the
> > same.  Just IME of course...
> > 
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