Finally, New Tires!

February 04, 2008, 04:44:56 PM

Yes, I finally ponied up for some badly needed new tires. I ended up settling on Continental ContiExtremeContact (Those Germans do know how to run words together). I wanted some good rain tires and these were rated the best in thier class (low priced Ultra Performance All Season). They were close enough to the comparable Yokohamas and spoogehos on dry pavement but noticably out classed the others in the wet.

As for size I decided this time I wanted to be able to rotate my tires to get a little more life out of them. That meant ditching the 275s. 245s seem a little narrow for the back so I decided to go with 255/40's all the way around. It turns out that the 255's fit the 9" wide wheels perfect. They look nice in the back, fit the rim great and dont rub at all in the front.

As for driving on them. My only concern was noise because of a few reviews that I read. Well, mine are nice riding tires and dont produce any noticable road noise at all. The side wall feels stable when cornering, they dont seem to trammel at all and they balanced nicely. Bottom line... After puting about 15 miles on them I can say I'm finally happy with a tire purchase. I'll ressurect this thread after about a year with an update if I remember.

Just FYI... When I ordered them from Discount Tire I brought the price that I printed out from the TireRack.com and they price matched the tire price plus $11 per tire shipping which came out to around $14 per tire cheaper. Just make sure you get the Tire store's price BEFORE you show your hand so they dont price match a HIGHER price.