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12 messages, Last post on Sep 14, 2007 at 9:30 PM
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Good evening. I have an '06 and live in CT. Right now it seems I will be using the GTO as my daily driver during the winter months (darn). The car has OEM performance tires, 18". I am looking for winter tire suggestions. I was weened on RWD cars and have no issues driving one in the winter. I realize there will be a need for snow tires (rear) and an all weather type for the front. I saw in one of the posts someone ran a Dunlop,?? M3 and had good success. Thanks, J
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Replying to: 06gto (Oct 31, 2006 6:26 pm) If you like the 18" wheels I would consider buying another (cheaper) set for winter. Put the same type/size of tire on all four wheels. Do not mix and match. It will cause unsettling handing. The 18's are much lower profile. I don't know how well the snow versions will perform. The 17 in wheel/tire combo w/Blizzaks do pretty good for me with a bit more sidewall to absorb the various highway junk of winter.
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Replying to: elkiii (Nov 02, 2006 1:46 pm) Blizzaks eh? Never heard of them. How do you like your car? Any issues, mechanical, fit & finish? Chat soon, thanks again |
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| The Sheriff Dept. purched a 2006 GTO for my patrol car,we traded in a Mach1.First it was the brakes and rotors,then the struts are rubbing,the battery has to be replaced and the coating on the "BRIGHT FINISH SPOKE ALUMINUM WHEELS"hand to be redone,this is on a $35,000.00 vehicle with 26,000 miles on it now.It had 5 miles on it when i got it.With all these problems i went to the dealer,all it was was a waste of time.I was very unhappy about the rims because i was told there was a defect in the rims and there was someone just ahead of me that got four new rims.I had to wait on the Pont. Rep. before they could do anything.He had the dealership do them which took my car off the road for 5 days.I went on vacation and when i returned my left front tire was a little low,i know no one drove it why i was gone, so i went to the repair shop to get it fixed and after they took it off there was a large crack in the rim where the bead meets rim and there was a good size piece of metal missing. So if i was a owner of a 2006 GTO with the same kind of rims check the inside of the rims for your own safety. | |
After looking at the messages under tires and wheels I was surprised to see that there was no mention of the problems that I have experienced with my 04 GTO. The original tires were 17 inch, approximately 9 inch wide and after only 6,000 miles, one of the tires on the front was worn out completely on the inside of the tire from rubbing on the strut. I noticed that there was very little cleareance between the tire and the strut, one could barely get their little finger between the two. I had the wheel looked at and the dealer informed me that the rim was bent, causing the rubbing. I had the rim replaced and rotated the new tire and the old tire on the front to the back, but the tires that were moved to the front continued to rub against the strut and wore out on the inside of the tire, long before the tread was gone. Needless to say, the dealer played dumb to all of this. I have since replaced the wider tires with ones that are only 8 inches wide. I am curious if anybody has had a similar experience and received any satisfaction from a dealer in dealing with the problem?
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Replying to: ourgoat (Sep 14, 2007 2:45 pm) Enough people had this problem that we dedicated a separate topic to it: Pontiac GTO Strut Issues |
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