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183 messages, Last post on Oct 25, 2008 at 5:53 AM
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Replying to: milem (Oct 27, 2007 9:30 am) Had the tires shipped directly to one of their "approved" mounting shops. (A friend also used and recommended this place.) This shop specializes in alignment and tires. The people were more knowledgable than any other alignment shop I've ever been to. Of course, they also charged for all that experience and knowledge. What I saved on the tires, I spent on the installation and alignment. Choose your installer carefully... I'll probably use tirerack again, but I'd have to think about this installer... My $0.02. Jim
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Replying to: jfl (Oct 27, 2007 3:05 pm) -mike |
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Replying to: paisan (Oct 27, 2007 6:49 pm)
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Replying to: snowbelter (Oct 28, 2007 7:47 am) Unless you plan on doing a sustained speed over 130mph, you won't run into problems. I've ran em on track, on road, and through blizzards on my SVX, no issues. Also I live in NYC so I've hit potholes bigger than you can imagine. -mike
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Replying to: paisan (Oct 28, 2007 7:12 pm) And yes, I'm also aware that there are a number of articles questioning why family cars such as Subarus come from the factory with V rated tires which are expensive, don't wear well, and may be overkill. Martin |
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Replying to: milem (Oct 27, 2007 9:30 am) Sometimes I use tirerack price for local store to drop the price. Krzys PS Tell your local store that 300 tire can be had for 112 + S&H and see the price drop in an instant. |
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Replying to: paisan (Oct 28, 2007 7:12 pm) Yes you are right but... V rated tire must be built more robust that H rated one. It might be better to survive pothole hit as a by-product of its higher speed rating. BUT... If you hit pothole would you rather replace blown tire or bent pieces of suspension? Krzys |
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there is no sound reason why the OB/Legacy need a H rated tire unless its the 4 turbo, the reason they have V rated is that the RE92A in the stock size comes as a v. when I got my 02 WRX, they were putting V rated RE92 tires on the base Impreza too! Subaru probably just has a contract with Bridgestone for a warehouse or two full of that particular tire! Imay not go with a T rated tire but an H is fine, lets face it, half the people using snowtires are on Qs!
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Replying to: cptplt (Oct 29, 2007 11:22 am) -mike |
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