Tire Quest(ions)!

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4) 10/31/2016 at 19:55 • Filed to: None

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As you may know, I had a tire blow-out on the way to STL Friday night. Luckily, despite the tires being at the end of their lives, the tire was covered by road-hazard. However, the tire shop has an abysmal selection of tires tire in my size.

Before the blow-out (photo credit to JAKE DOLLA DOLLA BILL Y’ALL)

As in, literally one option in stock: the OHTSU FP7000. The tire shop told my dad that they were Falkens, which they are not (they’re distributed by Falken, but they aren’t a Falken tire). That kinda pissed me off. 

So, in weighing my options, I found that BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 all-seasons on tirerack.com are not much more expensive (including shipping). Ideally I’d use the road hazard to pay for mounting and balancing at said shop.

AutoX BRO!

I’m skittish about a no-name brand tire when I can get a highly rated tire for a marginal increase in price. Additionally, I’ve decided that in the spring I’m gonna go ahead and get a set of Sport Comp-2s for my WS6 wheels and go chase Jayhawk Jake at AutoX. This means “ ultimate performance ” isn’t necessary on the replacement tires since they’ll be DD/winter tires while the WS6s will be track/fun, but I don’t want penalty box tires either.

Does Oppo have any thoughts on this?

LongbowMkII > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/31/2016 at 20:11

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What size are they? I’ve got some Hankooks on the SS and they’ve been good so far. 255/50-17

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/31/2016 at 20:13

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Pay more for the better tires. There is a good reason no name tires are so cheap.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > LongbowMkII 10/31/2016 at 20:13

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245/50-R16

bob and john > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/31/2016 at 20:18

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three things you never cheap out on.

brakes
tires
and condoms.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 10/31/2016 at 20:19

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Yeah, both Comp-2 variants are highly rated and BFGoodrich is a well known brand with solid quality.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > bob and john 10/31/2016 at 20:20

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Invest in rubber, got it :)

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/31/2016 at 20:21

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I think you’ll love the BFG’s. I had the summer version of those tires on my old car and they’re fantastic!

Eggplant > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/31/2016 at 20:21

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Well, according to Wikipedia and Falken itself, Ohtsu is definitely a subsidary of Falken. However, it sits at the ‘value’ level, which usually means ‘crap’. I would go with the BFGs.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 10/31/2016 at 20:25

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That’s what’ll go on the WS6s, I’m excited to have the wider wheels with stickier tires too.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/31/2016 at 20:48

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I plan on going Sport Comp 2's next if my tires last long enough to get new wheels.

crowmolly > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/31/2016 at 21:15

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Saw the post and immediately knew you had the stock 16's.

That size is on the way out. Did you have a set of WS6 17's? I can’t remember.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > crowmolly 10/31/2016 at 21:17

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Yeah, I mentioned in the post that I’m putting all seasons on the stock 16s, and come spring I’ll put a set of high performance summers on the WS6 17s.

crowmolly > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/31/2016 at 22:18

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I think a 235/55/16 was OEM as well. If you got the *BASE* wheels and a 2.73 rear or something like that.