315 D3's extinct or just B. O.'ed

[tomtom72]

Did anyone get an e-mail thru the listserve that the 315 G/Y's in the D3 maybe going extinct???:happy1:

:cheers:
Tom

[bradslt5]

I contacted goodyear directly 3 months ago . their responce was they were not planning on continuing the making of the 315x35x17. you might try their cust. service dept and see if that has changed

[Sgreg]

Tony Stewart liked them so much, he bought them all. :mrgreen:

[tomtom72]

Tony Stewart liked them so much, he bought them all. :mrgreen:


:sign10: I saw that post race interview!:sign10:

:cheers:

[Lowflight]

Tell me this isn't true

[tomtom72]

If anyone needs a set.



Mom





Dave,

I have located four (4) GS-D3 tires in the size 315/35ZR17 at a Goodyear
company owned store in Alabama. You can contact this location at
251-476-4158.

Might be the last ones on earth.... Spread the word.






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This the message from the list serve that I got just today!

:icon_scra
Tom
glad I got two new rears just a few months ago!:o

[evl_twn]

Are those the original Eagle GS, or the new Eagle F1 GS-D3? They just started making those a few years ago, I hope they don't kill our size in the F1's. :mad: Goodyear still shows them on their website, but tirerack shows them as "backorder". This sucks, I just got a set of the F1 fronts a little over a year ago, the rears were replaced in 2002 and are the original style GS.

[bradslt5]

the dg3 s the ones with the big v treadpattern have been disc by goodyear according to what they sent me 3 months ago . i dont know about the f1s . you might email them to find out

[tomtom72]

I was not aware that the GS-D3 came in a non-F1 desigination. Every GS-D3 that I have purchased since 1/05, 2 fronts & 4 rears, have had the F1 desigination on them, F1 GS-D3.

Don't ask why twice as many rears as fronts.:o :sign10:
There was nothing wrong with the tires a in mfging defects.

:cheers:
Tom

[Lowflight]

So...IS THIS CONFIRMED OR WHAT?

[bradslt5]

just got off the goodyear tire site .when i punch in the car info i get the f1dg3 pops up . so who knows . i found 2 rears 3 months ago in la . i did email them and they said they werent making any more so ?????? maybe if everyone and there buds email them they will make more ????i dont know how to do that search stuff. old rookie

[Lowflight]

My Dad is a Goodyear dealer. I called him today and gave him the model number. He will call his Goodyear rep this week and hopefully get the skinny (and track down a set for me to put aside)

[Wild and Blue]

My Dad is a Goodyear dealer. I called him today and gave him the model number. He will call his Goodyear rep this week and hopefully get the skinny (and track down a set for me to put aside)

Please be sure to update us on this....I tried my local GoodYear guy and he found two at some obscure location but the price was $800 for the pair...just the tires, not putting them on.:-({|=
I guess if they are gone forever, I will bite the bullet and get them but I hate to if they will return at a later date.

[FU3]

So...IS THIS CONFIRMED OR WHAT?

Okay - enough crap - what is the word on these tires?

[Paul Workman]

...being that photography is another hobby of mine, I really appreciate your signature photos. Very nice, BTW.

:cheers:

P.

[tomtom72]

Okay I just e-mailed Tire Rack & asked if they had any info on what G/Yr is intending to do with the 315's.

Hopefully they will have something to share and maybe we can get some good info from Harold's father.....between the two we may get what is actually going on...hopefully.

I would think that there must be other sports cars that use a tire in that size?
I would think it would take more than the '96 GS and the 6900 ZR-1's to justify making the 315/35/17..??? What about those 90's turbo 911's? Ya know the ones with the big rear fenders and the spoiler w/the oil cooler built into it??? A friend of mine has two & the rear meats look as big as a 315...:icon_scra

:cheers:
Tom

[Lowflight]

I have not heard from my Dad on this yet, but I talked to Luke at Tirerack and his computer had no notation of the tire being DC'ed. Just backordered. He got a few sets in a few weeks ago and they were all spoken for.

[tomtom72]

Okay guys I just got an answer to the e-mail inquirey I sent to Tire Rack.

The long & short is the tire is back ordered due to the fact that it is out of production at the moment. G/Yr has not told Tire Rack when there will be a new run going into production. The guy from T/Rack said that this usually means quite a while before G/Yr will run another batch....or he said that G/Yr may decide to just discontinue that size. BUT T/Rack says that G/Yr would let them know when they have reached a decision to go or not to go with another run.

My read is that G/Yr is chewing on the idea that they may drop the 315, but they haven't made up their minds' yet.

:cheers:
Tom

[Aurora40]

I would think that there must be other sports cars that use a tire in that size?
I would think it would take more than the '96 GS and the 6900 ZR-1's to justify making the 315/35/17..??? What about those 90's turbo 911's? Ya know the ones with the big rear fenders and the spoiler w/the oil cooler built into it??? A friend of mine has two & the rear meats look as big as a 315...:icon_scra

:cheers:
Tom
I think the 'vette is the only car that uses that tire size OEM. Goodyear did design the tire just for the ZR-1. ;)

With all the folks tossing 5-spokes on their cars though, there has to be at least 10,000 potential buyers for that size though. A lot more than for something like a Viper sized tire.

[DMark]

I think the 'vette is the only car that uses that tire size OEM. Goodyear did design the tire just for the ZR-1. ;)

With all the folks tossing 5-spokes on their cars though, there has to be at least 10,000 potential buyers for that size though. A lot more than for something like a Viper sized tire.
AND - - - Alot of 4G FBody guys are running the 315/35/17. Even some last gen Mustang types are also using the Beast's rear tire.

For once I lucked out and picked up a set of Goodyears in Jan. :-D

[Lowflight]

AND - - - Alot of 4G FBody guys are running the 315/35/17. Even some last gen Mustang types are also using the Beast's rear tire.

For once I lucked out and picked up a set of Goodyears in Jan. :-D

I agree...alot of the 03 Cobra guys want to run 315s.

[GOLDCYLON]

So whats the latest word?

[DMark]

LowFlight posted over at that other forum that Tire Rack has 7 315's left in stock as of today.

[Lowflight]

I screwed up, they ARE BFG not Goodyear

[93RubyZ]

I was looking for a new set about a year ago. The Goodyears were on backorder and there was talk that they could be discontinued at that time. The BFGs were also on low inventory/backorder. I was able to find a set of BFGs at Tirerack so I jumped on them. So far I've been pleased with them. However, the BFGs are not even showing up as an option at Tirerack. Has BFG discontinued this size?

[DMark]

...... Has BFG discontinued this size?
Yup! :cry:

The the 7 remaining at Tire Rack has are right side only.