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Originally Posted by GTOger
The wife and I are planning a road trip (Dallas -> Las Vegas -> Dallas) in the spring. We're prepping the ZR-1 for the trip. One area I'd like to think about are the tires and wonder about recommendations from the group here. Here are my considerations:
- The GSC's on the car are older. They don't show any signs of rot, but I've been down the old tire blowout road before, and I'm not anxious to do it again. I'll be most comfortable with new shoes.
- Our Z will spend most of its time on the road. Maybe once or twice a year to a track event. So priority is overall comfort over max performance. These GSC's seem awfully noisy and if there's something quieter out there, it's worth a look.
- Money is an object.
I understand the Goodyear Eagle F1's are pretty popular, and Kumho seems to make a good ZR-1 tire.
Tire Rack is selling something called the Sumitomo HTR Z for $490/set (as in, all 4 tires). Being that's less than what I paid for new meats on my pickup truck, I'm both interested and skeptical, but it's almost worth it just as a test.
Thoughts and input welcome. |
I've had the michelens and sumitomos on the car. Sumis are on there now. For what I do, weekend / date night driving in mostly good weather (though I'm not afraid to ride in the rain), they are great. I'm not engaged in "spirited" driving when doing so, but I'll punch the gas and ride the grin when I want. The tires are just fine. They need to warm up, but after driving the 1.5 miles from the back of the neighborhood to get to the main road, they're ready for highway driving. For $500, you can't beat them.
When I had mine road force balanced, they came out just fine.
I would totally buy again. For the money and what I do, the tires are going to dry rot before the tread goes bear.