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I need to get some cheap tires for the street and need some advice. I would like to keep it under $100 a tire. Has anyone used either of these?? I have never heard of Sumitomo but they are nice and cheap and have a 160 treadwear rating. I would love to go get some Toyo RA-1's but the budget just wont allow it at the moment. Any thoughts on these???

 

Looking for 255/50R16 tires.

 

Sumitomo HTRZ $66.60 each

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Thanks,

 

-Derek

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I have a set of the Sumitomo's on the M3 and have been very happy with them. They have a stack of road miles and 1 1/2 DEs. The first track weekend was in the pouring rain and they were fine under heavy braking at 95-100. In the dry they are what they are, cheap. I find them predictable and decent wearing.

 

I would gladly buy another set for the price of 2 Yoko AVS.

 

FWIW

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Thanks for the input. After some research I think I am going to look into the Sumitomo tires. I have read that Sumitomo now owns Dunlop?? I really like the price and have heard they are decent for the track. Please let me know if any one else has experience with Sumitomo tires.

 

Thanks again,

 

-Derek

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One of the rags just did a test on these and others, they did REAL well!

I remember 4 diff tires and for the price you couldn't beat these. Can't remember the mag, but I get all 4 Mustangs, Grassroots, Car/Driver, Road/Track, Autoweek or could have been the doctor or barbershop?

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I really need to get rid of my 18's.

I hit a pothole last weekend that put a nice hole in the sidewall of my $197 tire.

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mcmmotorsports- Sorry to hear that. You have a very nice website there, I got a kick out of the sitcom episode. Very nice Mustang too, do you have a cardomain page by chance??

 

bsim- I wish I was local too. What kind of tires are they??

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If you were local, I'd hook you up. I've got a great set of 255/50/16's in the garage just dying for a home. Sorry!

 

That wouldn't be the severely flat spotted ones that you used up in T3 at Cal would it?

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mcmmotorsports- Sorry to hear that. You have a very nice website there, I got a kick out of the sitcom episode. Very nice Mustang too, do you have a cardomain page by chance??

 

Thx!!

 

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/470111

 

Nice, I dropped you some ratings, 5 stars all the way. Check out my cardomain rides when you have a chance.

 

http://www.cardomain.com/id/xjedix

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