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IF YOU HAVE KUMHO ECSTA SUPRA 712s ON YOUR SVT, I NEED YOUR ADVICE! #286134 07/21/02 11:23 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 14 Houston, TX Z zapdaddy OP Junior Member
OP zapdaddy Junior Member Z Joined: May 2002 Posts: 14 Houston, TX	I am about to have to put tires on the SVT, and I was wondering what the experience with this tire has been? I am thinking about bumping up to the 225/50/16, and was wondering if anyone out there has had rubbing issues with this particular tire in this size? Thanks so much, and any feedback is appreciated!! 2000 Ford Contour SVT #911/2150 Born on Dec. 14, 1999 Silver Frost/Midnight Blue

Re: IF YOU HAVE KUMHO ECSTA SUPRA 712s ON YOUR SVT, I NEED YOUR ADVICE! #286135 07/22/02 04:43 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 47 atlanta ga J johnny Member
johnny Member J Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 47 atlanta ga	hey im from ga and i have kumho on my svt and i have no rubbin yet?? hope this helps 2000 silver frost midnite blue csvt

Re: IF YOU HAVE KUMHO ECSTA SUPRA 712s ON YOUR SVT, I NEED YOUR ADVICE! #286136 07/22/02 05:43 PM
Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,237 The land of Vegemite and Foste... Stazi the Aussie Member
Stazi the Aussie Member Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,237 The land of Vegemite and Foste...	I would suggest you go with the 225/45R16 they have in the 712's. The 225/50's are what I had and the sidewall looks to tall. The 225/45's are tiny but lower than the stock 215/50's but it would look better and your acceleration would be better than with the 225/50's. Regards, Anastazi Father of the Aussie Bar anastazi.sarigiannis@aam.com "Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room, munching pills and listening to repetitive music." ----------------------------------- 2000 Silver Frost SVT #1126 of 2150 8" AFE/"Big-Mouth" Intake, Modified BAT Pipe, IAT Mod - A'PEXi S-AFC, Superchip, No Secondaries, Cobra/CSVT Hybrid MAF, Magnaflow True Duals, MYSTERY Mod, Autolite AWSF22FS's and FMS Wires, ES MM Inserts, Cross Drilled/Slotted Rotors w/ Greenstuffs, APR DTM Spoiler, Escort Cossie Vents, NACA Duct, Mirko Splitter, Koni's & H&R Springs, 24mm "Aussie" Sway Bar, 18" Enkei RS-5, 225/40R18 KDW-2's. Pioneer DEH-P7000R, TS-6975's, TS-6855's, MTX BE104, MTX Blue Thunder PRO502 http://www.geocities.com/qikslvrsvt

Re: IF YOU HAVE KUMHO ECSTA SUPRA 712s ON YOUR SVT, I NEED YOUR ADVICE! #286137 07/23/02 02:27 AM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 12 Gypusm, CO USA 1 1HotSVT Junior Member
1HotSVT Junior Member 1 Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 12 Gypusm, CO USA	I have the 225/50s on 98.5 SVT and have had no rubbing at all, even with 4 200lb+ guys in it. ymmv Gary Gary Welker 98.5 T-Red SVT Newly Knauberized

Re: IF YOU HAVE KUMHO ECSTA SUPRA 712s ON YOUR SVT, I NEED YOUR ADVICE! #286138 07/28/02 11:39 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 65 Vancouver, WA S shotwell Member
shotwell Member S Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 65 Vancouver, WA	My car is an E0 SVT. I too bought the Kumho 712 225-50R16s. The tires I had before were 205-55R16 BF Goodrich KDWS tires. I found that I have to put 40PSI in the Kumhos to make them stick. I have kept them there for a few months and I have no abnormal tire wear. Also no rubbing issues. The Kumhos have EXCELLENT wet traction, better than I have ever experienced, although my experience is somewhat limited to bigger tires on a race Monte Carlo. I do believe that the BF Goodrich tires I had to start with stuck to the road better with only 35PSI. I never aired them up past there. Hope this helps! '98 SVT Contour #639 '79 Monte Carlo

Re: IF YOU HAVE KUMHO ECSTA SUPRA 712s ON YOUR SVT, I NEED YOUR ADVICE! #286139 07/29/02 04:48 AM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 14 Houston, TX Z zapdaddy OP Junior Member
OP zapdaddy Junior Member Z Joined: May 2002 Posts: 14 Houston, TX	Thanks for the advice everyone...had the Kumhos installed Friday. I can't believe how much quieter the car is now...very impressive! Big kudos to Luke for getting them out to the install location quickly! How are these figures? (4)Kumho Ecsta Supra 712s shipped to me for $356 Install and alignment: $119 Cost of just the tires mounted and balanced at Discount Tire-$124/tire BEFORE tax (8.25%) In other words...Tire Rack is the way to go!! 2000 Ford Contour SVT #911/2150 Born on Dec. 14, 1999 Silver Frost/Midnight Blue

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