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Hey everyone. I'm sure this has been covered before but I'm trying to figure out which tires I should buy for my E1. I currently have the KDW's on but they need to be replaced. I thought the traction was great but the road noise was pretty bad. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
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I would go to tirerack.com. You did not even mention what is most important to you, price, performance, or longevity? Everyone has a different opinion about tires. Tirerack has a lot of information to help you make a tire decision or at least narrow down the field. Once you have narrowed down the field, it would not hurt to post here to get some experiences about comparing a couple of similar tires. Some people here strongly believe in getting the best performance tire, regardless of cost. Others, like me, find a tire that blends price, performance, and longevity.
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After a thorough search here and elsewhere, I ordered The Firehawk SZ50 EP in the 225/50/16 size. They are supposed to be much quieter than the g-Force BFG and nearly as good performance wise. It seems that even you drive aggressively (but not excessively) your CSVT you won't notice the difference. See www.tirerack.com.
Captain Bart
1999 Black/Midnight Blue SVT #1949/2760
Built on 04/20/1999
Received on 05/07/1999
Sold on 08/03/2006
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99 SVT Contour Silver Frost, #365/2760, DMD
98 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro Tiptronic, 30V -- SOLD!
91 Isuzu Impulse XS Kammback, Handling By Lotus
Victoria, BC, Canada
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Keith W
98.5 SE Sport ATX
Lt. Denim Blue
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I don't have an SVT, but my SE Sport has seen quite a few different tires over the last 95,000 miles.
I started out with the Firestone Firehawks, and then went on to Michelin MXV4+ and those tires were great !
Very quite and EXCELLENT wet traction.
On a wet road you would swear you were riding on rails.
We never had a really bad winter for me to try them out on, so I can't comment on snow traction.
Now I'm riding on the Micheling Pilot XGT H4 (V4 for SVT), and these are much better than the MXV4+.
They sidewalls are a bit taller, so you would have to - size your tires one size,
but the reaction time and wet traction are just as good, and there is absolutely NO road noise.
This past winter, I had NO PROBLEMS in the few snowstorms we had.
I was able to pull right out of a parking space without too much shoveling.
Pete...
2004 Mercury Marauder 300A
Black Clearcoat/Dark Charcoal LEATHER
DOB 10/31/2003
DOP 1/2/2004
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I just recently put some new tires on my car i have 215/45/17 and i put some NanKang tires on there i got these tires for 70 a peice and i am very happy with these tires. The are a high performance tire and awesom wet traction. I never heard of these tires before but i got them anyways and i would recomend these to any one.
NEW TOY 2000 FORD F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON PICKUP
(FROM FLORIDA AND ONLY HAS 30,000 miles )(and stock NOT FOR LONG)
( Gone as of 11-25-03)
2000 Silver Frost Svt Contour With Stuff
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I replaced my g-force's with Toyo Proxies FZ4's and the g-forces don't compare not to mention the price and the money I saved over getting g-force's again.
Goodluck!
1999 Silver Frost Contour SVT
2690 of 2760 Born 08/13/1999
Sony Mobile ES CDX-C90 Deck
6 1/2 Infinity Kappa Perfect mid & tweet set, 2 12 Infinity Kappa Perfects JBL P.600.1 for Bass, P.180.2 for front stage.
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