Thread: Which Tires?
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Old 04-15-2006, 06:47 PM   #10
mjw930
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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour
After ToolPants bought cheap Sumitomos I decided to try them. $340 for a whole set. I figured that if these are good enough for our resident Boxster Guru, they're good enough for me.

I love them so far. I have about 700 miles on them and they grip far better than the Kumhos I had on the car. They are not as noisy, and the Kumhos were out of round or thicker in places and I had lots of vibration from them.

If anyone reading this thread needs new rubber and just can't afford the excellent tires recommended in this thread, try a set of Sumitomo HRTZ II's. I would love to put far more expensive tires on the car, but hey, the wallet is skinny these days!
Had a set of those on my 930. Pretty good road tires up until about 7500 miles then they start to roar like you've blown out BOTH rear wheel bearings. YMMV
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