[Z06] Please help with tire selection
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Please help with tire selection
I was looking at the Toyo Proxes T1R for my C6 Z06. I know they are cheap but I am trying to stay around $1000 with shipping and they fit the bill. However, the only place that I can find with the front and rears is 1010tires which will not let me ship to an alternate address. Since my car was wrecked and is in the shop, I want to have them delivered to the body shop instead. Can anyone provide some suggestions (aside from suggesting tires that go above what I want to spend)?
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Nevermind, I found them at onlinetires.com. It's pretty hard to find the 295/35/18 it seems. The front 265/40/17 are easy to find.
EDIT: Dammit, they won't let me ship to a different address either.
EDIT: Dammit, they won't let me ship to a different address either.
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I bought my Toyo's through our supporting vendor, did you check there?
http://www.tiredeals4less.com/
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Try www.edgeracing.com or call 1-800-495-8306. They are a Toyo dealer. Had the rears in stock last time I spoke to them.
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Try www.edgeracing.com or call 1-800-495-8306. They are a Toyo dealer. Had the rears in stock last time I spoke to them.
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Matt;
I have the T1S's on the front and T1-R's on the rear for a couple of years now. Excellent tire. I would buy them again if they still made the S's. If you can't get the Toyo's, the Firestone Wide Oval is getting excellent writeups in the various Forums--although many of us were burned by them back in the 70's. Currently I plan to try them next. Hope this helps.
I have the T1S's on the front and T1-R's on the rear for a couple of years now. Excellent tire. I would buy them again if they still made the S's. If you can't get the Toyo's, the Firestone Wide Oval is getting excellent writeups in the various Forums--although many of us were burned by them back in the 70's. Currently I plan to try them next. Hope this helps.
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I bought my Toyo's through our supporting vendor, did you check there?
http://www.tiredeals4less.com/
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I am very Happy with them
probably @10K miles on them so far
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The best Toyo commercial/vote of confidence ever was at the Vette burnout contest at Carlisle this year. UNBELIEVABLE how those Toyo's were in terms of durability (they lasted a very long time before bursting). Must be good tires?
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They say the tires need about 500 miles on them before they really perform. I think this was one reason they didn't fair well in that (straight off the rack) tire test that was floating around...
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Slim pickens.
You quickly find out that being out of stock in the 295/35 size is very common unless its the Goodyear F1/Michelin Pilot Sport/Firestone Wide Ovals. I have been trying to find tires for 6 weeks now. It's either belly up and pay a small fortune for the Goodyears or Michelins, or take a gamble on the Firestones. Which I admit I have never seen as a serious performance tire since I started playing with cars 20+ years ago. But I hear maybe now they are a good tire and can be taken seriously and aren't just installed on SUV's and minivans at Sears.
As far as the fronts go I just give up and used the 275/40/17 that is very very common. Works fine on a 9.5 rim and was standard on a bunch of cars.
As far as the fronts go I just give up and used the 275/40/17 that is very very common. Works fine on a 9.5 rim and was standard on a bunch of cars.
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You quickly find out that being out of stock in the 295/35 size is very common unless its the Goodyear F1/Michelin Pilot Sport/Firestone Wide Ovals. I have been trying to find tires for 6 weeks now. It's either belly up and pay a small fortune for the Goodyears or Michelins, or take a gamble on the Firestones. Which I admit I have never seen as a serious performance tire since I started playing with cars 20+ years ago. But I hear maybe now they are a good tire and can be taken seriously and aren't just installed on SUV's and minivans at Sears.
As far as the fronts go I just give up and used the 275/40/17 that is very very common. Works fine on a 9.5 rim and was standard on a bunch of cars.
As far as the fronts go I just give up and used the 275/40/17 that is very very common. Works fine on a 9.5 rim and was standard on a bunch of cars.
The Wide Ovals work well on the track also. I usually use them as my rain tires (something I only dared do once with Supercar tires) but have run them on a dry track and they did very well.
People who complain about them reference things that happened 35 years ago but since then they have been purchased by Bridgestone are really nothing but a Bridgestone tire with a Firestone name on them.
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I ordered mine from www.td4l.com on Aug 1st. They are in Addison IL. shipped them to NY. I live in Canada. No problem with shipping. Arrived in 3 days. Paid 749.88 plus 43.31 shipping. Seems to be a good tire so far(only have 500 miles on them) Lot better than the originals.
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Call your credit card company, add the shop's address to your credit card billing addresses.
Order the tires, give them the ship/bill address as the shop's
Get your tires delivered to the shop
Remove the shop's address from your billing address with a follow up phone call.
Order the tires, give them the ship/bill address as the shop's
Get your tires delivered to the shop
Remove the shop's address from your billing address with a follow up phone call.