[Z06] THE New Continental Tire
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Racer
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From: Hendersonville NC
THE New Continental Tire
Just got the new Continental DW Extreme Contact Sport tires for the Z. All I can say is they listened to the complaints we had with the old ones and fixed it. It now truly competes with the MPSS. The new tire is definitely stiffer in the sidewall and does not feel mushy on hard cornering and is definitely more responsive. The tire has excellent grip, however it does give up a little more traction on a wet road than before. Over all I am well pleased with the new tire. I run a 18/19 split with 265/35/18 up front and 305/30/19 in the rear.
Burning Brakes
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I also have these tires & have about 1k miles on em now & so far they are great. I'm running 275/40 fron & 295/35 rear on stock Z rims. They are noticeably better than the old DW Extremes, much better sidewalls, improved dry traction and about the same road noise which to me is pretty quiet. I would say these are easily as good as the much more expensive Michelin PS.
Steve
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Thanks for the report.
Sounds like an improvement to an already good tire.
Is there any way you guys could post a photo of them mounted on your car?
I'm very interested in these tires.
I would like to see how the side wall looks on stock rims.
Silverbird
Sounds like an improvement to an already good tire.
Is there any way you guys could post a photo of them mounted on your car?
I'm very interested in these tires.
I would like to see how the side wall looks on stock rims.
Silverbird
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nice to know bought old ones and took back after week due to all problems mentioned above, went bought michelin and can't be happier, will however try new conti's again when tires needed.
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On the street they are very good tires. I would be interested to see when the new Extremes get out there and get some mileage on them.
Burning Brakes
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I just purchased these last week for my stock rims. When I initially ordered them, Tire rack sent me a email saying they don't recommend mixing speed ratings. The 17's are w rated and the 18's are y rated. I still purchased them and will install them in the near future. Does anyone think this could be problem handling wise??
Burning Brakes
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From: Sacramento, California
I just purchased these last week for my stock rims. When I initially ordered them, Tire rack sent me a email saying they don't recommend mixing speed ratings. The 17's are w rated and the 18's are y rated. I still purchased them and will install them in the near future. Does anyone think this could be problem handling wise??
Steve
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that was only one. 340utqg was another, overall grip was down vs the tires a lot of people wanted to run. dw just really was not a fast tire. this new one still looks like a heavy wet tire but it may "feel" faster which would be a big improvement. the sidewall on the old one made it a bit unpredictable