CHANGING THE RUNFLATS

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Mar 12, 2004 | 10:08 AM

Irish Whiskey

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CHANGING THE RUNFLATS

I need to replace my rear tires on 2000 coupe - it is at 20,000 miles - can I leave the runflats on the front until they wear out as well, while I change just the rear tires? Do I understand that the best pressure to run at is 30psi? Will take suggestions on which tires to replace with. Thanks - got mags but would like to get Z06 style polished aluminum :auto:

Mar 12, 2004 | 10:49 AM

NICK YOSKIN

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St. Jude Donor '08

Re: CHANGING THE RUNFLATS (Irish Whiskey)

iam running stockers on the front and nittos drag on the rear feel good, definately a softer ride in the rear but good.

Mar 12, 2004 | 11:16 AM

Richin Chicago

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Re: CHANGING THE RUNFLATS (Irish Whiskey)

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It depends how well you want your car to handle and ride. OEM runflats have very stiff sidewals and fairly poor traction. This will not help the car balance ride or handling with mixed tires. If you really want to improve the car all around why not replace all 4 now? You can get a set of Kumho MXs from http://www.tirerack.com for around $600.00 and you will love the improvement in ride, noise, grip, and even wet traction. You are going to have to do it sooner or later. Why not help it be a much better C5 now? 30 PSi is a good pressure t start with. Watch the tire wear pattern and see what it shows. I have seen more C5 tires that need a little less pressure than more.

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Mar 12, 2004 | 04:59 PM

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Re: CHANGING THE RUNFLATS (Richin Chicago)

i replaced my runflats with 295/35 18's and 275/45/17's supercar f1's

ride is much better, less under steer too and yes they fit perfect

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