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Feb 27, 2008 | 04:45 PM

Hawaiimark

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Firestone Run Flats

I just turned 21,000 miles on my 2006 C6 and it's time for new tires. I use my Corvette daily and I am on the cellphone in the car often. The noise from the OEM Goodyears makes it difficult to hear on the cell so I am looking for a quieter replacement tire and I want to stay with runflats. Any suggestions and does anyone have experience with the Firestone Firehawk Wide Ovals?
Thanks in advance...Mark

Feb 27, 2008 | 04:54 PM

NYC6

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Another thread they were discontinued.

Feb 27, 2008 | 05:03 PM

Kevinmatt

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St. Jude Donor '11

I love my Firestone Wide Ovals. I'm going to hate to see them go!

Feb 27, 2008 | 07:45 PM

als2052

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The Firestone website is stilll selling them...

Feb 27, 2008 | 08:15 PM

Crow Hunter

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tire noise

I can't believe some of you guys have exhausts that are so quiet that you can hear tire noise. Shame on you. I have two 'Vettes - a '97 and an '06 - and both have exhausts that drown out any tire noise. Both cars have the OEM tires, but I have no idea if they make any noise. And that's how it should be!

Feb 28, 2008 | 08:13 AM

FloydSummerOf68

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Originally Posted by Crow Hunter

Ha ha...I agree. Tire noise should never be an issue.

Feb 28, 2008 | 08:42 AM

vette-oholic

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discontinued??

oh no. i just bought apair for the front and was going to buy a pair for the rear in a few months... i guess i better buy them now.

Feb 28, 2008 | 08:01 PM

shalenss

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Originally Posted by vette-oholic

discontinued??

oh no. i just bought apair for the front and was going to buy a pair for the rear in a few months... i guess i better buy them now.

where did you buy your fronts from?

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Feb 28, 2008 | 09:49 PM

Mez

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Originally Posted by Hawaiimark

I've only have a few hundred miles on my Firestone Wide Ovals but they are very, very quiet. The F1's got noisy toward the end.

Feb 28, 2008 | 09:52 PM

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Drumhawk

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I have a complete brand new tags attached set of Michelin Sport Pilot in stock 18/19 C6 size for 1200 shipped if interested, best rated tires on the market.

Feb 28, 2008 | 10:51 PM

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vette-oholic

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tire rack.

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Originally Posted by shalenss

where did you buy your fronts from?

Feb 29, 2008 | 02:47 PM

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HPVA

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Originally Posted by NYC6

Another thread they were discontinued.

On that same thread someone said it was a tire for the C5 and not the wide oval for the C6 that was discontinued according to tirerack.

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