Finally got new tires!
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Finally got new tires!
Hey guys!
I finally got new tires! Ive posted before about how much tire noise i had...so much it was deafening! Well, I got new tires...the best part is that they were free!
..Reward for some web development work! Kick ***. Now, they might not be the best, but i thought that I would share. Hopefully, I'll loose the tire noise!
What do you think?!
I finally got new tires! Ive posted before about how much tire noise i had...so much it was deafening! Well, I got new tires...the best part is that they were free!
..Reward for some web development work! Kick ***. Now, they might not be the best, but i thought that I would share. Hopefully, I'll loose the tire noise!
What do you think?!
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29K miles mine were unbearable. My daughter wouldn't ride in my car and it was a lot of work getting in her when I got new tires. Talking about Bridgestones not Dunlops.
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Compare...
I do realize that it is the wrong size, but when i compare it to what i have now...
...Also considering the fact that all my money is filtered to other obligations, I'm pretty satisfied as to what i got!
agree?
keith
...Also considering the fact that all my money is filtered to other obligations, I'm pretty satisfied as to what i got!
agree?
keith
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~30k is about what i have heard you get out of the potenzas from more than a couple people. i do know some that have trashed them in less than a third that. I don't know what they sound like at that mileage. Mine are right around 17k right now. I'll let you know if they make it that long its not looking good though.
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MATH to prove it!
if you want to get technical...
The stock tire is 225/45 and I got 225/40...considering a new 45 tire...thats a difference of 3/8 of an inch. (the tire i have now and the new on is only 1/4 of an inch difference.
Circumference = d(pi) 19.75(3.1415)= 62.046in per revolution
...1 mile = 63,360 in or 1021.177 revolutions if your traveling at 60mph thats 1021.177 rev/min or 1 mi per min
..if my car's tachometer reads about 1021.177 rev/min at 60mph thats 1 mile every minute or 63,360 in /minute. And, if I know that a 45 tire travels 62.046 in every revolution...
...then 1021.177 rev x 62.046 in =~ 63,360 in (1 mi)
on a 40 tire the circumference is 59.69 in 19(3.1415)= 59.69 in or 1 revolution
...So, if I were traveling at the same rate of 1021.177 rev/min, then:
1021.177 rev x 59.69in = ~60,954 in or 60954 in/63360 in (.9620 mi)
thus I loose .038 of a mile per mile I travel and therefore the odometer adds that to the trip because it thinks its traveled that extra distance when it hasn't.
What that translates into is: if I travel for an hour at 60mph I only travel 57.72 miles.
Come to think of it, no wonder my nav. is a few minutes off when I travel!!!
Hope i could shed some light!
keith
The stock tire is 225/45 and I got 225/40...considering a new 45 tire...thats a difference of 3/8 of an inch. (the tire i have now and the new on is only 1/4 of an inch difference.
Circumference = d(pi) 19.75(3.1415)= 62.046in per revolution
...1 mile = 63,360 in or 1021.177 revolutions if your traveling at 60mph thats 1021.177 rev/min or 1 mi per min
..if my car's tachometer reads about 1021.177 rev/min at 60mph thats 1 mile every minute or 63,360 in /minute. And, if I know that a 45 tire travels 62.046 in every revolution...
...then 1021.177 rev x 62.046 in =~ 63,360 in (1 mi)
on a 40 tire the circumference is 59.69 in 19(3.1415)= 59.69 in or 1 revolution
...So, if I were traveling at the same rate of 1021.177 rev/min, then:
1021.177 rev x 59.69in = ~60,954 in or 60954 in/63360 in (.9620 mi)
thus I loose .038 of a mile per mile I travel and therefore the odometer adds that to the trip because it thinks its traveled that extra distance when it hasn't.
What that translates into is: if I travel for an hour at 60mph I only travel 57.72 miles.
Come to think of it, no wonder my nav. is a few minutes off when I travel!!!
Hope i could shed some light!
keith
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yea, if you had GPS in the car you could see that in real time. I haven't bothered to do the math but I think with my winter tires I am in the area of traveling 51miles for ever 50 I put on the odometer. if you want to speck it out for me the witner tires are 235/55/17. See how close I came just from observing signs on the expressway?
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I'm Chinese and I don't trust anything made in China... especially not the most important part of the car. I'd watch those tires like a hawk, visual inspection everytime I get in and out of the car.
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I wouldn't mind Chinese tires if they had a good reputation, but there's no word on the performance of Wanli low profiles out there and my gut feeling is it won't compliment the RX-8 very well. It's not that I don't trust Chinese tires, I just am conservative in my tire choice. I wouldn't mind the Federal 595RS for example and that's a Chinese tire, but the Federals have a reputation at least.
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Federal is a Taiwanese company, not Chinese, to be technical. As to the origin of tire made, it could be China/Taiwan/etc.
For your own safety, do not skimp on tires. Those 4 small contact patches are what kept you in control of the car. If price is a factor, go with Sumitomo/Fuzion/Kumho, which are all quality brands offering peace of mind at fraction of price.
For your own safety, do not skimp on tires. Those 4 small contact patches are what kept you in control of the car. If price is a factor, go with Sumitomo/Fuzion/Kumho, which are all quality brands offering peace of mind at fraction of price.
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Federal is a Taiwanese company, not Chinese, to be technical. As to the origin of tire made, it could be China/Taiwan/etc.
For your own safety, do not skimp on tires. Those 4 small contact patches are what kept you in control of the car. If price is a factor, go with Sumitomo/Fuzion/Kumho, which are all quality brands offering peace of mind at fraction of price.
For your own safety, do not skimp on tires. Those 4 small contact patches are what kept you in control of the car. If price is a factor, go with Sumitomo/Fuzion/Kumho, which are all quality brands offering peace of mind at fraction of price.
For the sake of this forum, let's not get into THAT argument.