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Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator
Username: Rob328gts
Post Number: 1880
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 9:28 pm: | |
One concern with wider tires is rock chips as they stick out a little furthur. |
David Jones (Dave)
Junior Member
Username: Dave
Post Number: 180
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 7:38 pm: | |
Gee the P-Zero's I have on my 308 now are 3 years old... |
Joseph Caretti (Pino)
Junior Member
Username: Pino
Post Number: 58
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 7:19 pm: | |
Dave, I'm glad you had a good experience. From the two times I bought tires from the Rack on "special" (P6000&AVS Intermediates) they weren't the freshest set of tires. By the date imprinted on the sidewalls, they were over 3 years old! |
David Jones (Dave)
Junior Member
Username: Dave
Post Number: 179
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 5:48 pm: | |
Anyone know where to get poly bushings for the shocks? |
Bill Sebestyen (Bill308)
Member
Username: Bill308
Post Number: 283
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 5:19 pm: | |
David W, the $243 did not include the bushings. Bushings are not supplied with the Koni OEM shocks. |
Bill Sebestyen (Bill308)
Member
Username: Bill308
Post Number: 282
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 5:16 pm: | |
David, I was lucky, they had one set of the shocks in stock in their Indiana warehouse. The tires were dilivered in one day but the shocks took two days. The shocks came in a Koni box with the correct part number on the box,but I haven't opened yet. |
David Jones (Dave)
Junior Member
Username: Dave
Post Number: 177
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 9:16 am: | |
On the old side?
I don't think so....
That's what the Firestone dealer said to me when I told him I got new 16" BBS wheels with new S-03 rubber for the price he quoted for just the rubber in 15" for my wifes BMW.
A guy working for him said he was just pissed that people could buy tires from tirerack cheaper than than his price from the factory...
At any rate, my new Yoko AVS rubber has arrived, and they are by no means "old stock" |
Joseph Caretti (Pino)
Junior Member
Username: Pino
Post Number: 56
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 8:37 pm: | |
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but in all likelyhood these Intermediates on sale are on the "old" side. And we all know what happens to old tires, even if they were never used.
Please be careful when exploring the limits! |
bill v. (Doc)
Junior Member
Username: Doc
Post Number: 56
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 8:25 pm: | |
Ditto--I bought a pair of the $60 Yokohamas for my recently-purchased '85 QV--what a great price! In addition, they were delivered in one day--great service too! |
David White (Dwhite)
New member
Username: Dwhite
Post Number: 23
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 9:09 am: | |
Please note, I have no affiliation with tirerack. However, I have been using them for 10 yrs and they have been great. I have the AVS Iner. on my TVR and they are wonderful. I just ordered the
S-O3's for my QV - should arrive today. I will let you know how they are - all reviews I read are stellar, went with the 225/50 front, 245/45 rear for 16" rims.
I saw someone ordered shocks and quoted a price of $243. Did that include the bushings? |
Randy (Schatten)
Member
Username: Schatten
Post Number: 338
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 12:50 am: | |
the AVS Intermediates are being discontinued. Great tire! Much better than the AVS Sport on the street/wet/track if it comes to that. And definately a great buy for that price!
The tires aren't the very best, like some S02's or PZeros, but heck, for the price, jump on them and trash them at will on some twisty roads in the hill country. |
stephen r chong (Ethans_dad)
Junior Member
Username: Ethans_dad
Post Number: 59
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 11:01 am: | |
Jim/Dave:
I run those sizes on my 85 QV without any clearance problems. Should be fine. As for the tires, my wife runs them on her Pcar and they are a very nice summer tire. Excellent turn in and plenty of feedback as the tire approaches its limits. Not a great wet tire, but as good as most all season tires. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
Intermediate Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 2427
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 9:49 am: | |
I ordered a set too, now who is selling me his 308 ?
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David Jones (Dave)
Junior Member
Username: Dave
Post Number: 158
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 8:47 am: | |
Bill, did they have the shocks in stock?
I was thinking about the Koni's as well but thought there was a 10 week wait on the shocks. |
Bill Sebestyen (Bill308)
Member
Username: Bill308
Post Number: 280
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 6:15 pm: | |
I bit the bullet too, for my 308. Two, 225/50-16's and two 245/45-16's for $274.08 delivered. While I was at it, two Koni shocks for the front, 243.17 delivered. The items were shipped today and I expect delivery Monday. |
Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Junior Member
Username: Ronsupercar
Post Number: 187
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 11:23 am: | |
A friend on this site just picked up his 308 and order these tires from tirerack.com also..They are being eliminated and when he ordered it, it came in the next day....... |
David Jones (Dave)
Junior Member
Username: Dave
Post Number: 152
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 10:03 am: | |
From what I have heard, with the stock wheel offsets 225's will fit up front and 245's will fit in back.
His 328 works well with them, and I have seen a few 308's wearing them as well.
If worried just get your stock size tires.
I thought about ordering a second set at that price, but my wife gave me that "you allready have extra rims and tires taking up space in your play room now" kind of look.
I had bought her BMW new BBS wheels and O-S3 tires from the tirerack for about what it would cost to just do the tires from the local Firestone dealer. This online stuff is great!
At any rate, her stock BBS wheels await me refinishing them. |
Jim E (Jimpo1)
Member
Username: Jimpo1
Post Number: 558
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 9:40 am: | |
Dave, does your friend have any clearance issues with the wider tires? I don't need rubber but at that price, I may jump. |
David Jones (Dave)
Junior Member
Username: Dave
Post Number: 149
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 8:13 am: | |
I ordered them on the spot, and the front tires came yesterday.
I have 205/55/16 on front and 225/50/16 on the rear now, and the ones I ordered were 225/50/16 for the fronts and 245/45/16 for the rears.
I have a buddy with a 328 tired that way and it seems to handle better on the track with the wider meat.
For that price I could chew them up at the track and not worry about it...
I also ordered a brake line kit for the 308 as well.
Total: $402.91 with shipping...
Not bad for new rubber all the way around, and braded brake lines to boot. |
Bill Sebestyen (Bill308)
Member
Username: Bill308
Post Number: 278
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 10:19 pm: | |
I saw that too David. Are you going to get a set? |
David Jones (Dave)
Junior Member
Username: Dave
Post Number: 146
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 5:59 pm: | |
Just thought I'd pass along,
I was going to order a new set of rear tires for my 308 from tirerack.com, (no affiliation) to replace my P-Zeros that are lacking tread
when I did a sort by price I found that they had Yokohama AVS Intermediate tires close out priced at around $60.00 each for my size...
Was such a good price I thought I'd pass it along.
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