TR tire replacement

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Big Red,
I just bought Dunlop SP Sport 8000 ZR 16 tires for my TR. I wanted to keep the same size (225-50 front and 255-50 back) so there was not a lot of choice. The SP 8000 are more sticky than the Goodyears I replaced and made a lot of difference in corning and at 140mph they were very stable. The cost for the 4 tires, balancing and installation was about $800.00.
Jim

 

Big Red,
I went through the same process 2 years ago. You will not have many options. Like Colo348, I ended up with the Dunlop SP Sport 8000 ZR16. Because I was worried about the future, I bought a second set of the rears and am storing those. My fronts tend to last about 30K miles but the rears go in about 15K miles.

 

Dear Ferraristi,

I had this same problem about 2 years ago. I have a 91 Testarossa with 225 F and 255 rears. I had Michelin pilot sports ( something like that ) and wanted the same ( the good expensive stuff ).

It was around winter time and these sizes had not gone back into production for the new year...so I was out of luck.

With the help of the Tire Rack, I went for Sumitomo's. I know, I know, there're quite inexpensive. Well was I surprised. They drive and wear very well. ( My TR is a daily driver ) I actually got rid of alot of "twitchiness" and the car never felt better. The difference was really in construction zones where you have uneven or old and new pavement coming together.

Tire Rack really had to convince me....but they were right. I'll buy these tires again.


Shamile

Freeze...Miami Vice !

 

I have to second the notion that Sumitomo HTRZs are a good possibility.

I ran them for a year on my Dino 246GT. I know, it's not the HP monster the TR is, but they drove amazingly well. Not just for the price, but in general.

I'd still have them on the car now if I hadn't switched to XWX Michelins. I liked the period look of the michelins better.

My mechanic took the Sumitomos home and put them on one of his period cars. He'd driven mine enough that he really liked them.

But, Tire Rack does show three or four alternatives, and they are very helpful over the phone. With fast shipping, too.

DM

 

Big Red nearly a month has passed. What's the early word on the Dunlaps? I'm in the market for a back up set for my '91 TR and would like some feedback.

 

I have had the dunlops on my tr for about 2 years now and they are just fine. If you want a zr performance tire in a 16 inch size, you are not going to have many choices.

 

Thank you. Anyone try Bridgestones?

 

can someone give me the contact details of tyrerack ,as i cannot find pilots here for my tr in sydney.
i have original on my rear,they are so f.... hard ,that with 15 psi ,the side walls dont even flex ,.but god when i take off they smoke like a cuban whore.

chow
gringo

 

I could only find three choices for tires for my 86 TR.
1. Original Michelins - too expensive and too hard to find
2. Dunlop - Just wasn't what I wanted on my car
3. Kumho - The size and price was right
I've had the tires on for about a year or so now and haven't had any problems. They aren't the best tires in the world but they are better than the stock tires that I removed. And best of all, they fit.

 

Just came across this thread guys. I work at Coker and we carry the Michelin Pilot Sports. 225/50ZR16 regular price: $232.00, FChat price: $206.48, the 255/50ZR16 regular price: $430.00, FChat price: $382.70. These prices are good until the end of the year. On Jan 1st we will have a 5% price increase so get them before the price goes up. You can give me a call at 1-800-251-6336 ext.256 or email me [email protected].

Thank,

Jerry

 

I recently tried to buy rear tyres here in Australia and found it impossible. No manufacturers are sending the 255/50-16 size down under. Only option for me is to bring them in from UK or USA.

Hence I have fitted a set of 512TR rims to the car as the tyres in 18" are an off the shelf item. Just have to put the originals away in storage.

Whilst on the tyre topic, has anyone ever found a soft R spec tyre suitable for some mild track work that fits to the 16" wheels?

 

I second this choice..............I made the same and have been very happy with my $294 set of new Kumho tires............Great reviews in the trade magazines too! Kerry

 

about 2 years ago goober was having the same problem but we managed to hunt down a supplier here in oz that did them surprisingly cheap. sorry i don't remember if they are the same size as you mention, i seem to recall they were a strange metric size, werked out to 15.5 inch or something. i'll have to fish through my email archive when i get home if you want more info.

 

A year later and I finally got around to buying new tires. Had the Dunlop SP Sport 8000's mounted last week on my '91 TR. So far so good. A very noticeable difference to the older Goodyears I had. Balanced & installed for apporx. $800.00.

 

My car has the 415 sized wheels, does this mean the tires need to be stricktly metric? The tires, original Michelin TRX's, are maybe 7 years old with roughly 1,000 miles on them. The very small cracks make me believe they need replacing soon if it is to be driven on a weekly basis. Any suggestions? Thanks guys!

 

I was going to give the new Falken Ziex ZE512 tires a try. Price is right, it's a rain and dry tire with a pretty good wear rating... and it's available in sizes for our old TRs.
Here is the Falken website:
http://www.falkentire.com/tires_512.htm

and a website of a company selling the tires (I don't work for them):
http://www.tires-easy.com/start.html. Just do a search on the 255/60-16 tire size and four kinds will show up...

My car is still running what may be the original 1988 tires (or maybe one set newer). They are getting hard and thin in the middles. Time to change them.

Steve

 

Exactly the same problem here in the UK, matching sets impossible to find, got mine from Tirerack here in US, good for a year then I flatspotted the passenger side front and the vibrations were horrendous. So I had to buy 2 fronts Goodyear GSD3's a good tyre and close to my existing rears Goodyear HP Utra Plus. Just found a place in UK tho that has started selling matching sets of Michelins tho bloody expensive ! BTW they're a sposor of fchat

http://www.clubscuderia.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=15508