people are going +1 and+2 because there is still a decent selection of 15
in. performance street tires. see B.F. Goodrich g- Force Sport and Yokohama
AVS ES100.
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: <Group44TR7@aol.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 9:34 AM
Subject: [FOT] Performance Street Tires Supply - Maybe GRM Story Subject
> Amici
>
> I have done something that I swore that I would not do again: purchase
> some Firestone tires. I do have a 30 day return right, which I still may
> exercise. Firestone is the only manufacturer that I could find for a
> relatively high
> speed ( H rated or above) performance ties in the size 14 inch, 70 series,
> 215. This is as close to the original specification tire as I was able to
> find so
> far for my 78 Mercedes, it actually originally came with higher rated
> tires.
> If someone knows of another tire manufacturer with performance street
> tires
> (130 mph plus) in this size, please let me know.
>
> I trust that this is going to be growing issue for those of us with
> older
> performance street cars that sometimes get to go to "test days" or
> occassional club outings at the track. There is not very many options at
> 14 inch, I
> suspect I am going to find even less at 13 inch for the TR8 when that come
> up in
> the near future.
>
> Cary
>
>
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