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kabal57
07-03-2002, 05:57 PM
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God I'm so disgusted with these tires. THEY SUCK. I have to say they are hands down the noisiest tires I've ever owned. The noise is so bad they mute my TRD exhaust quite a bit. The noise they make stands out OVER the exhaust noise... bad :(
I just got these things new on my volks, and am so disgusted with them im gonna bounce them with less than 200 miles on them. Handling seems bad too, they feel like theyre all over the road as opposed to the stock tires. actually it feels like youre driving on glass, they seem to kinda slide around on the road with every rotation, while the stocks always felt like they were solidly planted.
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Oh ya, these were their supposedly "top of the line" k 104's.

That being said, I do have a few questions for you tire/wheel experts out there.

1. Is it normal for 18"s to kinda wanna pull the car in whatever direction road imperfections are at? It seems like every time I hit a small bump on one side that tire jerks in that direction.

2. Do tires need a breakin period? should I wait a few hundred more miles and maybe they will quiet down and handle better?

3. what are good solid feeling tires that are at least as quiet as the stocks. which are pretty damn quiet. But they would have to be in a 225/35 or 40 series.

Bottom line, I wouldnt recommend these at all :(
had to find out the hard way I guess.

(on a side note, anyone want some 200 mile 215/35/18 tires cheap? :naughty:

Marv
07-03-2002, 07:17 PM
cheap performance tires are always noisy--among other things. Might be right away, might not be for several thousand miles--but they'll getcha.

Now you gotta buy some all over again. Don'tcha wish you'd bought the good stuff to begin with?

When are you kids gonna learn!

kabal57
07-03-2002, 07:23 PM
ya I got them as part of a package deal
there wasnt much in the size that i wanted. so on the advice of the stupid salesman I took those.. that sucked
I could have gotten the yoko parada spec 2 for like $100 more.. but the guy said these were "just as good"
bleh :(

celwin
07-03-2002, 08:25 PM
kabal57, I like your sig. I agree with it completely.