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The Holy trinity of tires: Cheap, stretch well, quiet
So I'm not new to stretching tires by any means but with a lot of my old favourites being discontinued in the last few years, I'm on the search for something new. I've stretched lots of tires of Falkens: 512s, 452, 453s, RT615s; Toyos: T1S&T1Rs; Conti: SC2s SC3s, Bridgestones RE050As and a bunch of others I'm sure I'm forgetting about... but I never got into the cheaper tires.
The major issue is that all most all of those were in 15-17" sizing and thus buying a decent tire wasn't that big of a bite on the pocket book.
Now that I'm running some wide 19s, and am rebuilding them even wider, tires aren't cheap anymore. They also don't last long with the more aggressive camber I run compared to previous cars and setups.
I know the sizes I'm looking for 245/35/19 and 275/30/19 on a 19x11 and 19x12.5 respectively... I've seen lots of pics of the stretch on all the cheap tires but what I haven't found is a lot of decent reviews with aggressive stretched and cambered setups. I was on FK453s but they stretch like crap and a poor alignment helped me cook them off in under 7k. The RE050s I'm on now, that I got for free off a customers 997 when he upgraded to Sport cups, have a badass stretch but are super loud and scrub like mad with the camber I'm running.
I'm looking for something that is quiet, can be flipped after being stretched and can handle -4º to -8º of camber without eating itself alive in 5k.
So to all of you, what cheap "crappy" tires have you guys had good luck with?
Was thinking of the Achillies ATR Sports or Federal 595 EVO but am open to other suggestions. I'd like to stay under $150/tire since I don't expect them to last longer than 10-15k.
Cheers
The major issue is that all most all of those were in 15-17" sizing and thus buying a decent tire wasn't that big of a bite on the pocket book.
Now that I'm running some wide 19s, and am rebuilding them even wider, tires aren't cheap anymore. They also don't last long with the more aggressive camber I run compared to previous cars and setups.
I know the sizes I'm looking for 245/35/19 and 275/30/19 on a 19x11 and 19x12.5 respectively... I've seen lots of pics of the stretch on all the cheap tires but what I haven't found is a lot of decent reviews with aggressive stretched and cambered setups. I was on FK453s but they stretch like crap and a poor alignment helped me cook them off in under 7k. The RE050s I'm on now, that I got for free off a customers 997 when he upgraded to Sport cups, have a badass stretch but are super loud and scrub like mad with the camber I'm running.
I'm looking for something that is quiet, can be flipped after being stretched and can handle -4º to -8º of camber without eating itself alive in 5k.
So to all of you, what cheap "crappy" tires have you guys had good luck with?
Was thinking of the Achillies ATR Sports or Federal 595 EVO but am open to other suggestions. I'd like to stay under $150/tire since I don't expect them to last longer than 10-15k.
Cheers
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