New Tires

[CTX-SLPR]

Howdy,

I'm almost at 45k miles on my original Contenintals and they are starting to get noisy and the fronts are worn on the ouside from what I think is a bad alignment. Its time for new shoes and looking at the tirerack reviews it looks like the Bridgestone Potenza RS960AS Pole Positions are the best UHP tires available. Thier little brothers the Potenza G 009 are also well rated but not terribly so. With shipping and everything its only $14 more to go with the local firestone and I don't have to deal with the shipping process and they might have a military discount so its looking good. Any reason the RE960AS' are not worth the extra money over the G 009's?

Thanks,

 

[CTX-SLPR]

Well that was painful.... I went to the local Firestone dealer and had them put them on and they found my front brakes are 75% worn (ok I knew that) and the passengers side tierod end was going bad (could have guessed that). The price for them with military discount, lifetime alignment was what I wasn't prepared for.... $898!!! I'm not complaining about these tires, they are silent compared to the old Continentals but I wasn't quite prepared for that cost. Tire rack had them for $128 a piece but after $50 in shipping and mounting fees, the road hazard warranty and alignment I think they might be been cheaper. I'm hoping these last me every bit of the 40k miles they are rated for, I hope they didn't get thier #1 status on Tirerack for nothing.

 

[cammerfe]

UHP to me would have meant 'the very best'. You should have looked at the Michelin Pilot P-2. They're terrible in snow or on ice, unbearably expensive, wear far too fast, and provide such overwhelming traction either on dry pavement or even ordinary wet that they completely transform the handling characteristics of your LS. Try them in 245/45 18 both front and rear.
KenS from Ben's Place

 

[CTX-SLPR]

I have a base model V6, wheel upgrades come after I fix the various erks I have with that car. The list now includes the following in no particular order:
New tie rod ends, both sides
new passengers side defroster triangle vent
new passengers side vent register
new rear bumper chrome strip
new front brakes (pads definately, debating rotors)
new b-pillar pieces, mine are dented
new front door speakers and fix whatever is rattling in them
new rear speakers to compliment
new drivers door seal (one of the layers on mine is abraided away from I think a seatbelt in the door)
Sport spec sway bars and shocks when the stockers wear out
Window tint

Upgrades are most likely going to be adding factory options the car doesn't have such as heated and cooled seats, auto dimming rear view mirror, strut tower covers, HID headlights, and a set of Jaguar Vulcan wheels when these tires wear out.