what tire gives the softest ride for our cars

[NoLimit95]

Often over looked, but that Tire Identification Number is important:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11

I used to brand those into tires with a hot iron brander. I had to change the date in the brander on a weekly basis. 325-400 tires per night, 5 days a week for 7 years and what was so bad is that I was the 2nd shift supervisor lol. That is a stink you'll never forget.

 

[Aquabrit]

That is a stink you'll never forget.

Smell of hot, burning rubber? I know it well - back in 98, I used to operate two polymer machines. (made seals for Dyson vacuums)

 

[BAD97LSC]

" Not sure what was on the 95 when I bought it from Jamie but damn, they made the car feel like a meat wagon "

they were Yokohama S Drives 245-50-16

 

[NoLimit95]

Smell of hot, burning rubber? I know it well - back in 98, I used to operate two polymer machines. (made seals for Dyson vacuums)

This is the brander I used. It takes a few months to get used to the smell and it does absorb into the clothes and go home with you.

 

[NoLimit95]

" Not sure what was on the 95 when I bought it from Jamie but damn, they made the car feel like a meat wagon "

they were Yokohama S Drives 245-50-16

That's them. Wasn't sure on the size either but they had no grip at all. I smoked the piss out of them before I took them off.

 

[LaserSVT]

" Not sure what was on the 95 when I bought it from Jamie but damn, they made the car feel like a meat wagon "

they were Yokohama S Drives 245-50-16

Thats weird. I have S-Drives now and they are by far the best tire I evr had...... except in freezing temps.

They are quiet, wear well, excellent grip, excellent in the rain and ride nice even with a 40 series tire.

 

[Moes8]

i have not tried all the tires in the world,but i know these worked wonders on friends car

http://www.goodyeartires.com/cfmx/web/gytires/comfortred-touring/

 

[Ed Hall]

Smaller diameter wheels like a 15" tire with higher profile tires such as a 205/75/15 would give a much softer ride but I don't know where you would buy a wheel in that size for our cars.

 

[NoLimit95]

Thats weird. I have S-Drives now and they are by far the best tire I evr had...... except in freezing temps.

They are quiet, wear well, excellent grip, excellent in the rain and ride nice even with a 40 series tire.

Yours being 18's could be the difference and when I bought that car, the tires weren't anywhere like new. Not bald but not exactly full of life. I know I could break the tires loose much much easier from a dead stop then than I can now. Could have been too much tire pressure, idk because I never checked them. I just put the BF's on there ASAP. I had 3 good ones with 9K, not 19K on them. I posted 19K because that's what I put on the 94 the whole time I owned it for 5 years. BF Goodrich tires didn't go on till 08 and a new set just like them went on the 93 that my dad wrecked. I took one off that car and put it with my 3 good ones and they all 4 still look like new, going on 3 years now.

As for the rain..... I drove home all the way from Florida in the rain. I hydroplaned a few times but I did travel a lot of hwy coming home.

Very little to zero hydroplane with the BF's. They cut right through the water.

Yoko's Quietness, yes, they were a very quiet tire and smooth riding but only on the smooth hwy. City driving sucked. They felt every crack and bump in the road. Like I said, they were not like new or anything but also not bald but they were so good, I put them on the burnt 94 and let the scrap guys drag it off with them on there. 16" low profile tire just wasn't working for me.

 

[NoLimit95]

Smaller diameter wheels like a 15" tire with higher profile tires such as a 205/75/15 would give a much softer ride but I don't know where you would buy a wheel in that size for our cars.

You could be right but such a skinny tire on a Mark would look awful. I don't know if I could handle a 15" wheel either. I like a bigger wheel and would rather have 18's instead of 16's but I'm keeping it stock.

 

[BlackLS06]

Thats weird. I have S-Drives now and they are by far the best tire I evr had...... except in freezing temps.

They are quiet, wear well, excellent grip, excellent in the rain and ride nice even with a 40 series tire.

I just got the same tires in a 235 size and i like them alot.

cost much less than the michellin pilots that came with my car and i likethe raised sidewill. so far wear is good and they still look great with about 2500 miles of wear on them.

 

[LaserSVT]

I just got the same tires in a 235 size and i like them alot.

cost much less than the michellin pilots that came with my car and i likethe raised sidewill. so far wear is good and they still look great with about 2500 miles of wear on them.

We need to hang out sometime. I was just in DFW last week during that wonderfull weather. Ill tell ya, my S-Drives didnt like that ICE one bit! :lol:
Doing 5 MPH driving under the overpasses and every time my rear would hit a patch the cars ass would slowly slide in to the lane that was lower then mine.

 

[BlackLS06]

We need to hang out sometime. I was just in DFW last week during that wonderfull weather. Ill tell ya, my S-Drives didnt like that ICE one bit! :lol:
Doing 5 MPH driving under the overpasses and every time my rear would hit a patch the cars ass would slowly slide in to the lane that was lower then mine.

Yeah well they are summer performance tires.

I was surprised..i was climbing a hill and i took traction control off and actually made it all the way up. About halfway up a chrysler 300 had gotten stuck and slammed into the curb. i would have stopped to help him out but i was about to risk sliding back down...the incline was too steep.

Im down for a lincoln meet...if we could get some marks and LS's together it would be a cool photoshoot.