Tires

[mdquern]

Re: Tires

Which ones squeal the easiest.....thats the ones I want....

[Lonestar]

Re: Tires

The 3.9 does not enough low end torque to light up the tires unless you want to air them up to the max PSI as indicated on the side of the tire. At that point you might be able to get them to spin a bit if you disengage the traction control.

[02TBIRD]

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Which ones squeal the easiest.....thats the ones I want....

Do like we used to do in High School. Get an oil can and squirt
oil on the RR tire and 'light-um-up'.

Used to impress the Girls. (or so we thought)

See you at the FQF
02TBird

[cool57]

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http://www.thunderbirdnest.com/forum...547#post387547

[Jim Young]

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We have a Kia Amanti, very pleased with this car and Hankook tires. So I checked on Hankook Ventus V4 ES tires and got a set. $131 each. They are directional and W rated (as if I plan to get the bird over 80 or 90 mph) They handle great and not any louder than the original tires were. Haven't seen the bird since Monday, Rivertown Ford is putting rack and pinon on it for the knock and squeaking sound in the steering. Hope to pickup on Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. They repaired a leaking tranmission hose as well.

There is an additive for the steering squeaking noise... its in this forum, but I will add it here for you..
Jim

[Daktari]

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Hi there,

Just to let you know. I finally replaced the original Michelin tyres with a new set. Decided to go for the Pirelli P Zero Nero's 235/55/17 option. I was going to order them from Tyre Rack but my local Ford dealer said he would match the price ! Wow!

The car is being serviced as well so I'm guessing they might soak up some of the tyre cost in the service bill. The original Michelins have done 39,000 miles but the cars a 2003. The tread looked fine to me but because of the age I decided to get them replaced anyway. The dealer thought it could wait till the next service but hey. that seemed such a good offer, $685.00 fitted and balanced plus the service cost added on...

All the best, Gordon.

[Ediron]

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Gordon I did the same thing ,went to the Ford dealer and he matched pricing from Tire Rack.I did have to pay tax which I wouldn't have with TR as I'm in Fl. but any problems I go back to the dealer.Gave him extra work also but they did crack my windshield when installing new wipers.They had to replace it with a Ford T-Bird logo windshield.They had to ship from the factory as no one had it.Had a coupon for the wipers at $20 expensive for them.As for the tires they are quiet and ride nice ,this weekend will be the test when we go to Lady Thunder Cruise.

[FEsTbird]

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Here is another TBird Nest thread.

http://www.thunderbirdnest.com/forum...ad.php?t=26987

[Vintage Merlot]

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I started my search for tires five months ago and read every recommendation here on TBN. Hoped to find a good tire for less money than stock Michelins. Was almost ready to pull the trigger on Falkens. Most of the reviews were good but not consistently. Then flipped to Michelins and then to Eagles. Everyone said stay away from Continental. That made me more curious. My tire shop just received my set of Continental ExtremeContact DW 245-40-19s. I spent two entire evenings on the internet looking at every review for the Conti ExtremeContact DW I could find from European car publications, professional reviews, professional drivers, owner reviews, consumer publications and I could not find anyone who had any problem with this tire. In fact the tire seems to have nothing but high marks. Sooo. As soon as my new TSW Snetterton wheels arrive I will have Conti ExtremeContacts rolling for the Shacks event in Clarksdale in late May.

Pic 1 Conti ExtremeContact DW Pic 2 TSW Snetterton Wheel

[Lonestar]

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I will certainly hand it to you that the tire is a handsome one. I see you are going with 19s.... what width are the 19" rims?

[davedan]

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i have a cashmare i bought with 1946 miles where i buy tires they tell me the tires should be fine it was stored in garage if i am going to be driving 3500-4500 miles per year do i need to worry i hear one opinion they got to go another do not worry the miles will bemostly 200-300 mile trips

[Lonestar]

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i have a cashmare i bought with 1946 miles where i buy tires they tell me the tires should be fine it was stored in garage if i am going to be driving 3500-4500 miles per year do i need to worry i hear one opinion they got to go another do not worry the miles will bemostly 200-300 mile trips

Michelin will only warrant their tires for 6 years but that is longer than most tire manufactures. If the tires have not been exposed to UV rays, not showing any signs of cracking, and are still "soft" then you should be OK. However, there is deterioration of the compounds that has & is occurring and you will not see visible signs of this other then the physical cracking.

[Vintage Merlot]

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Going with 8" width.

[blue731]

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Just installed a full set of Toyo Proxes 4.
Seems to have high marks if put onto true sport touring cars like BMW, Mercedes, and Thunderbirds. Most all of the negative comments came from people who put them on economy cars, like Civic, Corola, Focus, etc... but they made a mistake putting these tires on the wrong cars. So far, I have noticed no difference with the Toyo vice Micheline. Will give it a good work out this weekend.

[Daktari]

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Hi there,

Got my Pirelli P Zero Nero's fitted and full of nitrogen. Driving to work this morning , I knew there was something wrong. The car was really bouncy and the steering wheel had that dreaded vibration at 60 mph.

I called the local Ford dealers who had ordered and fitted them and they said no problem, bring it back and we'll check it out.

Ok, on my lunch break I drove to the closest gas station and decided to check the pressures. I could not believe how high the pressure was. They had them up to 47 p.s.i. It clearly says on the door label that the recommended pressure is 30 p.s.i. and when I looked on the tyre, it said clearly " Do not exceed 40 p.s.i. on this tyre due to risk of blowout".

When I got back to work I called the Ford dealership to let them know this and their answer was that they usually put 40 p.s.i. in everything. I asked them why. They said it was because many years ago, Ford had printed the wrong pressure on some Ford Explorers that said 26 p.s.i and so now to be on the safe side, they always put at least 40p.s.i. in there.

To me, that is just dangerous. When it clearly says on the side of the tyre not to exceed 40 and there is mine with 47 in it.

I let the nitrogen out until I had a reading of 32 on each tyre and now it feels great and all the bounciness and vibration as gone.

For some reason, it seems a lot of dealers have a bad habit of over inflating tyres. Anyone else experienced this at all?

All the best, Gordon.

Just edited this post because I thought it might be interesting to have a poll on tyre pressures. I would lay it out myself but my computer wizadry is non exsistent so if anyone more wise than myself could start one maybe?

I was thinking the categories could be: Under 30 psi, Between 30-35 psi, 36-40 psi, Over 40psi.

I would guess that most of us T-bird drivers would be somewhere around the recommended psi, - but who knows. Are there good reasons for going either lower or higher?

Thanks... anyone...

Gordon.