[DeTomaso] tire opinion

[Paul A. Rimov]

I have had the Proxes S/T on my Expedition for the past 3 years. I am going 
to have to replace them come summer after only about 25k on them. I say 
about as I have a set of winter tires and wheels that I use from Dec to 
April. As they have worn they have become very loud but have maintained very 
good handling characteristics,especially for a 2 ton vehicle. I think the 
side walls to be way too stiff for a performance car, even a 30 plus old 
one... I believe the tire manufactures put a lot of research in to making 
tires for particular applications and  I think truck tires should stay on 
trucks and conversely passenger or performance car tires should stay on 
passenger or performance cars. As Jack always says your mileage may vary.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garth Rodericks" <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
To: "Stephen Lebowitz" <edlebby at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:06 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] tire opinion


> Stephen,
>
>  I'm in the same situation and have been researching and searching for 
> tires since last
>  Summer. I just visited one of my local tire shops to check their prices 
> and availability
>  against what I found online. So, here's my opinion...
>
>  Buy Toyo Proxes. I've included links to the best prices I've found so 
> far. FWIW, each tire is
>  approximately $40 more from Americas/Discount Tire. You have two 
> different options for the
>  front tire - Proxes 4 or Proxes T1-R.  I prefer the Proxes 4 on the front 
> because I think the
>  tread pattern more closely matches the tread pattern of the S/T on the 
> rear. Anyway, I've
>  included them both so you can decide for yourself.
>
>  Front:
>  Proxes T1-R  225/50/15  91V (149mph)  $97
>  http://ec-securehost.com/OnlineTires.com/Toyo_PROXES_T1-R.html or
>
>  Proxes 4  225/50/15  95V (149mph)  $71
>  http://www.ec-securehost.com/OnlineTires.com/Toyo_Proxes_4.html
>
>  Rear:
>  Proxes S/T  295/50/15  HR (130mph)  $100
>  http://www.ec-securehost.com/OnlineTires.com/Toyo_ST.html#ToyoST
>
>
>  My comments on your choices follow:
> 1.  Dunlop GT Qualifier T - T speed rating - 225/15/50 front and 295/15/50 
> back - about $430 mounted
>  >>> These tires are only rated to 115 mph.  You will likely exceed that 
> in "spirited" street
>  use. And, the GT Qualifier is not known for excellent grip. The Toyo's I 
> listed above offer a
>  better combination of performance, handling and style at about the same 
> price point.
>
> 2.  Nitto NT 555R Drag Radial - VR speed rating - 275/15/50 all the way 
> around (only available size)
>  - about $750 mounted (these are the tires Dennis (aka Dawg) wrote about 
> last week)
>  >>> These are NOT the tires the Dawg wrote about last week. These are 
> Drag Radials.
>  DO NOT use these on your Pantera. The are not designed for the side loads 
> your Pantera
>  can generate. I believe MD mentioned the Nitto NT01, which is a DOT 
> approved road race
>  tire. However, it's not available in a size suitable for the rear of our 
> cars.  Anyway, do not
>  mount drag radials on your Pantera.
>
>  Cheers!
>  Garth
>  $4033
>
>
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