Cooper's.

#1- The word cobra is in it...dead giveaway.
#2- There cheaper
#3- I honestly just like the looks of them over the BFG's and I use to buy them all the time. I thought they were a great tire.

Nitto


Coopers and BFG's are trash..

however, if you are just looking for cheap rubber, either of those will work.

Ooh!!!  I just looked at the tire size- the Fuzion HRi is a good tire for an all season.  For some reason... I'm thinking they're VERY similar to the Bridgestone Potenza G-009.  No particular reason... honest!!!

$44 a piece is going to be pretty darn hard to beat!  I can't even get tires that cheap.  Liz has either the HRi's or Zri's on her car- maybe she can chime in.  She told me she loves 'em.

Whoops, forgot about the tech forums.   Did you all really come into tech to answer this?

Nitto's are expensive...and they are drag radials.  How long will they last on the street?

I had Coopers on here on my ollllllld wheels and I liked them, but wondering if the BFG's are much better.

These are the Firehawks:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Firestone&tireModel=Firehawk+Indy+500&partnum=76SR5FHI500RWL&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&place=2

All this Fuzion talk...did nobody not look at what sizes I'm looking for?

I do appreciate it though!  I might get those for the fronts later   Although, I'd rather match around.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=PAS&width=275%2F&ratio=60&diameter=15&tireSearch=true


See them Firehawks are rated highly...by users...I know it doesn't always mean anything but I figured if that many people are happy with them...  Either way they're a 28" tire so a bit too tall.

These are not very common sizes!!!  You're not going to find much selecrion here.

I agree with Steve here.  I wish I wasn't spoiled by good tires.

I'm used to s***ty handling vehicles anyways.  My LX has stock suspension down to the shocks & springs & bushings that were on it when I bought it in '98, and however long they've been on here before that.  Even with kickass tires it's not going to handle great without dumping some more money into it.   My Dodge...another non-handler, same with the Bronco...so I'm unspoiled.

They do have Nitto 555R's in a 275/50-15, but what's the street-life on these?

Maybe I should say f***it with the handling, and just get the 275/60-15's and go with some wittle tires up in the front...ain't never gonna be an auto-x car anyways!

  No darlin' I'm not trying to trick you!  Typo   I know you're a tire snob so I was hoping you'd chime in.

I was "told" not to put a 295/50 on the 8" rim because it might be a little wide/bulked up, what do you think about that?  I don't know how well that would fit on a Fox anyways...I'd be happy with 275 though.

Dave, I'm going to hurt you.    You know you're way past the mileage they needed to be replaced.  The tires could come apart on you any time- be super careful with the inflation and speeds and replace those as soon as humanly possible.

A 295/50 will fit on an 8" rim, but you won't get a great contact patch, the size works much better on a 9 or 9.5" rim.

Promise?  j/k!






Yeah I'm very careful with them, I have that one very underinflated so that there isn't too much pressure built up in there for it to pop.   Really though, it needs air. 

Yeah I think I'll skip the 295.

Talked with some more people and it seems like the 275/60-15 would be a good choice (the 28"), it will fit well, and look good.  I guess then I'll be probably getting those Firestone Firehawks...unless there's a better 60-series for a similar price?