BFG tires rear size finally gone?

tbone said:
No, I don't buy a tire only for it's tread pattern. But it is important to me. There are some really fugly tires out there that I would never mount on my car no matter how great they are. I just spent the last half hour researching specs.....

Anyway, it looks like the Coopers don't have a Z rating, so I would go for the Nitto's over them.
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I agree. I like the Nitto 555's in the 265 50 18 size (still deciding on whether or not to try to put the 295's on stock rims). I know the Nitto 555 is not the preferred tire up North.
 
Good info. Thanks.

I think I'm leaning towards the Nittos. They have some really good write ups and I simply like the way they look better.
 
Nittos are a good choice as well..I like my Coopers..and got em for $600 for all 4 so I went that route..I was looking at Nitto 555..but used the savings to spend elsewhere........Thanks to a couple members here who spread the mod virus:lol:
 
tbone said:
No, I don't buy a tire only for it's tread pattern. But it is important to me. There are some really fugly tires out there that I would never mount on my car no matter how great they are. I just spent the last half hour researching specs.....

Anyway, it looks like the Coopers don't have a Z rating, so I would go for the Nitto's over them.
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I do the same thing, tread patterns is definitely factored in...
 
I believe the Motivos have a W rating and some may have a Y but w/o taking the time to research I'm relying on memory. I think if you look closely at the specs page on the Nitto web page it explains what has what.
 
I'm going with the Nitto 255/55R18 rears. My rear tires are nearly bald AGAIN and I go nowhere in the snow. The fronts I'll do in the spring as there is plenty of tread left. Goodbye BFG. You screwed people for too long now with availbility of your tires.
 
You can still buy the BLEMS that were stamped "this side in" on the wrong side.I've recently seen them on eBay.2 for $280 shipped...
 
A few years ago when the BFGs were getting hard to come by my friend that manages a tire store said on the BFGs they make a run 2 or 3 weeks a year DEPENDING on the number of pending orders. So, as less and less people put up with waiting for them to make them, the demand goes down and eventually they will be discontined. There is no set schedule as to when they make a run, as more popular tires get run first, these are done when the line is slow.

By the way, we found the same size BFG on the new Camaro, but when he checked the specs the weight limit was less so he did not reccomend it for my car.

I went with Nittos. They are smoother, quieter and less vibration at triple digit speeds. The new BFGs we put on the front of one of the other MMs went out of round in 18 months and made it sound like a bad front hub bearing. After that, the other front one went out of round 2 months later. I lost confidence in BFG after that.

I will continue to use the Nittos.
 
vegasmarauder said:
A few years ago when the BFGs were getting hard to come by my friend that manages a tire store said on the BFGs they make a run 2 or 3 weeks a year DEPENDING on the number of pending orders. So, as less and less people put up with waiting for them to make them, the demand goes down and eventually they will be discontined. There is no set schedule as to when they make a run, as more popular tires get run first, these are done when the line is slow.
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Sounds about right. They are torpedoing their own sales, yet somehow I don't think they care.

It is too bad, as I have found them be a good performing option. And we sure need tire options for these cars.
 
I went ahead and ordered the fronts too. Anyone for some BFG stock front tires that are 14 months old and with 6200 miles on them?
 
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MustangMarauder said:
You can still buy the BLEMS that were stamped "this side in" on the wrong side.I've recently seen them on eBay.2 for $280 shipped...
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Hmmmm.....Musclemerc sells them and said his source was exhausted.....

Anyway, time to move on to new technology. I'm pumped to try the Nittos.
 
tbone said:
Any experience/opinion with the 255's vs 245's?
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I once ran Yokohoma Advan 255/55-18 on the rear. The tires weren't good (apparently "SUV" tires as many 255s are), but the sidewall did not appear terribly distorted.

I definitely would not go more than one size larger in width. Personally, I stick with the 245s as I believe allowing the sidewall to work optimally results in the best handling. But you only have so many choices with these cars.
 
I was thinking wider = more traction for the dragstrip. (Supercharger coming soon.)

Plus wider looks cool.
 
tbone said:
I was thinking wider = more traction for the dragstrip. (Supercharger coming soon.)
Plus wider looks cool.
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Sure, up to a point and there is always the cool factor. I think tires too wide for the rim don't keep the tread as flat on the track either. You can cheat up to a point with wider tires only, but to really go wider you need wider rims.

And then on the front if you mess with the wheels you have to consider offset and maintaining a scrub radius close to zero.
 
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