Yep, the forum was right (tire swap)
04-26-2015, 10:46 AM
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Yep, the forum was right (tire swap)
Between one rear tire being well into the yellow and another that picked up a screw, I followed the wisdom of the forum and replaced all four of the OEM Conti Pro-Contact (rim protectors) with Conti Extreme DWS tires.
Wouldn't you know it, they are EXACTLY as every one described. They do a good job of taking the edge off (not completely masking) of rough roads and expansion joints, but also takes the edge off of handling & have a tendency to follow fresh road grooves a bit more than the OEM rim protectors.
If it hadn't been one of those "need to make this decision NOW!" situations I probably would have gotten a set of 17" rims for the DWS & then fitted some nice summer performance tires to my 18" AMG wheels. I suppose I just add that to the "mods I want to do" list and get to it later.
Anyway, Props to the folks on the Forum as your sage advice proved to be very sage indeed.
Wouldn't you know it, they are EXACTLY as every one described. They do a good job of taking the edge off (not completely masking) of rough roads and expansion joints, but also takes the edge off of handling & have a tendency to follow fresh road grooves a bit more than the OEM rim protectors.
If it hadn't been one of those "need to make this decision NOW!" situations I probably would have gotten a set of 17" rims for the DWS & then fitted some nice summer performance tires to my 18" AMG wheels. I suppose I just add that to the "mods I want to do" list and get to it later.
Anyway, Props to the folks on the Forum as your sage advice proved to be very sage indeed.
