best place to get tires...
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From: San Diego
1995 C280
best place to get tires...
just bought some new wheels 
and looking for some tires. in your opinions, where is the best place to get tires. i'm prolly gonna go w/ some 235/40/17 but the guy at renntech said to get 245/45/17's 
thanks for your input ...
and looking for some tires. in your opinions, where is the best place to get tires. i'm prolly gonna go w/ some 235/40/17 but the guy at renntech said to get 245/45/17's thanks for your input ...
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i've bought sets of tires for my C220 and our ML430 at www.discounttiredirect.com
pretty good, free shipping on most tires...atleast when i bought it. Pretty competitive prices with tirerack. the reason I went with these guys vs tirerack was because the prices were lower and had free shipping!
pretty good, free shipping on most tires...atleast when i bought it. Pretty competitive prices with tirerack. the reason I went with these guys vs tirerack was because the prices were lower and had free shipping!
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From: San Jose, CA
1999 C280 Sport
get 225/45/17 for the FRONT & 245/45/17 for the REARS- 45s for the comfort.
I have no preference on tires, just stay away from Bridgestone Pole Position S03... they are hecka LOUD. Who needs an exhaust when you can produce sounds like that from just the tires! And they're not cheap either!
Cheapest is BEST, cause if you lowered it, it'll wear out quick, like every 6-9 mo. If that's the case, get cheapass Khumos $77 each I think. Who cares, you'll replace them again in less than a year. IMO.
Good Luck!
I have no preference on tires, just stay away from Bridgestone Pole Position S03... they are hecka LOUD. Who needs an exhaust when you can produce sounds like that from just the tires! And they're not cheap either!
Cheapest is BEST, cause if you lowered it, it'll wear out quick, like every 6-9 mo. If that's the case, get cheapass Khumos $77 each I think. Who cares, you'll replace them again in less than a year. IMO.
Good Luck!
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02 W163, 84 W123, 03 E39, 98 E39
I bought from Luke at TireRack
For the tires I wanted, the price was right, and his advice comes at no additional charge.
Even with free shipping, TireRack is a few dollars less expensive.
Even with free shipping, TireRack is a few dollars less expensive.
Last edited by sph17; Apr 3, 2004 at 05:14 PM.
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thanks, i was about to buy those kuhmo's for $72 a piece at tirerack.com. about $340 all together.
then i called a store called performance team, and they're selling "nankangs" hr rated for $350 out the door installed. and discount tires said they'll match the deal with their hancooks. never heard of nankangs or hancooks. any suggestions???
then i called a store called performance team, and they're selling "nankangs" hr rated for $350 out the door installed. and discount tires said they'll match the deal with their hancooks. never heard of nankangs or hancooks. any suggestions???
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Nankang and Hankook are both low end performers with the Hankooks being a little better than Nankang. My next set of tires are Nankang NS-2. I actually got them on ebay about 6 months ago for $240 for a set of 4 225/40/18's. All I know is that they perform decent, are really good in the rain and last longer than Kumho. Kumho definately has an edge on performance though. I had a set of Michelin Pilot PS2s and those blow anything else away. Don't expect top performance out of a low end Chinese made tire. Just better value.
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i went with the kuhmo's from a discount tire over here. $400 out the door was the best he said they could match. i'll put up a pic a soon. thinking about lowering 1/2 an inch
