Teal 92 500SL

I need some new rubber for my 92 500 SL. SoCal car, summer most of the year, little rain. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Ken Silver

I'm using the new Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 for my 18" staggered rims, and they're excellent! Got top of the Tire Rack poll too. The survey results and a bunch of other information is here: http://tinyurl.com/5ldzy

Ken Silver
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~1993 SL500, glistening triple black, xenons, AMG facelift to 2002 style.
~1999 SLK 230 Kompressor, silver/black leather, CD, immaculate
~1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara. black & silver
~1991 Jaguar Daimler, shiny grey/grey leather, best in country!
~ex 350SL, 230E, 280E, MX5 and a lot of other makes not nearly as nice.

agentMurdoc

For my mom's 500, I put one some Falken ZE512's in 225/50/15, and they are great! I really like the way the car handles with those tires. I'm in SoCal too (LBC) so we kinda have the same weather. And I only paid like 350 for the tires, and all I had to do was get them mounted and balanced myself for 35 bucks. So a total of like 385, and that's total... no tax :p

And I don't believe in winter tires/wheels, so these get driven all year long :p

And for those of you wondering why I had 225/50's put on rather than the stock 225/55's, it's cause my mom isn't really a cautious driver and has yanked out the lip of the wheel well a couple times, and the last time chipped of a good 2-3 inches of paint =( So I dropped on some thinner tires. And they also make the car look meaner, the lowered stance, ahhhh.... sexy.

Ken Silver

How are you doing with your search for these tires?

Ken Silver
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~1993 SL500, glistening triple black, xenons, AMG facelift to 2002 style.
~1999 SLK 230 Kompressor, silver/black leather, CD, immaculate

RUCKDR

Teal 92 500SL,
Don't overlook the Michelin Pilot Sport, in your size, also available from Tire Rack. Why do I say this; as you will see from my posting, I have a Dodge Viper, and drive it on the track at 140+ mph. This is the only tire that The Viper Club of America will allow on street Vipers competing at Viper Club sponsored track events across the country. An excellent tire-maybe a little pricey.
My '92 500SL has: 225x55x16.
Good luck,
Don

SUHAIL

I have been using Perrilli P-Zero rosso on my car and have been very satisfied with them

mbman002

Try Michelin Pilot Primacy -> the best tire in its class

hotel_calif

I'll second the Michelin Pilot Sports. I have them on my 2002 SL500. Only a few hundred miles on them so far, but they have been great so far.