droptopron

Looking into 17" tires for my car. Save my 14's for show duty & get radials to drive on every day. I like to use my car on the highway & the belted tires are wearing on me.

Want to maintain close to the same overall height. Unfortunately, not that many choices in matched sets since I want wider in back.

I found three options. Kuhmo (currently out of stock), Falken, & Riken


https://www.discounttiredirect.com/b...ta-spt/p/33513

https://www.onlinetires.com/products...557/57558.html

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...omCompare1=yes

droptopron

Add'l info - rims are 17x7 & 17x8
Car is nice weather only but could get stuck in the rain someday. Never snow.
I drive between 1K-2K a year

zeeke

BF Goodrich! Nuff said.

RetroRanger

If you went 235/55/17 all around that's a popular mustang size so lots of choices of tires or if you want staggered I would try and find a more popular rear tire size for more choices, I don't have any experience w those brands but I let the tire guy talk me into fuzion brand one time and I wasn't happy w the quality of them I equate fuzion Riken kumho ( what kind of name is that ?) and falken the same

76olds

I have Falken Azenis FK453's our both our Pontiac G8's , nice ride and handling, stick really well . However, I like the BFG's on our Cutlass thou. They seem to last for 6 years no problem while maintaining a nice handling/riding car throughout the 6 summers before installing new ones

Eric

midnightleadfoot

Not a fan of any brand you listed, Was told by a family member that happened to work for a very large family owned tire store, company local not national chain, to steer clear of kuhmo. good luck though.

Olds64

My deciding factor for tires is generally what is available at Sam's Club. Do they carry any of those tires you mentioned? Their tire prices and service can rarely be beat.

redoldsman

I cannot vouch for any of the brands you listed but I can vouch for Discount Tire. It is the only place I consider when buying tires and over the last 30+ years I have bought thousands of dollars of tires there. It is a privately held company and the guys that work there love the company.

droptopron

I couldn't pull the trigger on off brand tires. I got Generals from Discount Tire Direct through EBay and went one size down. 225/55 on 17x7 & 245/50 on 17x8. Overall height is withing a half inch of what I had. More pics posted in the sticky thread.

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oldcutlass

Looks great

Olds64

OHHHH YEAHHHH!

droptopron

Thanks guys. I think its a nice compromise between the low profile & traditional hot rod looks

tmaleck

Just to put it out there, tirebuyer.com is a good tire site, better pricing than Tire Rack. I ended up with Toyo Extensa HP II in W speed rate for $325 after rebate with free shipping. My 2015 Camaro SS needed tires as well. Ended up with Sumitomo's from NTB for $625 out the door. So far they ride great and have done well in rain.
Tim

Olds64

Another option is Amazon. I bought my sister 2 tires for her Volvo once for less than $100. Of course, they were so cheap I would never consider putting them on my Olds. Or my Kias or truck for that matter.

droptopron

I've used Tirebuyer in the past and were very pleased. Always easy to fund a coupon code too.
I used Discount Tire on EBay this time because I had a 15% off coupon that worked plus they had a $75 rebate. Came out to $345 (after rebate) for everything shipped to my door. For comparison, Tire Rack would be $540 for the same set up.

Skeetman

I have 225 X 50 X 17 on 17 X 7 rims, could not be happier with the handling and look. I also have coil overs in the front tubluar control arms front and rear and disc brakes in all four corners.

droptopron

Nice looking setup.

Going up in speed rating def has me going down the rabbit hole. I find myself pricing tubular control arms and quicker ratio steering boxes.
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