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• I'd put them on as long as you put them at all four corners and you don't have major offset and size differences front-to-rear, i.e., bmw m3 comes to mind
  
  
• They really track well, and the front/rear combo compliments the handling across-the-board
  

The car will be bmw and the sizes would be around 255/40/19 front and 285/35/19 rear

Sorry FB - been relocating to the East Coast the past two weeks and haven't had a chance to catch-up with all the threads.

 

Current versions are 225/40x18 standard (non-Plus) versions, previous two sets were 225/45x17 also standard versions. All three sets have seen relatively deep/wet/heavy snow (pushing snow) and some substantial ice-driving in the SoCal mountains. "How do they do?" In a word: Excellent - In all driving conditions. Superb winter tire, phenomenal in the dry and equally excellent in the wet.

 

Last week, came through Tropical Storm Ida all the way from Mississippi to Georgia with a 1200 lb trailer in tow and all I can say is I never had a handling/stopping/going issue in gale force winds, driving rain, and significant standing water at highway speeds. And these things wear like rhino hide, and do so with limited road noise.

 

Just run them at 36 (or 37) psi Front and 34 (or 35) psi Rear (keeping the +2 psi front bias), and alignment settings of Toe: 0* all around, Camber: -.75* Front and -1.0* Rear (w/0* cross-camber) and you'll have no issues with camber wear. Will be replacing this set with a "Plus" set when these finally get "done". HTH with your decision.

I am probably getting some Michellin Pilot Sport Plus for the next beast

A few qs:

-How deep was the snow and how bad was the ice?

-What is the average amount of miles you get out of them?

-Do you think they would be pretty good in the snow with a RWD car as well?

...so they can go away!!!

 

Looks and expertise is the PLUS side of things ... besides average chick won't do it all!!!

 

CRAZY KEN

Thats why you don't date the average chick

I need to start hanging out with this crew.....sounds like good times!

Come down to Va (Tysons area) and I will def. chill.

My car is will be for sale on ebay so. If anybody from this area wants a test drive let me know.

<----Done Thread Jacking

Yeah, you might wanna approach the 2010 Legacy owners.

 

I thought your car was the black one. But then I thought, why would he take such a small picture of the black car if he was trying to sell it?

 

A co-worker of mine is looking to get an LGT, but he doesn't want one modded at all. He wants one bone stock, namely since it is going to be for his wife.

You will not find a 2005 Legacy GT in as good a condition and low miles as mine. The car is only slightly modified. I am running cobb's least aggressive map and the car rarely see's over 3000 rpm because of the boost threshold. I have all maintenance records cleanly organized in a binder

Tell your friend to look at my new pictures and I am sure he will change his mind. Pictures by dstarler - Photobucket

<----DOne thread jacking, anyone else interested please pm me

May want to ask the 2010 Legacy owners. They will soon see the light and wonder why they randomly vomit when they see their cars.

 

BTW, how much you askin for it? If the price is right, I might have someone.

$15k is my asking price but I will accept all reasonable offers. $14.5 would take the car now

Car is being professionally detailed as we speak, and ready for test drives this afternoon.

Link to for sale ad:

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123250

I run the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S - phenomenal handling in all conditions (short of full-blown deep snow), long-wearing (30K+) and reasonably quiet through the full tread wear. Just a great all-around tire.

 

FWIW - I usually replace tires as a set to keep the AWD system happy and don't spend the extra money on replacement warranties. That said, I did replace 1 tire when I hit a pothole and fractured the rim and blew-out the sidewall. I'd only had the tires on for about a month so I'd lost < 1/32 off the tread and could stay within the 1/4" circumference variance S-to-S/F-to-R. In that case DT applied Michelin's warranty and replaced the tire for the price of the dismount/remount. That's also the point in time when I replaced the donut spare with a full-size MPS AS spare.

For cost savings sake, I might just go the A/S route for the next two years. The Michelin's Pilot Sports seem to get great reviews. Where have you found the best price(s) for this tire?

Anybody else have any great experience with an A/S that has not been mentioned. I have been spoiled with summer tire performance for the past two years

I personally get the replacement warranty, as when I have had flats, they tend to be in the sidewall which is not repairable. DT just replaced one tire I had, no questions asked. I forget the mileage on them, but it was after about a year on summer tires.

 

Long-lasting summer tires? Kind of a contradiction in terms. A good summer tire will not last too long. Nonetheless, a couple of suggestions are the Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2 (I had these, worked well), the BFG KDW and the GY GS-D3 (friends had these, worked well for them).

Yeah I realize that a good summer tire will not last too long. I just wish I could get two years full years out of tires. I guess the saying of, I can't have my cake and eat it holds true. I have been soon used to summer performance it is almost hard to go back to an A/S tire.

I have been buying tires slightly used and I have realized that it really does not make any sense. Sure initially it cost less, but once I factor in the time and cost of mounting and balancing them it is not really worth it, because the rate in which I replace tires is much higher than if I started with a brand new tire with full tread.

I have always loved the BFG KDW tread pattern and they have a tread wear of 300, so that is nice as well. Although, I know that you cannot compare treadwears across different brands I bet they would last at least 20k with no track miles. I liked my Goodyear asymmetrics but they got noisey as hell once they started wearing. I had passengers ask if my diffs were going bad. It was a terrible hum.

I guess if I really wanted to be cost effective I could just get a longer lasting A/S tire like the Bridgestone Re960's. People rave about them on here. I just do not know if I want to beat my Prodrives up on mountain roads during the winter......

First, the update

#1) Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 (245/40-17), Ultra (?) Performance Summer Tire, $240 each mounted w/ lifetime free replacement and balancing at Discount Tire, 12K Summer miles to date, and about 50 winter

I actually drove my Goodyear F1 Asymmetrics in the snow as well, and honestly they weren't much worse than the RE92's haha.

Do you think the Discount Tire lifetime free replacement is worth it? Do you only get one replacement tire? Wouldn't that be a problem if the tread depth was significantly different than the other three tires assuming the blow out happened after 2 years of purchase?

What is the best long lasting summer tire? I have been eating through summer tires. probably 14-15k from Toyo T1r's (9k from the previous owner). I think I may have gotten 13-14k out of my Goodyear Asymms.

I am also debating whether it may be worth just sticking some nice all-season tires on my 18 Prodrive GC05F's that will last me awhile. I just don't know if it is worth damaging them but I figure they could use a refinish by next summer anyways.

At least there are some nice all-seasons to choose from: Bridgestone Re960's, Goodyear F1 Allseason, BfGoodrich Super Sport A/S.

Decisions, Decisions.

holy tq. Isn't the TQ figure usually wrong because the way 5eats dyno though.

What do stock STi's dyno there for reference. 13 whp for a tmic is pretty impressive especially at such a modest psi. I am assuming you may have had more power across the powerband as well.

Any reason why he wouldn't bump it up to ~18.5 psi

Wheels are on and they look gorgeous. Two are pristine, One has a very small nick, and the fourth has a little more scratches then I will like but overall I would rate them Good for used wheel condition. To my knowledge these wheels are indefinitely discontinued since Prodrives future is still questionable. Pics to come late next week after a quick wash

Some issues as I got some work done today at Ptuning which may now be the only place I go to get things done:

-I was not able to jack up my ride height w/o taking the coil over off because my back left KW seized up So, I am about 1.5 finger from tire to fender in front and 1 finger in the back.

-My back left control arm bushing is going bad

-My rear toe bolts are completely rusted which means I was only able to get a front alignment.

Aside from that amazing setup

A teaser of whats going on tomorrow

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/starler/Car%20Parts/IMG_0992.JPG