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Tire Suggestions

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:42 pm
by knowoneuno
I've got a 2006 Sport Edition V6 SE Solara and I only have 72,000 miles on it, yet I am on my third set of tires. First ones were stock when I bought the charge and it had 9600 miles on it, and it was three years old.

Second set was one I purchased at Firestone and they were HORRIBLE. Forenza or some other off-brand (at least to me) that I had never heard of. After about 17,000 miles they started making a horrible noise. Took them back to Firestone store and they said, "Oh yeah, those tires have a tendency to cup." They then charged me $400 more for a set of Bridgestones, so at that moment I was out about $1150 in tires. I wrote about four scathing letters to Firestone and I finally got a $350 refund.

Now, the Bridgestones are worn out. I did take it back into Firestone recently for rotation and they said, your tires are worn out and it is because you need new shocks/struts and we can replace those for $1700. I said, "no thanks". I'm never going to buy another tire from Firestone for as long as I live.

I've had six people recommend Discount Tire and that is where I'm going to go. What brand would you recommend? I had a 2002 Toyota Solara and I put Yokohamas on it and I loved them. Unfortunately, I totalled the car in 2009.

Re: Tire Suggestions

PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:35 pm
by Aotoyota
I just got a set of theYokohama yk580s for the stock 17s and love them. quiet,
great grip and smooth ride. From what I gather it is made exclusively for Discount /Americas tire.
hope this helps

fyi. my suspension is trd springs, kyb struts and a TRD rear sway bar

Re: Tire Suggestions

PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:37 am
by knowoneuno
Thanks for the information. I'm thinking about buying Yokohamas and I'm glad you mentioned the model number.

Do you mind me asking how much you paid for the tires?

Re: Tire Suggestions

PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:25 pm
by GNasty
Best tires I have put on my 04 Solara are Bridgestones from Tirerack--I've been buying used tires and most of the times they were loud or had patches, poor thread etc etc

The ones I will continue to use are the Turanza Serenity Plus
they were 300 for a pair shipped --i am going to get another set soon after my timing belt replacement

They are super quiet no more loud tires!