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Well Here's some close ups, see if you can see it. Can't really answer since I don't take that into consideration. As long as the poke is not extreme i'm good since most of my cars are lowered.
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Looking at those pictures the rim guard looks to be less than the stock RFT...which is not better for me as I park on the street often and real close to the curb and rub that guard a lot....but, oh well, I will have to increase my precision or continue to have to spot repair my rims.
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Where do you guys get the Firehawk? My local tire stores either don't carry them, or they can't order them because they don't come in the 19" size I need. I don't think that's true as the other shop I contacted does sell them but won't mount them onto my car because they insist I need Y rated tires and the Firehawk is only W rated.
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I bought my set on tirerack then had america's tire mount/balance and put back in car. Ironically I went to Firestone store first and even though this are the recommended sizes for stock, they did not want to mount their own brand of tires because they weren't RTFs.
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RFTs are upsold or represented as a safety feature. There is no pre-req that says you have to actually know about cars to work at a tire shop. He was probably just following the protocol/system.
These are Bridgestone RE003's rebranded. Definitely worth it, I have an Audi with these in 225/40- 18. I would've put them on My F30 but sizes in 20 were limited. I'll be getting a set of 19 or 18 later this year and will definitely buy this tire again. |
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Got my tires mounted today, they look awesome and run wider than the OEM pirellis. I will update you on how they drive once I get a couple miles on them, so far so good!
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2) as the PS4S have been out only 13 months, why are you coming from PS4S? Virtually impossible to have worn them out in that time unless they lasted far shorter than expected (or you drive thousands of miles a month). 3) Your signature line lists 12 and 18mm spacers. Are you running them? |
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Do you have any rubbing issues with the spacers? I'm considering adding that when I get tires. What brand of spacers did you go with?
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No rubbing at all! I'm using the Burger Motersports spacers.
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Driven on blue ridge many times when i was in east tennessee. Never made it to tail of the dragon but there was a similarly names road near my house in johnson city that was fun with my 335i. My firehawks are at the shop...waiting for BMW to find me a wheel lock first though, they lost it during the last time they changed my brake pads |
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Do you have wheel spacers? And if so, size and brand?
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Great write up! Please keep posting on the future wear of the your Firehawks and your drivability comments.
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Do they rub in the rear?
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No rubbing issues
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These do look to have a slimmer rim guard than the Michelin Pilot SS. These are a very good looking tire, and fitment on your wheel looks great. Enjoy!
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These do seem to run a touch wider than other tires I've had mounted to my 403M's I will have these mounted on some 305 Forged FT101's later today hopefully and will report back on that setup. I'll be running 225/255 OEM size setup on the FT101's until I wear these out and will step up to larger widths at that time.
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Went by my local Firestone dealer and got a quote for $642 installed with hazard protection. Great deal and beats Tire rack. Looks like I know what I am doing next week.
Tried to see if they would install spacers for me but they declined due to liability issues...bummer, that would have been easy. Looks like I know what job I get to do.
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