Replacing your tires?
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Originally Posted by Legal Bill,Nov 17 2005, 03:35 PM
Well take another second.
I still don't buy the idea that more negative camber causes our rear tires to last longer.
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I'm happy with the S02s. I picked up a bolt in the left rear at about 10k miles and decided to replace them. I'm at 15k now, and all four look good. I got the tires through Jim at Tirerack, but nobody around here wants anything to do with mounting tires they didn't sell. A friend of a friend works at a local Mavis and did the job for me. What a hassle! I think I'll give Costo a try next time.
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Originally Posted by frank b,Nov 17 2005, 02:23 PM
...What a hassle! I think I'll give Costo a try next time.
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Triple-H -
If you were to go to 17" wheels would you still prefer Bridgestone (S03)? This is not a hypothetical as I will be getting new wheels soon and would appreciate your input.
If you were to go to 17" wheels would you still prefer Bridgestone (S03)? This is not a hypothetical as I will be getting new wheels soon and would appreciate your input.
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Originally Posted by Triple-H,Nov 17 2005, 02:01 PM
(I do however have to say, there are a bunch of us out here who think the S-02 is also a great tire in the rain, as long as they are not nearly bald, and then virtually no tire is good...)
Not only does the SO2 rubber compound not deal well with the cold and wet, but the rear tires are really hydroplane-prone.
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Originally Posted by Legal Bill,Nov 17 2005, 11:38 AM
I must question your alignment though. My rears went 16,000 miles and still had a few thousand left on them when I changed them out. Keep in mind, that included a season of autocrossing before I switched to the Hoosiers. Maybe I am misinterpreting your original post, but do you get only 8 or 10 thousand miles from your rear SO-2s?
I had 11,500 on my rears when I replaced them. I'm sure I could have gotten another 2,500 miles out of them but with the horror stories that I heard I didn't want to take any chances.
I did notice that the tires seemed to get "harder" as they wore. They didn't feel quite as "grippy" as when they were new. When I put the new rear S0-2s on the car felt much better.
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Just to clarify things a little, I am very happy with my S0-2s. I love the way they feel and drive. Rain isn't an issue because I don't take my S out in the rain, and even though I once in a while get caught in a downpour, I become very, very conservative when the roads get wet.
My only problem with the S0-2s is the wear. They don't seem to last quite as long as I'd like. Still, I'm not ready to trade the handling for a few more miles, and considering that I only put about 5,000 miles on my S per year, the S0s last a few years anyway.
As most of you have suggested, I'm probably going to stick with the S0-2s when it's time to replace my tires.
I have enjoyed this thread, it has been interesting to get the feedback from everyone. Please continue, I've learned some things about alignment and etc that I didn't know.
An aside: For those of you who would buy from Tire Rack but don't know where to get the tires mounted, try the service department at your Honda dealer. Mine mounted my tires. My Acura dealer did my TL's tires (maybe the only thing that the Acura service department ever got right), and my Toyota dealer mounted my 4Runner's tires.
My only problem with the S0-2s is the wear. They don't seem to last quite as long as I'd like. Still, I'm not ready to trade the handling for a few more miles, and considering that I only put about 5,000 miles on my S per year, the S0s last a few years anyway.
As most of you have suggested, I'm probably going to stick with the S0-2s when it's time to replace my tires.
I have enjoyed this thread, it has been interesting to get the feedback from everyone. Please continue, I've learned some things about alignment and etc that I didn't know.
An aside: For those of you who would buy from Tire Rack but don't know where to get the tires mounted, try the service department at your Honda dealer. Mine mounted my tires. My Acura dealer did my TL's tires (maybe the only thing that the Acura service department ever got right), and my Toyota dealer mounted my 4Runner's tires.
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Originally Posted by ralper,Nov 17 2005, 04:40 PM
I did notice that the tires seemed to get "harder" as they wore. They didn't feel quite as "grippy" as when they were new. When I put the new rear S0-2s on the car felt much better.
It is another nice characteristic of the S03 that their grip level over the life of the tire is a flatter curve.
The S02 is an excellent warm-weather dry performance tire, and has very good handling characteristics on the S2000. It is not in the same class as an R-compound track tire, but it still does quite well on the race track. Much better than most street tires would.
As I said way back when this thread began, if you have been happy with it and you don't drive it in the rain, my recommendation would be to just get another set of S02s. Why mess with what you like?
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Originally Posted by raymo19,Nov 17 2005, 05:53 PM
Triple-H - If you were to go to 17" wheels would you still prefer Bridgestone (S03)? This is not a hypothetical as I will be getting new wheels soon and would appreciate your input.
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Nov 17 2005, 07:32 PM
But new or used, the SO2 does not handle rain well at all.
On the streets I'm amazed at how in the rain I can let out the clutch and slowly stand on the gas and have those silly things stick right on up to 9 grand. And who knows just how much the weight and structural stiffness I have added to the rear of the car effects this, but there is no question the custom rollbar added ~ 50 to 60 pounds and totally changed the rigidity.