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Old 06-29-2004 | 08:34 PM
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Default Help Jim!! I need MX's!

It says you guys are sold out of Kumho MX's for 2001 S2000's, when do you guys expect to get some in?

I started to read the sticky about the proper non-OEM tires, but what do you suggest for the MX's? I am staying with the stock wheels for now, but I would like to get as much of a contact patch as possible without being detrimental at the same time.

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Old 06-30-2004 | 01:11 PM
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The only thing available is the OE sizes. They will work but they will be narrower in the rear than stock. The rear 225/50R16 is on back oreder with no date currently.

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Old 07-08-2004 | 08:47 AM
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Would the Kumho's really be noticably smaller than the OEM's? According to tirerack's website the section width on the 225/50/16 MX is 9.3 vs 9.2 for the OEM S2000 rear.
Old 07-08-2004 | 09:43 AM
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Unfortunately Kumho does not list the tread width of the tires. My guess is they are going to be narrower than the OE S02. They are a very good handling tire but I would say not quite as good as the S02. The 225/50R16 is on back order currently with no due date so it will be at least 4 to 6 weeks.

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Old 07-08-2004 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim@tirerack,Jul 8 2004, 11:43 AM
The 225/50R16 is on back order currently with no due date so it will be at least 4 to 6 weeks.

Jim
Yeah, Unfortunately I found that out Wednesday when i went to order them from y'all. After checking 5 or 6 different websites I found one merchant that had them in stock, and only had 4 at that, so I grabbed two of them thankfully. Just in time for the autocross the weekend after this.
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