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Re: 1993 CSE Looking for V rated tires
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Posted by Dycast [Email] (more from Dycast) on Fri, 15 May 2020 08:00:56 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: 1993 CSE Looking for V rated tires, RandyNJ, Mon, 3 Feb 2020 16:01:11
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Just wanted to share my experience with this. Our cars are rated for 'Z' rating tires, and ya, you'll be lucky to find anything over 'H' - or anything with a profile lower than 60. I work at a national tire chain and have even used my resources to search but to no avail. The problem is that wheels are getting larger and larger, 13" are almost impossible to find anymore as 14" and now it's starting to affect 15" The only solution I have found for this is to move to a larger wheel. Checking forums you will find 16 and 17" wheels are deemed 'best' on Saabs for a long time as far as road handling/performance - again the issue will come up though, on older models at least that use a 4 bolt lug pattern, wheel selection is very limited due not just to the 4 bolt pattern but the large wheel centric size - so make sure you check that before buying some wheels almost no other stock wheel I saw had a large enough wheel center which means it would not fit around the hub and bolt down correctly.

I love the 15" wheels on my car, and this is very disappointing to me as I would much rather spend money on engine performance than dump a ton on expensive wheels just to get good handling tires, but it seems to be the only solution - on top of that before spending a bunch of money on suspension/steering components this factor should be thought about as not only do higher rated tires perform better at high speeds they also can cause significant performance increases in body roll and traction/stability during cornering and cause other expensive component upgrades to 'not seem to do much'

For now I'm running 205/65R15 Cooper CS-5 Ultra Touring - traction is good, wear is great and while definantly a little 'mushy' on cornering they handle OK and btw I have to special order these as they are not a a'normal stock' for my company so it's not a sales pitch..

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