[MR2] Tires for a '91 Turbo Mk II

Tue Jun 7 09:12:05 EDT 2011

I have the Conti ExtremeContact DW on my S2000, and love them - much better than the oem Bridgestone Potenza RE050's. They are more than the Yokos or Kumhos, but less than the RE050's & way less than Pilot Sports. Seem to have cured the sudden oversteer accelerating out of slow corners that I had w the RE050's. If you upgrade to 17's, give them a look.

Bob Peitzke
87na
06 S2000 DD
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Wayne Arndt" <waynearndt at waynearndt.com>
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 22:24:45 
To: 'Randell Jesup'<randell1 at jesup.org>; 'MR2 List'<mr2 at mr2.com>
Reply-To: waynearndt at waynearndt.com
Subject: Re: [MR2] Tires for a '91 Turbo Mk II

There's a lot of opinions about tires but I'll just give mine after
experience. I also have a '91 Turbo T, upgraded to 17" with the ES100's. Man
those ES100's sucked! Talk about major tramlining. Now I know the increased
tire width created part of this, but when I complained the tire shop traded
me straight up for some Kumho's and they are so much better. So my opinion
is stay away from the ES100's, others may have different experiences and
disagree though. The biggest complaint though is they can't properly balance
the big 17" whoppers!

-wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Randell
Jesup
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 8:05 PM
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Subject: [MR2] Tires for a '91 Turbo Mk II

So, my '91 Mk II (stock) Turbo went in for inspection, and the Dunlops 
are cracked and don't pass (in the back at least).

I went to Tire Rack, and I found a serious dearth of rubber available - 
only Yoko ES100's, and the rears are back-ordered.  And I usually ran 
high performance all-seasons, though I don't really *need* to run it in 
winter (we have an almost new Odyssey and a '99 Sable with ~220K on it).

Should I a) order ES-100's, and wait (how long)?  b) upgrade to 15" 
wheels (looks like a similar problem with rubber though),  c)  find a 
set of stock '91-93 NSX rims (15x7/16x8 or so), but those need spacers, 
and aren't *that* much better for rubber I think, d) go to 17" rims 
(which?) - lots of tires available there.

For added fun, I live on a 1/4 mile gravel lane (bumpy/pot-holed at 
times) - not the best for low-profile rims.

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