The '04 SRT-4's tires seem to only exsist on the SRT-4 and cannot be found at any tire shops. The '04 has BF Goodrich g-force T/A KDW 2's that are Z-rated and the only versions listed in our size of the exact same tire is a Y-rated tire. WTF is up with that? Does this mean that when our tires wear out if we want the exact same tire we have to accept them with a lower speed rating?[sm=smiley35.gif][sm=smiley7.gif][sm=smiley7.gif]

 

No, I bet the dealer did that so they could make more money for us. So, if you want the same tire. You must go to the dealer for them. They are $208 a piece for these special tires

 

after buying my car, I called a local tire dealer I go to and asked about tires (wanted to know how much it was going to cost me in the future)... they didn't seem to think it was a problem to get the tires (granted, I just called them, they didn't actually see the tires)... and the price was around $180 a tire... again, they didn't see them...

 

I called my dealer, just to see (this was a while ago, at 25K. Anyway, he showed no tires in that size available besides a Goodyear tire that sucks. I ended up using a contact at given to me by Bill Pemberton at Woodhouse Dodge. This guy is the POC at the Tirerack.com for the Viper Owners Club. Bill P. races Viper on road courses, so I trusted him to send to a good guy. Which he did, this guy at tirerack races his own cars on roadcourses.

I ended up with Bridgestone Pole Position SO3s. Fantastic tires. Ended up being about 150ish each after shipping and mounting.
Part of the disicion ends up being what you are going to be doing with the car. Now you can get Kuhmos for maybe half the cost and get maybe %95-98 of the capability of the stockers or a hair less than the SO3s or the Pilot Sport 2s.

A great place to do research is tirerack.com. Tons of user reviews (I pretty much read the autocross and road course guys, ignore the rest) plus they do hardcore head to head testing.

 

Yeah, tirerack.com is a quick way to cut through all the advertising BS as well as some of the posting BS on other forums...

 

i work at a shop and have a few different tire places. i found the same ones for like 135 for me but like 200 list price . just look around u will find them. they are the only tires i will buy for my car i love them.

 

I have a Discount Tire shop across the street from me, on the corner. I'll have to see what they say...[&:]

 

I can find them all day long, including at tirerack.com, but they only list it being available in a lesser Y-rating and not the actual Z-rating that comes on the cars. These cars require a Z-rated tire since they can and will do the speedo and more.[sm=smiley4.gif]

 

From Tirerack.com info on speed ratings

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...eral/speed.jsp

While a Z-speed rating still often appears in the tire size designation of these tires, such as 225/50ZR16 91W, the Z in the size signifies a maximum speed capability in excess of 149 mph, 240 km/h; the W in the service description indicates the tire's 168 mph, 270 km/h maximum speed.

225/50ZR16 in excess of 149 mph, 240 km/h
205/45ZR17 88W 168 mph, 270 km/h
285/35ZR19 99Y 186 mph, 300 km/h

Most recently, when the Y-speed rating indicated in a service description is enclosed in parentheses, such as 285/35ZR19 (99Y), the top speed of the tire has been tested in excess of 186 mph, 300 km/h indicated by the service description as shown below:

285/35ZR19 99Y 186 mph, 300 km/h
285/35ZR19 (99Y) in excess of 186 mph, 300 km/h

As vehicles have increased their top speeds into Autobahn-only ranges, the tire speed ratings have evolved to better identify the tires capability, allowing drivers to match the speed of their tires with the top speed of their vehicle.

 

Now I could swear that they changed that since the last time I checked. I remember it showing the Z-rated tires as being speed rated at 168+ MPH and the Y-rated tires at only 149 MPH. I had checked that several times before to make sure and in their listing when you chose the boxes for brand, type, speed rating, etc., that is what the were listed as, not what they have now. I wouldn't have brought this up if it had listed the Y-rated tires as 186 MPH tires, but I haven't checked tirerack.com since early this year. But I'm still annoyed that they don't list any as being Z-rated even though they are.[sm=smiley24.gif]