Have to replace all four tires on my Camry. The Bridgestones that it came with were worthless. Any recommendations for a reasonable tire for Iowa weather?
Tire recommendation needed
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yokohama is good
also cooper teamed up with a european brand to build avon tires on tirerack.com: Avon Tires Available at Tire Rack
Supposedly very good.
also cooper teamed up with a european brand to build avon tires on tirerack.com: Avon Tires Available at Tire Rack
Supposedly very good.
I have a set of bf goodrich's on mine from sam's club work real good on snow/ice. When selecting tires around here for traction stick your nail into them and if the tire is soft they're a good traction tire if it seems hard they're more for mileage.
No Costco in my area. Went to Sears - happy with the tires, very happy with the service (although I'm pretty sure someone else here won't recommend Sears, and that's fine - just saying my family and I have always had pretty good experiences with them).
For the money, I've had good luck with the Kumho Solus line. The KR21's are a long life tire, but an 70,000 plus mile tire is hard over bumps caused by frost heaving on Iowa's roads. For a little softer ride, they offer the KR16.
Should be able to buy them for around $60-65 per tire. I also love the Michelin MXV4's, but look to spend twice as much.
Should be able to buy them for around $60-65 per tire. I also love the Michelin MXV4's, but look to spend twice as much.
Bump. Tire question; I recently bought a truck and it will need new tires. Whenever I put in the model online, it shows a 235 tire. When I look at the tires on my truck, they are a 245 tire. Will either size work? I assume I should go w/ what is shown online, but not sure why the current ones are 245.
The 245 number is the width. 235 vs 245 isn't much difference. More than likely the previous owner found a deal on the 245s and put them on. Bigger difference would be the sidewall height which is the second number. You can compare tire sizes using a site like this: https://tiresize.com/comparison/
In most cases you want to keep the overall height(circumference) of the tire the same as it was originally. You can change the width(235 vs 245) but then should find the appropriate height(second number) that corresponds to that width. Hopefully that makes sense. The height of a tire(second number) is a ratio of the width.
As an example:
235/75R15 has a width of 9.3" and a height of 28.9" whereas
245/75R15 has a width of 9.6" and a height of 29.5"
In most cases you want to keep the overall height(circumference) of the tire the same as it was originally. You can change the width(235 vs 245) but then should find the appropriate height(second number) that corresponds to that width. Hopefully that makes sense. The height of a tire(second number) is a ratio of the width.
As an example:
235/75R15 has a width of 9.3" and a height of 28.9" whereas
245/75R15 has a width of 9.6" and a height of 29.5"
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On my last car I got a set of snow tires that was slightly bigger. The only difference was that my speedometer was slightly off.