87GT Tires (Page 1/2)
FieroGT1987 SEP 09, 11:08 PM
Anyone have any experience with Yokohama Avid Touring S in stock sizes? Need to get new tires and looking at these but would like to see if anyone has experience with them.

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cvxjet SEP 10, 12:09 AM
I want to give you some info; Although Tire Rack is a pretty good website for researching tires, it for some reason will not show some tire brands/styles in certain sizes.

Case in point; I looked for 87 GT size tires (205 & 215 60-15s) and it showed a very limited number of options- and I want to make clear- the BFG T/As are not very good tires and cost a bunch!

I had recently looked for tires in a different way for another Fiero-guy, and found that General makes their AltiMAX RT45 Touring tire in the sizes you need- they are very good tires, not too expensive, and also a bit lighter than most (Especially the overweight T/As)...

On my 85 SE V6, I switched to 16 x 7 wheels and General Tires...been driving it this way for 15 years...also am using the AltiMAX on my other vehicle....good tire that lasts.
jelly2m8 SEP 12, 02:36 AM
Anything modern other than the BF TA's will greatly enhance the quarter century plus old Fiero.
jelly2m8 SEP 12, 02:49 AM

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Originally posted by cvxjet:
On my 85 SE V6, I switched to 16 x 7 wheels and General Tires...been driving it this way for 15 years...also am using the AltiMAX on my other vehicle....good tire that lasts.



The Altimax line is a REALLY good , underrated tire, I've ran a few sets, I've ' upgraded to a higher brand'... I go back to Altimax's.
88Fingers SEP 12, 07:09 AM
Hello, I went with Yokohama AVID Ascend for my 88 GT. Very happy with them. One of the better 15" IMHO

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Jason88Notchie SEP 12, 11:42 AM
What issues have you guys have with the BFG T/A's?
cvxjet SEP 12, 02:48 PM
Originally, they were "THE TIRE!!!" back in the 70s & 80s...in the 90s they had the Euro TA which was better....But around 2000-2005, they changed the TAs to just a "Classic" tire without any modern technology...and actually, they "DE-contented" them...back in the old days they were soft-compound tires that stuck good (Wear rating was horrible at 200-300) Now they are hard-compound and the wear rating is up at 500+....

Also, I was looking for tires and comparing different ones for a friend....those new TAs weigh 2-5 Pounds more than any other tire. That un-sprung and Rotational mass will KILL performance and make the car ride like a pick-up truck.

I switched to those 16 x 7 wheels and General tires back around 2010....Because of wheel lightness and smaller tires up front, I eliminated 3 lbs off each rear and 6 lbs off each front....the car drove so much better it was amazing.

Look at the newer Ford GT350 Mustang- the main performance difference between it and the "R" version is composite wheels that eliminate 10 lbs from each corner.

Wanted to add; Just looked at 215/60-15 size and the cost was $190 for the (Crap) BFG and $120 for the Generals...so pay more for less (But the name- wozzer!!!)

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Jason88Notchie SEP 13, 12:58 PM
How much for the altimax tires a piece?
cvxjet SEP 13, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by Jason88Notchie:

How much for the altimax tires a piece?




205/60/15 are $115 each....215/60-15 are $119 each...that is thru TireRack....may possibly find better prices; Big O used to have higher prices but finally became competitive, so now I just go to local Big O and buy/install thru them.
Jason88Notchie SEP 13, 04:24 PM

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Originally posted by cvxjet:
205/60/15 are $115 each....215/60-15 are $119 each...that is thru TireRack....may possibly find better prices; Big O used to have higher prices but finally became competitive, so now I just go to local Big O and buy/install thru them.



Thanks for all the info!