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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 02:47 PM
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All Season Tires?

It is time for me to bite the bullet and get the all-season tires for the 19" rims. Any sugestions on tires that are all season but still stick well? I will pick up some Track-Pack rims for the summer tires.
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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It is time for me to bite the bullet and get the all-season tires for the 19" rims. Any sugestions on tires that are all season but still stick well? I will pick up some Track-Pack rims for the summer tires.
I am going with the Kumho Ecsta 4x for the front and then Continental ContiProContact for the rear. So far I only have the front's but I like the Kumho's.
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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Nitto Motivo, nuff said!
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 03:42 PM
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Cooper Zeon RS3 A all seasons, darn good tire at a good price, developed in association with Roush racing and I own them.
They stick pretty good even in wet, I am really enjoying the tire.
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Mustang259
Cooper Zeon RS3 A all seasons, darn good tire at a good price, developed in association with Roush racing and I own them.
They stick pretty good even in wet, I am really enjoying the tire.
I have these same tires I just bought for the new wheels I also purchased and so far I like em. Smooth, quiet and grippy!
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 09:38 PM
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I absolutely love Continental Extreme Contact DWS (Dry, Wet, Snow). I've had them on 4 cars now. Great all-season high performance tire for a great price.
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 10:34 PM
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I have seen these mentioned in different forums:

Continental DWS
275/40/19, 275/35/20

Toyo Proxis 4
265/40/19, 285/35/20

Pirelli Winter 240
Similar sizes
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 10:48 PM
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I absolutely love Continental Extreme Contact DWS (Dry, Wet, Snow). I've had them on 4 cars now. Great all-season high performance tire for a great price.
We've had these on our Mazda6 for A month now, and they are great. For the price, I think they're a sporty, well rounded tire that would work well on the Mustang.
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 07:38 AM
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Thanks, I'll be looking into these.
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 08:52 AM
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The NEW Toyo Proxes 4-Plus are a major improvement from the old Proxes-4. They come in a huge range of sizes. What I have planned for my car are 255/35R20 and 295/30R20, and tires will be under $650 for all four
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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+1 for the Kuhmo Ecsta. I just had a set of ASX's put on my wife's GT, she has the 18" standard mags. I shopped around to get the best combination of price, treadwear rating, performance, and noise. Got them from discounttiredirect and mounted and nearby NTB for a discount too.

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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ace72ace
+1 for the Kuhmo Ecsta. I just had a set of ASX's put on my wife's GT, she has the 18" standard mags. I shopped around to get the best combination of price, treadwear rating, performance, and noise. Got them from discounttiredirect and mounted and nearby NTB for a discount too.


I purchased another set a rims 18" for my Mustang because I not only did not want my Stock 19" rims to get damaged in winter but also because I have more choices of Winter tires now and for the future in 18" Rim. I to went for the Kuhmo Ecsta 4x's from discount tire, cost on $20.00 from Mavis to change from my summer only to my winter wheels.

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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position.
Best d*mn tire I've ever run.
Much more grip that the stock Pirelli P Zeros wet or dry.

Recommend you go to tirerack.com and read the reviews of whichever tire you're looking at. Group reviews by car type and weed out all low milage reviews. Plenty of Mustang owner reviews there.

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Old Dec 17, 2012 | 04:09 PM
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I ended up with Potenzas 970AS, 255/40/19 frint 275/40/19 rear.

Fat ones!

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Old Dec 17, 2012 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Roller13
I ended up with Potenzas 970AS, 255/40/19 frint 275/40/19 rear.

Fat ones!

FYI, The fatter the tire the worse in the snow
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Old Dec 18, 2012 | 07:05 AM
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The better everywhere else and we usally get one or two days snow. I mostly wanted wet tires that stick and I worried about keeping the summer tires on all winter.
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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Tires and Dirty Car.

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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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Old Dec 27, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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+1 for the DWS's also, those things have grip for days.
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Old Dec 27, 2012 | 04:13 PM
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Tires and Dirty Car.
Check the clearance of your left side exhaust tip.
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