steel belted sidewalls

boxer3main

boxer3main

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curious as to anyone knows this off the top of their head..

steel belted sidewalls, low profile for subaru 15 inch or just a brand that does steel.

I have a serious demise to a pupular tire called hakka somethings, absolutely embarrassing POS crap tires by the time my ten geared sube got done with the big bad street (not even offroaded)..

I concluded lack of concern for sidewalls as the culprit.

the 13 inch oem from brand new until done was less than a year, even on my 2wd EA82. The 15 has the correct weught rating, only adding air when it goes from 80 above to 30 below in 3 hours...

I am going for four more used, but looking to get a heads up on better when the body is all done welded..

a racing sube must know about this...any help appreciated. (Not many tire companies tell all about materials)

and hakka sucks if you really drive. just my cheap cents.

 
I use bridgestone blizzak Ws-60s. I have had them well up over thier speed rating but I won't say how fast. If you intend to break the speed rating often, go with the LM-60s or equivilent, they take more beating but are not as soft so they don't grip as well. I have put about 25,000 miles on them and through 2 winters and I may just get part of a 3rd winter out of them. They usually smell like hot rubber when I am done, but they don't wear badly or unevenly. BTW most winter tires have SHITE sidewalls. Don't expect them to take a hard skid on tar without developing a bubble somewhere.

And now the disclaimer "that's OUR OPPINION, WE WELCOME YOURS!".... wait.. who brought back channel 6 from the 80s? lol

 
What is your question? I surfed through your word jumble but came up with only you don't like Hakka tires (which are amongst the best winter tires made).

 
Iboc_C64 said:
I use bridgestone blizzak Ws-60s. I have had them well up over thier speed rating but I won't say how fast. If you intend to break the speed rating often, go with the LM-60s or equivilent, they take more beating but are not as soft so they don't grip as well. I have put about 25,000 miles on them and through 2 winters and I may just get part of a 3rd winter out of them. They usually smell like hot rubber when I am done, but they don't wear badly or unevenly. BTW most winter tires have SHITE sidewalls. Don't expect them to take a hard skid on tar without developing a bubble somewhere.

And now the disclaimer "that's OUR OPPINION, WE WELCOME YOURS!".... wait.. who brought back channel 6 from the 80s? lol
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I don't think his car could exceed the speed rating of the tires. haha.

 
I may have bad hakkas.. the way they destroyed is just way out there, never seen it before. All four of them...

be cool as heck if they had LT ratings for performance tires.. lol.

I am targetting some tires that came on an outback, this might do the trick.

stuck at 4800 rpm it still outdoes I have thrown at the car. once upon a time there was an engine that actually fired the fuel....

the 3 main is a brut. pop the clutch like a diesel and go with it. no ricer revs, no dasggin 500 friction points, no waiting for 45 pounds of boost to almost do what a low compression 1978 305ci did...

anyway. blaming the tires for now, it is just too freakish to blame a whole brand I guess.

lets not talk of how slow an ea82 is chris...you would only embarass yourself by the time I got done with you..

it still makes an DONKEY out of every retard. double bonus.

 
You could also try spinning the tires more, if they lock up then the side walls get sucked under and get all f'ed up. If you keep em spinning then the friction shouldn't be focused laterally and the tire should continue to stand. You just melt a little tread in the exchange....
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one of the tradeoffs with specialized winter tires like the Hakkas is that the sidewalls are extra soft and flexible, which helps the tire conform better to snowy icy surfaces. downside to this is that said sidewalls are more prone to road damage. bouncing in and out of frozen ruts on a dirt road can chew up sidewalls purty quick.

<br /><br />some winter tires like Cooper weathermaster or Gen'l Altimax Arctic are not quite so soft on the sidewalls, maybe this would help.<br /><br />if boxer is eating up tires on the old skool Subys, another option is to look at LT rated tires, they have a good bit more sidewall stiffness to handle truck size loads. however this type tire will sux sux sux in snow, ok?

<br /><br />tradeoffs are everywhere, you picks yer horse and takes yer chances.

and contrary to certain opinions, Hakkas do NOT suck, they are one of the best all-round choices--beyond excellent in ice and snow and actually half decent on pavement as well, much less road noise than typical winter tires. boxer's acellerated wear may be due to excess camber issues inherent to the early Sube suspension, esp if it's lifted at all (which merely makes a bad camber-change thru suspension travel situation even worse)

 
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His is not lifted, though he may claim it is...

But yes, the old-school suspension can be a little annoying with the constant camber change. Mine is lifted, but I did a decent job of getting the camber where it should be. Still, front tires don't care for it.

 
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boxer3main said:
I may have bad hakkas.. the way they destroyed is just way out there, never seen it before. All four of them...

be cool as heck if they had LT ratings for performance tires.. lol.

I am targetting some tires that came on an outback, this might do the trick.
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