I'm sure they are not a sponsor... ( forgive me DBK ) but I just bought the true spec Good Year supercar Eagle F1 tires from www.tirerack.com for $309 a piece...... Now, I may be a fool......(sshhhh!!) but that's pretty damn good yeah? They are shipping to my door for an OTD total of $654.66 The fronts are not needed but were $189 a tire.... hope this helps anyone with cost or gives you a reason to burn some more rubber...:cheers
Just bought new rear tires!!!
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fjpikul
GT Owner
cobrar1339
GT Owner
Mounting is no issue at all. Most tire shops can do the rears.
The trick is having the machine that can balance them. I went to 6 different places and none would work. They all had good coats equip. In desperation I stopped by Costco, they had the latest high tech Coats machine. They would not mount the tires because I did not buy from them, but the service manager after hearing my story balanced them for free. He resfused payment or a tip. It was close to lunch so I bought the whole crew In-N-Out. I am a long time Costco member. Kudos to Costco.
The issue you will find with most balancers is that when mounted the inside offset of the rim comes very close to the machine. This give the machine an error message and it will not proceed. They all had spacers that were for large hubs, we tried them all and nothing would mount up true.
I searched high and low and could not find anyone with a roadforce balancer that was not a Porsche dealer, and they had no interest in helping me out. :thumbsdow ....Maybe they are still pissed about the GT kickin' some Porsche bootie in the mag tests.
The Costco balance has been tested to 170mph with no vibration whatsoever. The fronts were balanced on a normal coats machine at America's Tire that was fairly new, no issues with the fronts at that speed either.
The trick is having the machine that can balance them. I went to 6 different places and none would work. They all had good coats equip. In desperation I stopped by Costco, they had the latest high tech Coats machine. They would not mount the tires because I did not buy from them, but the service manager after hearing my story balanced them for free. He resfused payment or a tip. It was close to lunch so I bought the whole crew In-N-Out. I am a long time Costco member. Kudos to Costco.
The issue you will find with most balancers is that when mounted the inside offset of the rim comes very close to the machine. This give the machine an error message and it will not proceed. They all had spacers that were for large hubs, we tried them all and nothing would mount up true.
I searched high and low and could not find anyone with a roadforce balancer that was not a Porsche dealer, and they had no interest in helping me out. :thumbsdow ....Maybe they are still pissed about the GT kickin' some Porsche bootie in the mag tests.
The Costco balance has been tested to 170mph with no vibration whatsoever. The fronts were balanced on a normal coats machine at America's Tire that was fairly new, no issues with the fronts at that speed either.
Neilda
GT Owner
Talking of balancing...... we must have some experts here.
I recently had my rears replaced and know they will have been balanced perfectly - but my fronts now feel unbalanced at speed.
Would a fresh set of balanced rears throw the fronts out or introduce something that would give a steering wheel wobble at high speeds where there was none before?
Thanks
I recently had my rears replaced and know they will have been balanced perfectly - but my fronts now feel unbalanced at speed.
Would a fresh set of balanced rears throw the fronts out or introduce something that would give a steering wheel wobble at high speeds where there was none before?
Thanks
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
'May not BE your "fronts", Neil. If there was no pblm B4U put on the new "rears" and now there IS, you might have the same pblm I encountered once: the 'balancing machine gave faulty readings.
I spent a bunch of $$$ trying to chase down a wobble/vibration that occurred AFTER I had new rear meats put on one of my street machines. Weeks later found out the tire shop's new balance machine was out of whack. They rebalanced the new rear tires - pblm GONE. (And so was about $200 in unnecessary expenditures trying to chase the pblm down.)
I'm not saying this IS the pblm, 'just something you might want to check out. :shrug
Neilda
GT Owner
New rear 'meats' :lol
That's interesting. I had the rears done by Roush (of course) who are triple 5 star rated people. However they probably hadn't tested the GT at 140mph (which is where the wobble is). It was like a knife through butter before the new rears, so it must be my new sausages then. :biggrin
That's interesting. I had the rears done by Roush (of course) who are triple 5 star rated people. However they probably hadn't tested the GT at 140mph (which is where the wobble is). It was like a knife through butter before the new rears, so it must be my new sausages then. :biggrin
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Cobrar
GT Owner
For those in Detroit & SoCal
At the Dearborn Rally, I thought I saw an area at Saleen that had the proper mounting & (Road Force) balancing equipment.
At the Dearborn Rally, I thought I saw an area at Saleen that had the proper mounting & (Road Force) balancing equipment.
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jdoc7
GT Owner #1872
For all my sports cars, I only take it to a place that has one of these for balancing. http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/balancer/4159T/index.htm Absolute necessity IMHO and it's worth the extra cost. Spin-balancing is not accurate, sorry.
Gierkink
GT Owner
Neil,
It was a great to see you on Wednesday.
Maybe you're losing your nerve with your advanced age and it's your hands that are shaking?
Rob
Neilda
GT Owner
cobrar1339
GT Owner
TmStunts, I would ask the dealer. They may have new equip that will handle it. My local dealers did not. They could balance 20'-24's. Our offset is the problem, not the diameter. If we had 1-2" more lip in the front all those machines would have worked.
fjpikul
GT Owner
The reason I brought this up, is that my purchase dealership does sell Roush, but will only guarantee them to 150mph, the rating on their machine. I have not contacted the Porsche dealer in St. Louis yet as recommended by some very old posts. I think it will be hard to find a place to do 200 mph in the midwest. If anybody knows, please let me know, cause I'll need rear tyres (for you Neilda) soon enough.
SteveA
GT Owner/B.O.D
For those in the Costa Mesa So. Cal. area Coast General Performance can do it, ask for Ron. His prices are good and doesn't care if you watch. 714 540 5710
Thanks for the info Steve and the rest of you guys. Tires should be here monday and I'll take care of the mounting next week sometime
I bought a full set of Goodyear OEMs from tirerack.com earlier this Spring.
I had them mounted on a second set of rims (std vs. optional rims).
After doing some searching, I was able to find a couple places in town with a Hunter roadforce balancer, but the local Ford dealer offered a similar price, and simply outsourced the job (mounting & balancing) to one of these guys anyway.
The difference with going through Ford was that they guaranteed no damage, or they would replace the rims.
RickM ('05 #2032)
I had them mounted on a second set of rims (std vs. optional rims).
After doing some searching, I was able to find a couple places in town with a Hunter roadforce balancer, but the local Ford dealer offered a similar price, and simply outsourced the job (mounting & balancing) to one of these guys anyway.
The difference with going through Ford was that they guaranteed no damage, or they would replace the rims.
RickM ('05 #2032)
Naples GT
Heritage GT Owner
I spent the $25,000 for the Hunter Road Force machine and the Hunter Tire machine. Combined they do "Force Matching" ... That is what the RED and BLACK dots are on the Ford GT wheels and tires when the car was new. My shop only restores DeLoreans and there is a six month wait to get in the door BUT since I own a GT if any owners in my area need to have tires mounted let me know, I'll be happy to help.
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Tony
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Tony
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
I wondered what the "black dots" on my wheels were all about ...but my GT's tires didn't HAVE any red dots on them when delivered. Does that mean anything (other than the dealer's tire dressing removed 'em)?
Larry
Naples GT
Heritage GT Owner
Your right, they scrubed them clean and then put on the tire dressing
The machines make you mark the tire and rim and then lign up the dots for the best rolling assembly. The machine is special because it holds the rim while it turns the tire to line up the dots. Then the Road Force drum comes down on the tire with 1400 lb/ft to simulate the tire on the road with the wieght of the car on it.
Tony