Summer tires really do mean summer tires

[spidey07]

Bridgestone Potenza RE030 235/45 17, ordered as original equipment on my '04 TL. Called "ultra high performance summer tires"

Now I've driven sports cars most of my life and always had "high performance tires". I was able to manage just fine, sure they didn't do well in snow...but I could manage with good throttle use.

But today, the first snow - nothing more than a light dusting of 2 inches. And I couldn't get out of my neighborhood. I could barely move on a flat surface, let alone steer. It was like slicks on ice, literally.

So lesson learned - summer tires mean summer tires. Guess I'll need to get a winter set.

-edit- looked up ratings on tirerack.com. Under "snow traction" it has "N/A". heh, guess that confirms it.

 

[OS]

I'll trade you steel wheels and hubcaps from my accord?

 

[RagingBITCH]

Haha, going from what, 17"s to frickin' 15" steelies 😛 At least with K3VIN's, they're 16" steelies (he got some practically brand new 04 I4 EX alloy's with brand new tires for $225 local pickup)

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Haha, going from what, 17"s to frickin' 15" steelies 😛 At least with K3VIN's, they're 16" steelies (he got some practically brand new 04 I4 EX alloy's with brand new tires for $225 local pickup)

damn, he made off. It's like he got tires for more than half off and got free rims, lol.

BTW, I ordered cams for my car but I don't know how to install them, lol. 😀

 

[RagingBITCH]

Yea that's what I was telling him 🙂

So you removed your resonator, have the new gaskets, and now cams? I haven't done anything to mine in like 6 months 🙁

 

[Apex]

Definitely summer tires, and pretty good ones too. 🙂

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Yea that's what I was telling him 🙂

So you removed your resonator, have the new gaskets, and now cams? I haven't done anything to mine in like 6 months 🙁

wow, from zero to hijack in 4 posts.

😀

:beer:

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Yea that's what I was telling him 🙂

So you removed your resonator, have the new gaskets, and now cams? I haven't done anything to mine in like 6 months 🙁

wow, from zero to hijack in 4 posts.

😀

:beer:

It's what I do best 🙂

 

[redly]

Cams???..you mean Camshafts?

WTF?

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Yea that's what I was telling him 🙂

So you removed your resonator, have the new gaskets, and now cams? I haven't done anything to mine in like 6 months 🙁

I never got the IMG gasket, I figure I will order it if/when I get port work done to the head. It's too much labor to install just for that.

yeah I want to do more stuff, but no time to install anything. Work kicks my butt. At this point in time, I have enough money to just buy another car instead of modding mine, lol.

 

[OS]

Sorry for the thread hijack, spidey can just go whoring some accord forums and get some cheap oem wheel/rims and use them for beater winter wheels.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Haha, going from what, 17"s to frickin' 15" steelies 😛 At least with K3VIN's, they're 16" steelies (he got some practically brand new 04 I4 EX alloy's with brand new tires for $225 local pickup)

damn, he made off. It's like he got tires for more than half off and got free rims, lol.

BTW, I ordered cams for my car but I don't know how to install them, lol. 😀

Bah, all you need is a garage, a good set of mechanics tools, a good set of metric measuring gauges and a torque wrench...oh, you will also need gaskets and a bunch of misc other items along with a shop manual for rebuilding your engine and possibly a few other tools. You may also find that some sort of mechanical ability would come in handy...even then you will probably fvck it up. :beer:😀

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Bah, all you need is a garage, a good set of mechanics tools, a good set of metric measuring gauges and a torque wrench...oh, you will also need gaskets and a bunch of misc other items along with a shop manual for rebuilding your engine and possibly a few other tools. You may also find that some sort of mechanical ability would come in handy...even then you will probably fvck it up. :beer:😀

lol yeah I have a garage, tools and shop manual. I'm actually thinking about buying an extra engine for me to do all the work I want to all at once.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Haha, going from what, 17"s to frickin' 15" steelies 😛 At least with K3VIN's, they're 16" steelies (he got some practically brand new 04 I4 EX alloy's with brand new tires for $225 local pickup)

damn, he made off. It's like he got tires for more than half off and got free rims, lol.

BTW, I ordered cams for my car but I don't know how to install them, lol. 😀

Bah, all you need is a garage, a good set of mechanics tools, a good set of metric measuring gauges and a torque wrench...oh, you will also need gaskets and a bunch of misc other items along with a shop manual for rebuilding your engine and possibly a few other tools. You may also find that some sort of mechanical ability would come in handy...even then you will probably fvck it up. :beer:😀

The two things that suck about working on Hondas are the crank pulleys and auto tensioners. Crank pulleys are always a bitch even with a 1/2" impact gun. Auto tensioners are just a fineky device by nature.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Haha, going from what, 17"s to frickin' 15" steelies 😛 At least with K3VIN's, they're 16" steelies (he got some practically brand new 04 I4 EX alloy's with brand new tires for $225 local pickup)

stolen?