Great tire deal for those running 16's.
 

Spotted a hell of a deal on tires-easy.com . Thought for guys running 16" wheels this could be a great buy on a pretty good mid pack performance tire. 215-40-16 Kumho SPT's for $39 + shipping. Shipping varies a lot though. It's a discontinued size and looks like they are blowing them out. I've run these in 205/50/15 and they were a pretty good all around summer tire. Good in wet too.

tires-easy.com - Details: Kumho ECSTA SPT KU31 215/40 R16 86W

Here's tirerack's test in 07. Tire rack rates them pretty well.

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Ordered...now just need wheels.

I needed tires anyways...wanted to upgrade to 15"...but will just live with the bigger rollers. At that price I can afford the decent tires and some used wheels off CL.

Great to know someone can use them. Shipping to the NW was high or I'd have bought them and looked for wheels too.

Came out cheaper shipped than bottom of the line 14" tires I can get at local Discount Tire.

Thanks for the pointer. I'm taking a gamble on finding and running the bigger wheels, but may pay off. I just hope to find a cheap lightweight set locally with a little bit of curb rash, and hope that I don't hate them installed.

Tires are exactly what I was looking for though. I had actually read that review a while back...and a very similar one in a car mag.

damn I would like to replace my RIPKEN RAPTORZ, but alas I has no moniessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

these are a great deal, i wish they would fit under my rear fenders :(

Why wouldn't they? What wheels do you have?

EDIT: Just realized it's Houston you are near. Sorry....

Dallas Craigslist. 16" stock wheels off an 02 miata. Asking $200. Offer him $150.

Mazda Miata 16" OEM Factory Installed wheels

I've heard tirea-easy can be a PITA to deal with since they are more like a middle-company who gets deals from other places. Had a friend order tires from them only for an "customer service operator" call up and say the tires are out of stock but he could upgrade for $xxx dollars more to another tire and when he tried to cancel the order they got all pissy. Go read some reviews about them, most are bad.

No doubt they aren't a top notch company like tire rack. Wouldn't have recommended them but this was a hell of a deal and I knew people could use them. If people order them and the tires show up great, good deal.

If things turn hinky I'm sorry, Dopple has warned you.

i got my tires the other day. great deal!

He has a Ford Escort where the rear fender covers up the top part of tire. Hard to see from the his sig pic.

--Ferdi

Gospeed and Spoolin,

Glad you guys could take advantage of this! Saw the deal and knew some people could likely use em. Wish I had some 16" wheels laying around.

Also relieved to know there were no problems getting them. I've never dealt with tires-easy before and dopples report worried me.

Just got mine today.

GREAT lookin tire...and huge (wide). Large water channels...should live up to reviews. Can't wait to get them mounted on the OEM 16x6.5" 5 spokes I picked up cheap.

Sweetness! Lets see pics when done.

exactly... thanks ferdi :)

i have 205 45's on there with the miata wheels and there is just enough clearance at the strut and fender for them to not rub. with a 215 i'd probably have to roll my fender lips and run a small wheel spacer.

such a great deal though... i could run a pair up front with 205 45's in the back...

I am SOO tempted by this. But I already have a set of tires! If anyone needs a set of wheels for this though, I have some 16x7.5 Kosei K1's for sale with out tires.

Roll the fenders then! Borrow a roller if you can and take an hour or two. Plenty of heat gun and it's not that tough to do. Hell there's a guy on my local craigslist that'll do two fenders for $60 or all four for $100.

every rolled fender ive ever seen always starts to rust... and the spot that i'd need to roll is the exact spot where escorts first begin to rust anyway. i dont want to give it any ideas if you know what i mean! ever tried to find a rust free escort GT in new england?? :laugh:

Ewww.. Missed the New England thing. Rust sucks. I'm always shocked when I see underbody pics people post here at all the corrosion you get in the NE. Sea air and salted roads = death to metal.

Woohoo Just ordered mine this morning. It's no 225/40 but it's a hell of alot cheaper.

Johnmatt,

As mentioned earlier the SPT does run on the wide side of 215. Did you get them yet?

No they haven't come in yet. They are due in today though so I'm pretty much just waiting on the UPS man. I'll get some pics comparing them to the 205/40/15 and 205/40/16 that I have mounted

I got mine mounted while at Discount putting new tires on wife's truck the other day:

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Look pretty damn good in person. The 215 tire isn't overly wide for the OEM wheel...which surprised me.

Will put them on the car today if I get off in time to cut the yard first.

Is that a 7" wheel? If so they'll fit great on my 8" Sportmaxx

the oem 16's are 6.5" IIRC

Oh ok. It should still fit alot better than those 205/40s that I had. I hate that strecthed BS

Nope, 6.5"

I really wanted a 7" wheel, but CL sucks, and bought these off an honest forum member.

7" should put the sidewall right at vertical. Mine is tucked in just a bit. Will get better pics tonight if I can.

I don't think 8" would be stretched, and would give a more predictable contact patch. I can't afford anything that isn't 0 offset in that size though.

Yeah I hear ya on the size choices. It sucks having a honda bolt pattern. Hopefully I'll get mine mounted monday so I will get pics then

Good pics of the sidewall on 6.5" wheel for ya:

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And the reason for the upgrade....

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Word... That is one nice thing about being in the southwest. If a car lived its life here, rust is unlikely, unless it spent a lot of time near/on the Gulf beaches. No salted roads. Not that I live there, but Arizona even uses volcanic cinders (pumice) instead of salt. My 99 had no rust on the undercarriage when I bought it, just road grime.

On car:

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I didn't push them at all on the way in this morning since it was foggy and tires were new...but they felt much more confident. Quicker turn in, little bouncier, little more line-tracking...but lots more traction in lower gear acceleration. Not even the slightest hint of oversteer when I did power out of some medium speed sweepers.

Wheels look great. I love the OEM look, and the silver compliments a black car with chrome. I don't know what I'm going to do with my graphite paint now. No rubbing at all with the 215s....and I'm as low as I'll ever go.

They also have v710's for a 130bux ca. Wow.

Update:

These tires are absolutely amazing when pushed hard. Very predictable breakaway, and it's nice having real traction in second gear.

They also faired very well in our little "snowstorm" today. Was wet and cold, but car was very predictable. Rolled into throttle a little early in a few corners and it came out gradually despite 36* weather.

Just put these on a 2000 Subaru 2.5RS. Thank you very much for posting this up! :)

Yeah, pretty good deal, thanks for the info.

Glad some people could use these. Wish I had some 16's to put a set on myself.

I went ahead and got a set- but the price was up to $40 each and they jacked it again- now $64 each. :vash: Though still a great deal.

Crazy. I figured they would be out of them by now. I still haven't mounted mine yet. I'm slackin somethin fierce

Stock level shows 29. If you search for the tires under "All Tires" -> "Size" it will show the inventory.

Shoulda pulled the trigger on these when they were first posted.

Frank

I should have ordered a second set now that I'm stuck running this size (smallest width with accurate Miata circumference) until I can afford different wheels (and their respective tires.

I love these tires. The limits of the car are now well past my cajones. Also not as slick as I thought they might be in cold weather, but I didn't get out in the freezing junk last week (took OTM).

At least the treadwear has been very slight so they may last until I can catch another deal.

They've had them in and out a couple times that I've seen. Price has shot back up though.

The best semi miata size deal I see now is for 17's. 215/40/17 Avon 500's for $53.

I bought a set of 205/50/15 Nitto Neo Gens to use as my DD tires from Onlinetires for $54 each with shipping around $25 for the set. Just arrived today. If I'd found some 16" wheels cheap I'd have been all over those SPT's. Never could find a set I liked.

Fixed. Cajones are big boxes :giggle:

Not agressive enough compound for me personally. But good price.

Wow good deal. This year the Turbo will go in and has cost me enough where I don't want to buy new 15" wheels and tires so I may just put these on the stock 16" SE wheels.

2 problems: shipping to Canada and my 2002 SE wheel is a whopping 18lbs.



How bad will a 10psi GT2560 eat through old house brand 205/55/16's that the previous owner put on there? Will it be like a skating rink in the rear?

How do you like those? They are still $52.75 apiece at onlinetires.com. I was trying to find some good summer tires but at that price I'd be happy with all season UHP's. It'll be a massive upgrade over my 14" Le Mans tires with who knows how many miles either way.

EDIT:

Nevermind, they are quoting me $50 for Fedex ground shipping...that kills the price.

Any other good deals on 205/50/15's out there?

Here they are on a 16x8. I haven't gotten to test them yet cause I'm building the motor but they fit nice on a 8" wheel IMO
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