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Finless Bob, Question
Bob, the front tires that you put on your Spyder are General Altimax, 185/60/R14. In your video you mentioned T-42, I believe. Could they be RT 43? Thank you. Bruce
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RT 43
Originally Posted by safecracker
Bob, the front tires that you put on your Spyder are General Altimax, 185/60/R14. In your video you mentioned T-42, I believe. Could they be RT 43? Thank you. Bruce
Bruce I am familiar with that tire and Yes, the General Altimax is an RT43............Also it has the highest performance ratings for tires we can use .......Mike
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But they don't make one to fit the 15" rims.
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Thank you both for your responses. Bruce
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Looks like you got your answer... Sorry I was not online last night.
Bob
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Thanks Bob. I ordered tires thru Amazon. $68.32 a piece. Free Shipping.
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I got the tires mounted and installed (fronts)on the Spyder today. Have not had a chance to try them. I am sure they will work great. Bruce
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Speed off?
Bob, when you put the general tires on and different size from original did you notice your speedometer reading different from actual speed and if so how much?
Thanks
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Originally Posted by Wfreysr
Bob, when you put the general tires on and different size from original did you notice your speedometer reading different from actual speed and if so how much?
Thanks
Fronts don't have anything to do with speed, it's read off the rear tire. To make the speedo accurate I use a 215/60/15 tire on the rear.
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Originally Posted by Wfreysr
Bob, when you put the general tires on and different size from original did you notice your speedometer reading different from actual speed and if so how much?
Thanks
Nope as highwayman said speed is read from the rear. But be aware that if you change too much you "might" upset the nanny (especially if your rear is different too) so I went with a size/tire that people had used before.
Bob
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Another Tire Question for finless..
Here's another tire question for you, Bob. What do you think of the Yokohama sDrive that you put on the rear about a year ago? You've probably got several thousand miles on it by now, so I'm wondering about your impressions.
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What size Tire?
Originally Posted by finless
Still liking it. I put it on at 13K miles and now have almost 21K. So 8K on it and it is still looking very good! I will probably get 14K total out of it maybe even more.
Since you asked here is a picture of it taken today.
Bob
What Size Yokohama sDrive did you put on?
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Originally Posted by finless
Looks like you got your answer... Sorry I was not online last night.
Bob
Finless, I'm looking at replacing my fronts on my 2011 RT with the same Altimax's.
what mileage do you expect to get from them and would you by them again?
thanks Wes
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That belt alignment looks pretty darn good too!
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Originally Posted by Wfreysr
Finless, I'm looking at replacing my fronts on my 2011 RT with the same Altimax's.
what mileage do you expect to get from them and would you by them again?
thanks Wes
Well I expect to get a lot more miles on them than I did the stock tires which actually did well (22K and I only replaced them because they went out of balance real bad).
I have only had these new altimax fronts about 2 months now so not a lot of miles on them yet.
I do like them so far.
Bob
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
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That belt alignment looks pretty darn good too!
Darn good? I would say perfect! I have it at 2.5mm which is almost dead center of the spec
Bob
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Thanks finless
[QUOTE=finless;1172741]Well I expect to get a lot more miles on them than I did the stock tires which actually did well (22K and I only replaced them because they went out of balance real bad).
I have only had these new altimax fronts about 2 months now so not a lot of miles on them yet.
I do like them so far.
Bob[/QUOTE
Thanks Bob, appreciate your response. Going to get my alignment and order a new set of the Altimax's. From what I read about the positive results using rideon balancing / sealer I plan to order that and put in to balance. Looking to change the tires off the rims myself.
Always appreciate your input when I read these posts.
thanks Wes
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