cheap tires?
 

anybody know where i can get some cheap tires?(local, website, anything) looking for some 205/50r17 with a a AA traction and a treadwear of at least 280.

All seasons I presume?

Summer: $332.40 shipped for 4 Hankook Ventus Sport K104: http://edgeracing.com/tire/445/
All Season: $364.40 shipped for 4 Falken Ziex Ze 512 (in 225/45/17): http://edgeracing.com/tire/770/

Or pick up from Tire Rack Locally: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compar...S&startIndex=0

Kumho ASXs are pretty dang good A/S and cheap... $84 each after $40 rebate for 4. I have them on my Audi.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=1

Kumho SPTs are pretty dang good Summers and cheap... $85 each after $40 rebate for 4. I have them on my STI
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=3

Pick up at Tirerack warehouse in Sparks.

Check out there test results. Both are better than a lot of more expensive comparable tires.

cool, thanks for the input guys.

anybody have anything good, bad or ugly to say about the k104s

Never mind the more reviews I read, I'm actually scared to ride on these tires.

don't take those kumho spt tires on the dirt. they get bubbles on the sidewalls. it must be a mfr error. or maybe that's just the direct relationship between rocks and 4th gear...or somwhere in between. it happened twice, on two different tires. i think i need a set of rally wheels/tires.

Most any street tire will get sidewall damage if you hit something with the sidewall on or off-road. They will also get damaged with pothole type impacts when the sidewall gets compressed between the rim and the ground. Sidewalls already take a beating as they carry 100% of the load of the car, but if you bash them, especially if they are under inflated which they often are off-road, they can get damaged easily. Lower profiles are more prone to the later type of failure. That is one of the reasons Rally cars use higher profile tires.

There are special off-road tires with reinforced sidewalls for a reason. Just driving streets on a well maintained dirt road at reasonable speeds should be fine, but you are asking for trouble if you beat any tire not designed for it.