Continental tires

[darkvader1]

Has anyone tried these tires by continental called extreme contacts they have them in our size.

[ntd]

Had the on my SVT Focus they were junk. I really like the Nitto nt555's, I the have them now on my MM. Plus they have oem size frounts and the rear you can use p265/50r18 which is the widest you can safly fit on a oem rim and not upset the traction control

[Mr. Man]

Opinions on Tire rack give the Continentals thumbs down:down:

[darkvader1]

With wider tires in the rear is their any difference in the cars take off. an handling at all?what size are u running fronts an rears?

[Blk Mamba]

I run Continental, 285/50/18's UHP Cross Contact, & they have better numbers than the OEM.

[a_d_a_m]

With wider tires in the rear is their any difference in the cars take off. an handling at all?what size are u running fronts an rears? I don't really know the answer to this since I went from running snow tires to running 285/50's. (I bought the car in December '08).

I suspect I'm losing maybe a tenth with the bigger tires, but I don't really care. I like the look, and either way, I have a 14-second car.

Handling is fine, but again I am comparing it to running a Marauder with snow tires.



I run Continental, 285/50/18's UHP Cross Contact, & they have better numbers than the OEM. What a coincidence. So do I. :beer:

[DOOM]

Had the on my SVT Focus they were junk. I really like the Nitto nt555's, I the have them now on my MM. Plus they have oem size frounts and the rear you can use p265/50r18 which is the widest you can safly fit on a oem rim and not upset the traction control

So we can run the nitto nt555's on the front AND rear?

[blackrauder]

So we can run the nitto nt555's on the front AND rear?

Stock Front/Rear 255/55/18 have to be special ordered from Tirerack.com

[SpartaPerformance]

The extreme is a great tire but it's been discontinued and replaced with the Extreme DWS and if it's as good as the old version go for it.

[massacre]

In my experience Continental tires are more of the touring-type tires, not really performance tires.
Could be wrong, though, ymmv

[ntd]

So we can run the nitto nt555's on the front AND rear?

Yes sir they have the oem 235/50r18 for the fronts. For people with modified rear rims they have 295/45r18. For the people on unmodified rims you can use 265/50r18. best of all running ether combo is traction control friendly.

http://www.nittotire.com/#index.tire.nt555.sizes

[RoyLPita]

Yes sir they have the oem 235/50r18 for the fronts. For people with modified rear rims they have 295/45r18. For the people on unmodified rims you can use 265/50r18. best of all running ether combo is traction control friendly.

http://www.nittotire.com/#index.tire.nt555.sizes

I run 295/45-18s on non-widened MM wheels. I have over 30k on these tires and never had a traction control problem. I also keep the air pressure at 40lbs.

[ntd]

I run 295/45-18s on non-widened MM wheels. I have over 30k on these tires and never had a traction control problem. I also keep the air pressure at 40lbs.

I know alot of people do, I have that tire but on widened rims. I stated that 265/50r18 is the widest you can safely run because that's what Nitto suggest for a 8in wheel in a 28 inch tall tire. If someone wants to run a 295/45r18 on a non-widened MM wheels they need to research that and make there own call, but I don't think anyone has reported a failure with that tire on a 8in rim:beer:.

[Cobra25]

I know of a few people who run 285's & 295's on the stock rims . None of them have ever had a problem. But then again it's a personal call. Each tire company rates their own tires so you might get different information from different companys.

[darkvader1]

I noticed that the grooves are not a deep on the tread pattern as the bf'gees. An if their are so much special whats the life expectance on the nittos?