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Old 08-24-2018, 04:45 AM   #29
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I work for Bridgestone. One of the benefits we get is free trade-out of tires on a new car with less than 500 miles.

This is my only car and I drive it year round in all weather conditions, so I wasn't about to keep the OEM tires. After I got my 2SS/1LE back in May I had the local Firestone shop put Potenza RE970AS on the front and Potenza S001 on the rear, both in stock sizes. I ended up paying $32 for the road hazard protection, and I immediately almost doubled my tread depth while only sacrificing minimal dry handling and definitely gaining on wet handling.

There is absolutely no reason why an SS/1LE can't be driven year round
What are you running for the Potenza’s? 285/30/20 as a square setup?
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Old 08-24-2018, 07:19 PM   #30
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Later on today I will be putting on a set of 19” Michelin a/s +3 Run Flats 285/35’ that are mounted on MRR M716 10’s and 11’s

*laughs* will let you know how it goes, and may even post a couple of pictures. Of course this all depends on me being able to roll them up from the basement, won’t be posting that video, tuff to get old.
Won’t be getting any trophies for pit stop tire change that’s for sure, 1:15, from rolling them up from downstairs to retraining the TPM’s.

Car has been transformed. Now I can enjoy a comfortable ride around town and to the track, where I will switch them for the stock tires, then back for the ride home, so I don’t have to here the thumping from the track marbles. Some of the tracks are a 3 hour ride for me.

Would leave these on for cold or rainy weather track days, and would not hesitate to track them in the hot and dry. They passed my local test, on my favorite on ramps and traffic circles.
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Old 08-24-2018, 08:35 PM   #31
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One of the things that appeals to me about the SS 1LE is those fat tires front and back and the asymmetrical appearance front to back. I want to get more versatile long lasting tires, is Nitto my only choice?
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Old 08-24-2018, 08:50 PM   #32
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Long lasting in what regards, summer only performance or all year round?

Either way, Nitto is the last tire that should be considered long lasting unless you want crap quality.
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Old 08-24-2018, 08:56 PM   #33
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I want a tire that will give me 40k or so miles and performs well in wet, dry, and temps from 30-95.
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Old 08-24-2018, 10:59 PM   #34
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What's the optimal wheel offset and tire size setup if you want to go with 19's and a slightly taller sidewall wall?
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Old 08-24-2018, 11:58 PM   #35
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I want a tire that will give me 40k or so miles and performs well in wet, dry, and temps from 30-95.
You live in Georgia?
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Old 08-25-2018, 05:31 AM   #36
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Old 08-25-2018, 09:05 AM   #37
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I work for Bridgestone. One of the benefits we get is free trade-out of tires on a new car with less than 500 miles.

This is my only car and I drive it year round in all weather conditions, so I wasn't about to keep the OEM tires. After I got my 2SS/1LE back in May I had the local Firestone shop put Potenza RE970AS on the front and Potenza S001 on the rear, both in stock sizes. I ended up paying $32 for the road hazard protection, and I immediately almost doubled my tread depth while only sacrificing minimal dry handling and definitely gaining on wet handling.

There is absolutely no reason why an SS/1LE can't be driven year round
This is of gret interest to me because it appeared that my most viable solution was to purchase 19 inch wheels and get a witer tire set. I also considerd puchasing SS "take offs" and running them during the winter. The Potenze S001 is a summer only tire. How do they work in the Winter. I see you are in NY. I was considering using the Nitto Motivo because the sizes are very close to compatible. I think you can get a 295/30/20 and a 275/30/20 (close enough), however, someone on here advised that the Motivos did not perform well.
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Old 08-25-2018, 06:16 PM   #38
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What are you running for the Potenza’s? 285/30/20 as a square setup?
Stock size tires on all 4 corners, just different tread patterns.

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This is of gret interest to me because it appeared that my most viable solution was to purchase 19 inch wheels and get a witer tire set. I also considerd puchasing SS "take offs" and running them during the winter. The Potenze S001 is a summer only tire. How do they work in the Winter. I see you are in NY. I was considering using the Nitto Motivo because the sizes are very close to compatible. I think you can get a 295/30/20 and a 275/30/20 (close enough), however, someone on here advised that the Motivos did not perform well.
I'm actually in SC. I haven't had this car long enough to see temps under 65* yet, but I had the very similar Potenza S04 Pole Position tires on my last car and they did just fine in all types of winter weather conditions, up to an unexpected 1" of fresh snow once.

I also have a complete set of winter tires on some C6 Vette Grand Sport rims that I install when I'm expecting to get hit by bad weather, so I can't comment on how they'd do in a NY type of winter. Not much use for the winter tires around home, but I do go up to the NC mountains and PA on a fairly regular basis.
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Old 08-25-2018, 07:18 PM   #39
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So wait.
C6 wheels fit on a 1LE?
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I want a tire that will give me 40k or so miles and performs well in wet, dry, and temps from 30-95.
Hate to say this, not many tire choces at all if you want 40k miles especially when the tires/wheels on the Camaro cant be rotated from front to rear.

Most you will get is around 20k-25k miles out of a set of tires. For me I will always say the Continental DWS06 or the Michelin Pilot AS/3. Those are the two best high performance all season tires on the market.

We have the DWS06 on the wifes Audi SQ5, they do great here in OKC. Even with 5k mile rotations we only got 30k miles out of them when one got damaged beyond repair and we had to get another set.
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Old 08-25-2018, 08:35 PM   #41
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Thanks for the reply. Sorry I had the wrong location. I see the Pole Positions come in the factory sizes so that is good information to know that you did OK in winter in SC with them.
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Old 08-26-2018, 01:01 PM   #42
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So wait.
C6 wheels fit on a 1LE?
I haven't tried them on the Camaro yet
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