Ferrari Mailing List: Re: tire wear on 308

[Stephen Sherman (stephensherman44]

I had the same problem and it was brought home in dramatic fashion. Jan 2005 on my maiden drive home in my 'new to me' 1981 308 GTSi, I was passed by an old station wagon,  a couple of seconds of the passing a rear blew out on the station wagon, slinging  the rear end into the divider creating a  'Day of Thunder' smokescreen, I drove to where I last saw the wagon and missed everything.  Being low on funds, I bought original euquipment14" wheel and a set Sumy's for less the than 1 TRX tire.  Since then I replaced the 14's with 16"s with Mich Pilot rubber.    

 

Stephen

On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Michael James <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

Sounds like you're stuck.  You can spend hefty-dollars on crappy TRX rubber (bad idea), or you can upgrade, which will require purchasing a set of 16" rims first, THEN a new set of tires.  The factory rims on ebay are outrageous - the sets I saw all needed refinishing to approach stock appearance, and the sellers were asking for the moon.  Even for the aftermarket sets. 

On Friday, November 8, 2013 7:19 PM, Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca> wrote:

1981 308 GTSi, Michelin trx 220 55 vr 390. They (4) are 10 years old and I do around 1600 miles every summer. I paid $1200. can. back in 2003 tax and installation included.

 

They have 5 lines of treads. The inside line of treads is totally worn at the rear (both sides of course). The rest is far from new, but could easily last a few more summers. The front ones show wear, but at least are equally worn.

 

I'll do a tire rotation this winter of course. But what else could I do to prevent the 2 front ones that I'll put in the rear to become like the present rear ones ?

 

Coker tire ($429)

Shopbot.ca ($563)

 

I don't want to pay that kind of money.

 

Thank you!

Michael Savard

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