elwaylite

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Gonna be looking at dumping these stock tires soon. The goodyear tripletread looks like a great 80k mile tire, but I'm also concerned with weight. Hard to find weights on some tire brands though. Just want a good tire, that does not need a diet.

xbBrian

I have the Continental ExtremeContact DWS, although I have only had them for 6000 miles, I have been extremely happy with them so far though. According to tirerack they are only 21 lbs per tire, 5 lbs less per tire than the tripletreads.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....num=25WR6ECDWS

elwaylite

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Nice, tirerack has tire weights!

elwaylite

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Man, the DWS is about the lightest at 21lbs, and very well rated. Good treadwear also, for the price.

CIONIDE

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I'll be moving to the Conti Extreme Contact DW's for my next tires also. Light weight and low rolling resistance, while still providing excellent handling. If you need snow driving capabilities, then go for the DWS, if snow is not a consideration, then go with the DW.

BTW, my current Falken Ziex ZE912's have been excellent for both dry ride handling and wet weather driving, but they're really heavy at 25# front and 27# rear, which sucks for mpg.

elwaylite

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Yeah, I can see where the Falken's would hurt. I think the OEM's are 22#'s.

longboardluv

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/tires/continental/vehicle/viewProductDetail.do?v=011807|2008&pc=26849

are these the ones you are talking about cionide?

CIONIDE

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Those are the Dry/Wet/Snow version, and they also make a Dry/Wet version with a different tread pattern.

elwaylite

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Yeah, all I need is dry and wet.

Darrenohooligan

I'm going to be switching to the DWS next as well.. AS soon as my current tires are worn.. (not to far off) The nice thing about the DWS, they have a 50k mileage warranty also, (rare on a Z rated tire) put 25k on em and wear em out, get 50% of your purchase price back towards a new set.. win/win!.. I can't wait to try the DWS.. The DW replaced the old sport contact line great tire BTW.. put them on my buddy's speed3 and handled really well, tracked really good, and really quiet...

Don't even bother with the tripletreads, (or the comforttreads either) they're awful tires, hard ride, loud, and not worth the $$ IMO...

pyroman131

But you're staggered, so yours doesn't count!

CIONIDE

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Actually,I'm double staggered (width & diameter), so it counts twice as much.