hou99gts
Enthusiast
Ordered my tires from JonB Wed. morning and they were here Thursday afternoon (standard shipping)! Jon got my order processed FAST! Thanks again Jon! 
Got my Kumho XS the next day!
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VAViper
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hou99gts
Enthusiast
On the car or off? (they aren't installed yet)... 
sniper1
Viper Owner
HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND AND WHERE ARE THEY
hou99gts
Enthusiast
Call JonB, his price is the best out there (see his thread in the vendor specials section).
They are in my garage waiting to be installed. They were shipped from LA to TX thru tire rack.
They are in my garage waiting to be installed. They were shipped from LA to TX thru tire rack.
I did my first track day outing with my Kumho's this past Sunday. You need to be sure to get plenty of heat in them because they understeer a little more than the PS2's, on turn in, although they're both fairly temperature sensitive. Overall they're very good tires for the money. Have fun!
hou99gts
Enthusiast
Thanks for the feedback! I'm running runcraps right now since my car is an 06, so I should see and feel a big improvement...
VAViper
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C.Thomson
Viper Owner
Do they make 19" x 345's yet?
rcl4668
Enthusiast
Yes, the XSs now come in the OEM 345/30/19 size as well as the OEM 275/35/18 front size.
YEP! $1229 / set of four ! In Stock. 17" Sets VCA $749 !!
No Tax. s/h about $15-17/tire
18" V-700 sets $1039
Thanks Guys
hou99gts
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eucharistos
Enthusiast
those look good 
pls post your driving impressions once installed
VAViper
Enthusiast
Those are some nice looken tires & nicely priced as well
Let us know your thoughts once you've put some miles on themhou99gts
Enthusiast
I've got about 50 miles on them so far, here are my initial impressions (compared to the stock run flats):
- grip is much better both in a straight line and cornering, especially cornering
- ride quality is much better over rougher roads (due to the sidewall flex)
- ride quality is a little worse over smooth roads (due to the additional sidewall flex)
- tire patch is wider due to the squared off shoulder versus the rounded run flat
I am very happy with the tires, and want to put some on my GTS in the future.
- grip is much better both in a straight line and cornering, especially cornering
- ride quality is much better over rougher roads (due to the sidewall flex)
- ride quality is a little worse over smooth roads (due to the additional sidewall flex)
- tire patch is wider due to the squared off shoulder versus the rounded run flat
I am very happy with the tires, and want to put some on my GTS in the future.
Thanks for the feedback, and the kind words. By your screenname, a 99GTS... If your GTS has OE wheels, we have XS tires for 92-98 Vipers (17"-$759!) but NOT an 18" XS rear 99-02.
hou99gts
Enthusiast
Jon,
I've got 19's front and back on my 99 GTS currently, but I am thinking about going to an 18/19 setup and use the stock size SRT tires I already bought from you. Do you have any discounts on CCW wheels???
We are a CCW vendor, but the margins are very thin...I could save you about $150 , thanks! ...
How about a great set of 5-spoke Forgelines 18-19 with Silver centers to match the Silver Bullet GTS....deep-dish fully polished outers ? $2995 !!!!
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sniper1
Viper Owner
Martin
Enthusiast
I'm going to need to get a set of tires for my GTS pretty soon, and these look like a decent deal. How do they compare to the PS2s, and the OEM Pilot SX tires? Believe it or not, I have a 'brand new' set of Pilots that I bought ten years ago and bagged in Argon gas (I use Argon for welding, and it seemed like a good way to keep them 'fresh' at the time). I never got around to using them, and with the price of these Kumhos through Jon, I might just leave them in their bags...
MARTIN, missed you at PIR !!
These are available for GTS in 17" sets. Original Pilot SX was 17" so you should be fine. Then YOU can be admiring the tread pattern in person too, like Hou99GTS, instead of just admiring the pictures as some others do !!
Martin
Enthusiast
Sorry about missing PIR - we were at the Edgefield, and I ended up having a couple too many beers to relocate (let alone do a pace car ride when it's drizzling out
) I just love that place!I'm definitely thinking hard about those tires!!
Sorry about missing PIR - we were at the Edgefield, and I ended up having a couple too many beers to relocate (let alone do a pace car ride when it's drizzling out
Martin, Ill be out there SATURDAY again, 8a-4p.....but this time it should be pouring rain. The PS-2 is a phenominal rain tire, and the rooster-tails are cool...Whoaing down from ~135mph in the wet and feeling the ABS pump does the same for the adreneline!
You are invited....
Martin
Enthusiast
Thanks for the invite Jon! It looks like I'll be staying down here in the Bay Area over the weekend. I've got the GTS down here, and I recently lost another pushrod in it (makes three failures over the past two years). Not sure what's going on... The last time, two exhaust pushrods went south, and when I replaced them, all was fine again (did a compression test, all cylinders were good and even - so no valve-to-piston contact hopefully). I'm going to be tearing into it to see what's up - and hoping that it's just the crappy stock pushrods. It's really weird since I wasn't up against the rev lmiter, didn't miss a shift, or do anything that would typically make it give up. Just driving like normal, and it started tapping really loud... After the ACR comes in and my finances recover I think I'm going to just swap the heads for a set of Strikers
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