RobOnLI

Hi all,
I've got a bubble in one of my tires. I noticed it about a little while ago. Now my car is at Acura and they did a tire rotation and they also noticed it. They told me it would cost $233 to replace that one tire.

My car has 36,500 miles on it --- all on the original, stock tires.

I told Acura not to replace that tire for $233. If anything, I can go buy the same tire for much less somewhere else. But my question is whether I should spend the money to replace the one tire or if I should get four new tires?

How long are our stock tires supposed to last?

And, if I replace with four new tires, what do you recommend? I'm moving to Seattle, WA at the end of November, so I'll definitely need all-season tires.

I was looking on tirerack.com under the best sellers for our car (stock size) and they have the Sumitomo HTR+ (Ultra High Performance All-Season) for $74 each. They also have the Yokohama AVS ES100 (Ultra High Performance All-Season) for $109 each.

Thanks for your help!!

-Rob M.

tmk70

4 new ones...definitely. I would recommend Sumitomos.

ChadT

Dump the Michelens. Sumitomos are decent tires and you can almost get a set for the price of one Michelen

CO-CL-S

I got 61,000 miles on my OEM tires. If you have a lot of tread left on the other three, I would opt for one tire and keep it on the back, until the other three wear out. YMMV

dgracer

Stock is $173 at Tire Rack so add mount and balance and you are at $185-190. Even Sumi's are near $400 mounted and balanced. I agree with Co-CL-S, depends on what the others look like. I'm at 57k on stock and am looking towards AVS-ES100's and hoping to get 35k out of them.

NSX-Tuner

I won't bother with the OEM tires. I had 2 bubble on my '01 CLS and another one bubble on my '03 CLS 6sp. I changed to Michelin Pilot Sports A/Ss. Their side wall construction is much more durable than the OEM tires and provide much better handling.

sonor kid

I replaced two of the stock tires before buying new ones and regret ever doing so.
Buy a nice set of Z-rated tires and save yourself some hassle as they will handle and grab twice as good as the stocks and they won't bubble as easily having a stiffer side wall.

lead_sled_dog

vinarnold

4 new ones

Sarlacc

4 new ones, Bridgestone Potenzas

RE950 if you want all season performance, had them on my old lude, best tires ive driven on.

Plan on getting RE750s on my CL soon now that i dont have snow to worry about.

paper1122

The potenzas wear really fast

Sarlacc

Yeah the S-02/3 series do, but not the RE 950 they wear at a normal rate, last a good long while.

NSX-Tuner

sarlacc23 - PM me, my inbox has been cleared.

Sarlacc

Quick hijack, says you inbox is full again, but i dont ever remember PMing you. I havent looked for anything OEM since january.

end hijack.


soooo uh yeah bridgestone potenzas are great.....

pimpscls

the whole set

Black CL-S 4-Life

I had this same problem so I just bought all 4. Go with the Yokos you won't regret it.

Chaptorial

GOOSE

Wow, how the hell did you get that many miles on the stock tires? I got around 21,000 from mine.

dj5

I'm getting the Michelin Pilot Sports A/Ss when my stock tires need replacing.

RobOnLI

Thanks for all the replies so far.

I was on tirerack.com looking at tires that are the same size as the stock tires...and decided to compare their four best sellers. The Continental's look like they are slightly better overall than the Yoko's?

Also, do you recommend keeping the same width tire on the car or changing it? I don't drive very aggressively.

TireRack comparison of four tires

Thanks,
Rob M.
Long Island, NY
Houston, TX

RobOnLI

Well, SOB! I thought I didn't see any session ID in the URL but apparently there is. That link is useless.

Anyway, if you go to tirerack.com and select 2001 Acura CL-S and click "View Best Sellers" - the top four are Yoko ES100, Continental, Sumitomo HTR+ and Yoko Avid V4. (The V4 is out of the question).

Do these Yoko ES100's handle well in the snow?

-RM

NSX-Tuner

dj5 -- you won't be disappointed... they are a huge improvement over stock.

RobOnLI

I see the Yoko ES100's are Ultra High Performance Summer. Don't think that's going to work for me in Seattle. Might have here in Houston.

CLASSYCLS

Go with the Contiextreme Contacts, I got them, handles bettter then the OEM's, I paid $440 total for all four mounted, Balanced, etc...save your self some bucks and dont get the OEM's, The Contis look good, "Z"rated All-Season, rim protector bar, good in the wet, espically if you are going to Seattle were it rains alot...

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

Whatever you do, don't let the dealer replace your tire. They will overcharge you big time for it!

You have over 30K miles on stock tires. The stock tires suck! I'd get 4 new peformance tires now. They will be a chuck of $$ but will help your car ride better, perform better, & give you longer tread life.

95gt

had the exact same thing happen at 33k miles. Decided to get all new ones rather than try and squeez a few more miles out of the 3. Went with the Sumitomo and bought and installed them for under 350 so for an extra 150 you will have 4 new tires that won't freaking bubble. That is one thing to be worried about. If another wheel bubbles you are shit out of luck because you will have to make the whole decision again. Thanks acura for the crap tires on my 34k car

CO-CL-S

rotation, correct tire pressure, and no racing..

SanMarinoTypeS

I'm on my 3rd OEM replacement, last winter I got 3 bubbles on the front tires due to pot holes. I foolishly replaced them with the stock Michilines from Mavis Tire at $216 out the door.

I already have another bubble on the front driver side, that tire is only 4 months old.

I too want to replace ,now with 4 new tires I need a good all season tire. I was thinking about going a little wider, I want to keep the stock rims, any suggestions?