I have a 1990 vette. trying to fig out which tires to get!!! fronts are 265/40/17 rears are 295/35/18...i have f1 now but do not like...ride is rough..any good suggestions !!!
live in cali so looking for summer only..i think lol helppppppppp.
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I have BF Goodrich on my 92 and they ride fine. Part of the rough ride you are experiencing cannot be cured - it is a characteristic of those "mid model" C4s. My ride is worse that what I had in my pickup! But we still got Vettes!

 

i bought some futura at pep boys Z RATED FOR 99.00 BUCKS EACH AND THEY LASTED A LONG TIME AND HOOKED GOOD TO... CANT GO WRONG FOR THE PRICE..THEY SELL BF TOO AT A GOOD PRICE.

 

I put Yokohama's on my '87. Z-rated. Very expensive but well worth it in my opinion. Grips the pavement like glue. Quick starts, smooth ride, EXCELLENT cornering. They look really cool too

 

I have had sooooo many different tires on my cars, so far the ones I have liked the best are the nitto 555 extreme's, I also had the falken grb's that I likes alot but for cali driving I go with nitto's. If you want something a little more agressive (IE. stickier) the drag radials are pretty nice, however for the vette I like the BFG kdw II's, and the regular kdw's great tires. The kdw II's are pretty loud under normal driving, but the grip well in rain and dry.

 

I recently bought a set of Firestone FireHawk Wide Oval tires for my 89 convertable and I really like them, my ride has improved 50%. A good source for looking up tires and their weak and strong points is "tirerack.com" They have a lot of information on making tire choices!