Just an update on these. The other day Sunday 3/29 maybe? I was driving home in a horrible rain storm, tons of standing water and debris on the roads. These tires were great, no issues or surprises. I was concerned with the width in very heavy rain/water that hydroplaning would be prevalent, but it was a lot better than I expected. At one point I was down to about 40 on a limited access highway and still going faster than the couple other cars it was that wet. Most of the time, I was maybe 80% of the speed limit, or even less.

 

Interesting, putting a truck/SUV tire on a Muscle car. It's W rated so as long as you don't break 168mph, no worries, lol. I was considering that also since it seam most of the performance car tires suck in the rain, even most of the All Season still struggle because of the torque our cars make in like every RPM range. Good price too.

I took the other route, spent about $2500 on HR5 Hell Raisers and tires so I could do a staggered 275 front and 315 rear on a set of Conti. DWS 06 tires. I need something that will give maximum grip in any/all conditions and I'm thinking my setup should do the trick. Waiting for the wheels to be delivered. I'm thinking the 315 wide will grip just as good in the rain as your setup but better when dry. I've done a lot of research online and the wider tire should really make a difference. My plan is to sell my WRT wheels to cover some of the cost.

But I would say if you don't have the budget for new wheels the rout you took works just fine also.

 

Yeah, I wonder what SUV gets them, and the speed rating is totally fine with me, the weight rating was fine. The specs were good, and the price and warranty were excellent. Normal driving traction is much better than the worn but still legal originals, and finally found out how good the extremely heavy rain performance was. I haven't put on a smoke show, typically don't get on it hard until well into 2nd or 3rd, and by then the need is over anyway.
Also they track MUCH MUCH BETTER than the factory ones that were on it. Before it would follow every seam/groove in glorious SW PA roads, I assumed it was due to being the widest tire I have owned, but nope, this feel "normal". The old ones reminded me of bias ply tires on brick roads.

 

I was joking about the speed rating. I bet only 1% of Scat Pack owners have had their Bee that fast and less than that do it on a regular basis. I doubt even racers hit those higher speeds on a track very often. I for sure don't have a place to drive that fast, safe or unsafe. Unless I took a drive out to highway 5.

 

No, but I get it, some places won't install if they don't match the rating of what was on it from factory. Or even the size. I ran into that with tires for my 1967 El Camino at Walmart.
Them - "Those don't show up as standard equipment" (205/75-14)
Me - "I know, they don't make tires that size anymore (E78-14?)"
Them - "We can only install what is on sticker in the driver's door"
Me - "Take a look, it is over 50 years old, they didn't do that then, those are the closest size you sell "(not actually true but...)
They had some nice USA made tires (Douglas? Goodyear made for Walmart) on clearance for $35 each, mounted plus $9 balanced. I bought 6 of them, why? That is all they had! 4 mounted and balanced, 1 mounted on an old rim as a spare spare. And one tossed in the back of the garage as a backup spare to the spare. Like $170 out the door for everything.
And I bet less than .1% ever get anywhere over 130/140.

 

One option is to put you car on jacks and bring the wheels without the car. Don't even tell them what car it's for or say it's for an off-road car. Presuming you have that as an option, that's what I'm doing with my new wheels and tires. Even though it's all appropriate for the car it's not technically original equipment and I don't want any hassle.

 

Yep, I have done that as well. Once a guy even suggested that to me.