W140 needs new tires

Jul 19, 2004 1 Replies

My 1993 500 SEL needs 4 new tires and I am curious if any of you have used a different tire size (other than the factory recommended



235-60-16)like a 55 series, and how that worked out.

If not, what brand tire have you had luck with? My driving is 4 season, and in winter our urban roads are always well plowed & passable so I am going to consider a performance tire.



I am open to your thoughts on the various tire sources also. Thanks



Jim


91 TE 4Matic
93 500 SEL

Very limited choices and they are all all-season type. There is no viable option for performance tires on 16" wheels... If you choose to stay with

16", I'd probably pick BF Goodrich Traction TA or go for the cheaper Falken at Tires.com.

If you go 17" then you got reasonable priced performance tires...

255/50R17... and I would pick Falken Ziex S/TZ-01... which will give you at least 50K miles usage. However, you will have to buy new wheels... can be cheap or expensive... replica is what I would go for.

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