Yep... liking them so far.. though i haven't taken them yet for a road race.

they've been getting rave reviews from all the tuner magazines that i read.

 

Hey Zorro, I was too embarassed to say I also have a cushion of foam under my butt.

 

Sorry about the late reply. I've been VERY busy building a new spaceship. So, the F-1s are now making noise. My daughter thinks the noise adds to the car's mystique. Oh well, great traction in the snow and that's real important out here in Broomfield.
I have a couple of questions for the Crossfire experts. I need to remove a door panel. Is this trickey? Instructions are poorly done in the manual. How do you remove those funny Mushroom head fasteners on the interior panels? Also, I need to add an audio cable to the OEM stereo (Infinity) so I can hook up my iPod. Has anyone done that?

 

I just had the all seasons put on and just wanted to confirm a couple things.

Do you need any extra equipment to mount these?

They look like a tight fit, is that the case or is just my imagination?



I just don't want them rubbing against anything....

Thanks-

 

Help!!

Please.......

 

I haven't had a single problem with mine in over a year of ownership. No rubbing at all.

That is if you discount the 3 flat right rears I've had from nails and screws. Why does it always have to be the expensive rear tires?

 

Door panel removal 1 remove torque screws from Door handle (2) handle needs to be separated at seem. 1 screw to be removed from behind tweeter in door carefully pry out plastic surround. Remove screw from behind SRS plastic clip. Remove front triangle piece from top front of door and remove plastic latch cover and metal protector from back topside or door. Then starting at bottom rear corner slide hand up between panel and door and gently pull away from door slide hand along bottom toward's front lightly pulling.

 

Does it look like a tight fit compared to other tires you had?

You didn't need anything else to mount them right?

 

I had the Goodyear dealer mount them for me.....but I can't imagine it was that hard as it only took them about an hour.

They needed no special spacers, bolts, or hardware.

Visually, yes they look MUCH wider than the original Conti's.

 

Iloved my goodyears. Bought them used off Ebay with about 80% tread.$200 was the total after shipping and mounting.... While I've had plenty of bad experiences with goodyear 'regular' tires, the expensive performance tires from them seem top quality.

 

Wow! You got a great deal.

 

On those Goodyear F-1s. I had cupping as well. Problem was toe adjustment. I discovered that my two local Chrysler dealers are not able align the wheels without first deflating them to get the spider mounted, then re-inflate the tires for the alignment rack. So, I took the car over to a local Mercedes dealer and they lined her right up, dead on. The reason for this is the wheels are Mercedes wheels. They have a pattern of five holes in the hub (under the cover) that the Mercedes dealer mounts the alignment bells to. Tire noise is diminishing and handling is better. Plus I got a tin of breath mints and a free car wash!

 

Interesting. What did the MB dealer charge?

And not for the mints.

 

Thought I'd throw in an observation or two... I ran 2 sets of Conti ASPs before moving
to the Goodyear F1 GSD3s. Truthfully, I was rather happy with the Conti ASPs, except
that they only lasted about a year before I had to change them out. This got just a little
bit expensive. So, I did some research and settled on the GSD3 from Goodyear. These
too, have been good tires, and I'm getting about 2 years of driving before I have to swap
them for a new set.

However, the GSD3s, in my opinion, do not grip near as well as did the Conti ASP
tires. The GSD3s break loose in corners that the Contis had no trouble with and I
remember hearing the Contis coming "unglued" from the floor of my garage every
morning as I'd head out to work. They were just that sticky. On the plus side, the GSD3s
are fantastic in the rain, which we usually get a good bit of in Atlanta. Not saying that
the Contis were bad in the rain, just that the GSD3s are superior on wet surfaces.

Even with that said, if I could afford the expense, I'd probably run the Conti ASP tires
over the F1 GSD3s from Goodyear, or experiment with another brand.. But, economics
being what they are, I'll be putting my second set of GSD3s on next month. The rears
are nearly bald, but should be good until March.

Good luck in finding the right tire for your driving style and cost factors.

Coyote (tires almost as bald as my head)

 

We have about 10K mi on our Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric All Season Tires. Our 2005 Roadster came with them. These tires have performed very well. No wear or handling problems. Have also provided good control in 65 MPH collision avoidance maneuver (with a sofa) including a complete sideways drift. I'm having a set installed on our new srt6, and I highly recommend them.

 

a 65mph sideways drift at 83 years young . Thats great .

Rock on !

 

That is great! So are you saying you're driving on 12 year old tires? The rubber must be hard by now.

 

I think the tires were fairly new when I bought my Roadster about two years ago. Had 36,000 mi on it. I now have 46,000 mi and the tires are still performing well.

I'm going to get a new set of F1's on my srt6 today. The srt6 has a mixture of original and replacement tires with 26,000 mi. Two of the tires were replaced by the dealer during warranty.

The left rear tire is cupping. The rear tires are also wearing more heavily on the insides.

All four wheel bearings have been replaced by the previous owner.

There is a lot of road noise. I'm hoping the new tires will help.

 

Wow new wheels bearings at only 26k miles ?? thats odd , my car has done 75k miles and the wheels bearings have no play in them at all.
If the rear tires are wearing on the inside badly it means the rear camber is out. these cars can naturally wear the insides more but it should not be by much.
cupping on that rear tyre means the toe is out, or the shockies are bad or both :-(

 

Most likely BOTH camber and toe are out.