I currently have the stock Goodyear Eagle GA 215/60 tire on my 1995 Firebird. I was hoping to go with a GoodYear solid white letter tire and I've been told the only Good Year white letter tire left is GoodYear Nascar model in a 225 size which I could fit.

I was also thinking of going with Goodyear Eagle GT tires a step up from the GA in the old days, but I'm told Goodyear changed the design and it's not like the old EagleGT tires that I loved, they are not as good now.

I've been happy with the Eagle GAs I have now. I don't drive the car much only in the summer.

Looking for a mostly all-season performance tire I do most of my driving in the summer but sometimes in the winter just to keep the car going, but never in the snow.
So what are the alternatives for a comparable performance tire in 215 size solid white letter?

What have you been happy with?

Tony

Check out Tire Rack. com. They test and rate tires, themselves and testimonies from actual consumers. Goodyears are generally known to ride harsh and are terrible in the rain. I reseached it and have decided on a set of B.F. Goodriches for my Bird. Dave

Goodyears are junk! I just bought some 245/50/16 Sumitomo HTR+ for my T/A, ZR speed rated, AA traction rated, 4 season, and less than $400 for all 4 mounted and balanced. Goodyear can't touch that... Not only is the deal better, the tires themselves are just better performers, and with the cheaper price, you can't go wrong

I used to get Goodyear, but that was almost how long they lasted, but not quite. I switched to Firestones, but I get a deal from my buddy. Like suggested, tirerack.com is a good place to study up for what you want.

You can get any tire that has lettering and get a tire pen to color the lettering in white.

Matt

for these types of cars, it seems that people steer clear of goodyear.

they seem to be better for passenger/all season car tires, not so much performace unless you go with the Goodyear Eagle F1's, which usually come in at over $300 a tire, but hey, Lingenfelter puts them on their cars....so that has to say something

it seems they are overpriced in the first place, and everyone knows that when it comes to performance, you usully get what you pay for

As for the sumitomos, yes, sumitomos are cheap, Z rated tires, and they grip good, but they wear FAST-and by that I mean you'll be replacing your tires in a year depending upon how you/ how much you drive...
Example:a summer and a half of driving on the 315's on my car driven pretty normally, nothing too excessive at all and they read 0/32nds on a tread depth reader, they are absolutely done...


Read up on your tires before you choose, because they are all very very different. From my experience on these cars this is what I've concluded so far from my/all my buddy's f bodies:

Firestones: decent, medium traction, not too expensive, and last a decent while if you treat them right
Cooper Cobras-garbage, good if you wanna put on a smoke show, but horrible traction, pretty soft and don't squeal very loud, not worth the money
Sumitomos-great tire when they are new, but they wear fast, they squeal real good with tread on 'em
Cooper Zeons-spend the extra cash to get the Zeons over the cobras...enough said
BF goodrich drag radials-hook and book....all business no play (hard to spin)
Kumho Ecstas-wear kind uneveny notoriously, but cheaper, and a good tire for the money


thats my .02

get street tires if you drive on the street/like to play
get drag radials if you want to hook and book, but hard to do burnouts without a wetbox

My last set of Firestone SZ50 EP had 45,000 miles on them. They were HARD miles. Lots of racing, hard fast turns, and 5 trips to the track. Too bad they do not make them anymore. Stay away from the Fuzions. My dad put them on his and I hate them. They are actually kind of scary in the rain.

Matt