Help Continental ExtremeContact sports

[Millennium Jade]

Just got the sad news from my tire shop that Continental had discontinued their ExtremeContact sports in 295/35/18, my order was cancelled and refunded. They were one of the most well priced summer performance tires with decent treadwear for C5Z corvette. Does anyone know what the alternatives are for my C5Z?

 

[Creedence85]

PMC Tires still shows the Extreme Contact Sport so might be worth seeing if the have stock.

Continental - ExtremeContact Sport - P295/35R18 99Y BSW

Continental - ExtremeContact Sport - P295/35R18 99Y BSW

pmctire.com

The only other thing close in price is the Nitto Invo but I don't think they're nearly as good as the Continentals. You might have to go up to a Michelin PSS or PS2. Unfortunately that seems to be the way of the world in the smaller diameter.

 

[RockyPM]

Not sure what kind of driving you do but the BF Goodrich G-Force COMP-2 A/S tires are good and not as expensive as the higher performance ones. Had these on the track last year in Bowling Green and they actually performed very well.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=g-Force+COMP-2+A%2FS

 

[Creedence85]

The Comp-2 A/S isn't available in the right size.

 

[RockyPM]

Guess i should have searched that out. Thanks @Creedence85

 

[Creedence85]

It's a problem on a few cars with wide tires from the mid to late 90s. The tires will probably end up becoming niche expensive, may have to rely on buying tires before you need them when available, so changing wheels to something with more available tires can become a thing.

 

[Millennium Jade]

PMC Tires still shows the Extreme Contact Sport so might be worth seeing if the have stock.

Continental - ExtremeContact Sport - P295/35R18 99Y BSW

Continental - ExtremeContact Sport - P295/35R18 99Y BSW

pmctire.com

The only other thing close in price is the Nitto Invo but I don't think they're nearly as good as the Continentals. You might have to go up to a Michelin PSS or PS2. Unfortunately that seems to be the way of the world in the smaller diameter.

That where I got the tires from, PMCtires told me they are no longer available. I might just go with a set of Nitto NT05 even thought its only 200aa tread wear.

 

[Creedence85]

Oh yeah I missed the NT05, they'd probably be better than the Invos. What about the Mickey Thompson Street Comp? They have a tread rating of 300. Tread ratings are like likes, damn lies, and battery engineers (or stereo wattage) as there is no industry standard, each manufacturer sets their own testing criteria, so are only a vague indicator.

 

[nascar03]

Don’t give up yet.
I was lucky last summer, my tire guy found some in a warehouse back East.
He found me some 275/40-17 & 295/35-18 CONTI ECS.

graham

 

[Silver C7]

I bought the Firestone firehawk tires for my vette. They are beautiful tires and hook great as well as reasonable pricing. Purchased from Kal tire.

 

[Creedence85]

There again, the Firestone Firehawk isn't available in that size, the C5 Z06 has 265 40 17 front 295 35 18 rear which is a hard to find combination.

 

[nascar03]

Be aware that the FIRESTONEs are only ’W’ speed rated as most other performance tires are at least ’Y’ rated.
This may/may not be a concern depending on your driving habits.

graham
(thanx Ian)

 

[tony]

a note of caution re tires from outside Ontario. [ or even in Ont].
Check the build date on the sidewall.
Friend got what he thought was a great deal; tires arrived; build date
was 2 years earlier !!
To be clear......you want something built in 2020. eg. 2720. Translates
into week 27 of the year 2020.
My friends tires were stamped, say, 27i8. So 2 years old when 'new'
to him.
So, check it out.

Tony

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Tony I agree about the date codes, my "new" tires are probably six months apart but it seems many tire manufactures are essentially building to order. I got my fronts no problem but the rears 295/35/18 had to be built.

When nothing is available I guess you take what you can get.

 

[JSH]

I purchased a set of Firestone 500's in St Catharine's, Niagara Tire and battery, and was about a few dollars more than buying online, plus free mounting and had the alignment done at the same time. So that to me is very convenient if anything goes wrong with the tires, plus I got the road hazard warranty for an extra 25 dollars. My point is by ordering them online you can get a great deal most of the time, but if something goes wrong, its a hassle. The tires are nice and sticky, very little noise if any, and the car handles great.