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Summer’s Here! Well, Tires Are

This March is actually turning out to be quite nice! A stint of unseasonably warm weather has caused me to throw caution to the wind, and do away with the winter wheels and tires for the season. Hopefully I don’t regret this decision in a couple weeks.

Since the stock Pirelli’s were nearly slicks after 20k, a new set of rubber was in order. I opted for a set of 205/45ZR-16 BFG g-Force Sport COMP-2‘s.

Just so you know, you can fit 8 tires into a 500! Fortunately, I didn’t have to drive far in the configuration (the tire shop was just up the road), since visibility to the right and rear was pretty much zero. I needed to have the stock tires dismounted from the factory wheels, and the new tires mounted up.

Why didn’t I just swap over the wheels in advance, so I would only have needed to take the new tires to the shop?  Because I don’t trust any shop to put Fiona on a lift, nor lay a socket on her lug bolts, that’s why! I swapped the wheels over myself as soon as I return home :) Then found some corners in need of carving.

Gotta love these deliveries from tirerack.com

Gotta love these deliveries from tirerack.com

Groovy!

Groovy!

Tread for days

Tread for days

205/45ZR-16 BFG g-Force Sport COMP-2

205/45ZR-16 BFG g-Force Sport COMP-2

Cleaning up the factory wheels

Cleaning up the factory wheels

Loaded to the gills! 8 tires and 4 wheels in there

Loaded to the gills! 8 tires and 4 wheels in there

So much room to spare

So much room to spare

Buckle up!

Buckle up!

Not the most talkative passenger

Not the most talkative passenger

Over the top

Over the top

Nothing to see here, officer

Nothing to see here, officer

Let's swap!

Let’s swap!

It's go time!

It’s go time!