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bigdaddyo811 · 02-22-2012, 11:36 AM

I heard on the youtube clip or somewhere that the tires are specifically made for Fisker and the Karma.

So, if you get a flat and need a replacement, must you get the tire from the dealer and how much are they going to be?

bdo

kabalah70 · 02-22-2012, 11:53 AM

Tire Rack has Fisker Karma in their database but no tires available. They also do not have Goodyear F1 Supercar non-specific tires except for the rears at $285. I had heard that the Karma specific tires are around $450 each, but I could be mistaken.

brian · 02-22-2012, 03:23 PM

Yep, the cost of the tires are going to be the #1 maintenance cost of owning this car. Probably going to spend more on tires each year than I normally would in gas on a normal car Sad

-Brian

SoCalGuy · 02-23-2012, 01:36 AM

Wasn't there some other lower cost tires people found a couple months back (e.g. $850ish for a set of four)?

MArkansas · 02-23-2012, 10:49 AM

(02-23-2012 01:36 AM)SoCalGuy Wrote: Wasn't there some other lower cost tires people found a couple months back (e.g. $850ish for a set of four)?

Yokohama I think.

bigdaddyo811 · 02-23-2012, 10:59 AM

(02-23-2012 10:49 AM)MArkansas Wrote:
(02-23-2012 01:36 AM)SoCalGuy Wrote: Wasn't there some other lower cost tires people found a couple months back (e.g. $850ish for a set of four)?

Yokohama I think.

Anyone know where to get them?

MJM · 02-23-2012, 11:12 AM

Pick your favorite spot. Tirerack.com has them (Yokohama 255 and 285). $948 for a set of 4.

bigdaddyo811 · 02-23-2012, 11:22 AM

Pardon my ignorance. What do I enter when I go to Tirerack.com under Yokohama. There is room for 3 numbers and which name is it?

Link?

(02-23-2012 11:12 AM)MJM Wrote: Pick your favorite spot. Tirerack.com has them (Yokohama 255 and 285). $948 for a set of 4.

brian · 02-23-2012, 11:27 AM

Me thinks that if there were existing tires that worked on the Karma then Fisker would not have gone to the trouble to have custom ones made. I'm guessing that standard tires have a rubber compound that will rub off like a pencil eraser when put on a 5300lb. car. The Goodyear's are probably specially formulated for the weight and strain.

-Brian

MArkansas · (This post was last modified: 02-23-2012 11:34 AM by MArkansas.)

(02-23-2012 11:27 AM)brian Wrote: Me thinks that if there were existing tires that worked on the Karma then Fisker would not have gone to the trouble to have custom ones made. I'm guessing that standard tires have a rubber compound that will rub off like a pencil eraser when put on a 5300lb. car. The Goodyear's are probably specially formulated for the weight and strain.

-Brian

I think that David Harris made that point in an earlier thread if I'm not mistaken.