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Old 10-02-2018, 05:44 PM
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I just got off the phone with a tire store that wouldnt sell me RE71r 's for the rear of the car. 285/35/19. Told me the load rating wont handle the weight of the car in the rear??
I couldnt believe what I was hearing. There has to be a pretty high percentage of GT4 owners that run these tires. Anyone else ever come across this?

I should have just said I'll bring the tire's in by themselves...
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I just got off the phone with a tire store that wouldnt sell me RE71r 's for the rear of the car. 285/35/19. Told me the load rating wont handle the weight of the car in the rear??
I couldnt believe what I was hearing. There has to be a pretty high percentage of GT4 owners that run these tires. Anyone else ever come across this?

I should have just said I'll bring the tire's in by themselves...
Yes - I had order all set and then got call 2 hours later saying they cancelled it because of this issue. My mistake for trying to support local store and not just order from Tirerack like usual.
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The trick with TR is don’t enter your car type and then talk to one of the friendly reps and if they ask tell them it is for AutoX.

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Yeah tirerack has never been a problem for me, they even have the alternate size in their for GT4 19s 245/285 setup.
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They will sell you the tires if you tell them it is for track use and not street use.
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why? seems weird...
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The load rating of the rear tire Re-71R is less than the OEM tires. Liability reasons.
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