Laufenn has selected Violet as a brand-significant color.

quote When the Blue that represents rational value and the Red that represents emotional value meet, the Violet of Laufenn is born. Laufenn provides smart consumers both practical value and satisfaction.

~ Laufenn 2020 Tires Catalog

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quote The back story is that I need new tires for my 1988 Fiero GT. I have the factory wheels and am holding to the original sized tires. Fronts, 205/60R15. Rears, 215/60R15. After searching online, I was drawn to tires in these sizes from Laurenn, which is a brand I'd never been aware of. It's a fairly new brand, as the tire game goes. I ran them by (so to speak) my tires guru, who will be installing them for me, and he thought they would be a good choice. "Good value for the money." So I ordered them online from tirebuyer to be shipped to my installer. Laurenn G FIT AS. They are speed rated "H" and UTQG 500AA. My adviser (guru, installer) suggested I stay away from tires with longer tread life ratings like UTQG 600, 700, or 800. He thinks I will like the road handling more and will not be ill served by not being able to run the tires for as many road miles. Considering that I don't put a lot of miles on my FIero, year in and year out. It's not my daily driver. I ran on Goodyear Eagle GT tires for just over 17,000 miles and ran them down to "slicks." I really should have replaced them some time (and road miles) before. They were speed rated "Z" and UTQG 440AA. Can't get those anymore. I was just curious what I might find online, about the Laufenn brand. It's almost tempting to see what this Scott Henderson at "Tire Insights" has to say about Goodyear, or Michelin, or BFGoodrich. Who knows(?) what other colorful writing and esoteric insights remain to be discovered by a newly minted Scott Henderson "enthusiast." I hadn't shopped tires that recently, before this. It seems like there's been a veritable explosion of tire brands, since the last time that I needed a set. So many brands now that I have never seen or heard of, before. Remarkable.

Thanks for the info, sounds like you made a good choice, I agree going with softer compound is more important on hobby cars that don't see a lot of miles (see my recent post on old tires here). I've installed 1000's of tires over the decades and 3 sets on my Fiero's and I also needed to buy OEM size tires this year, so I faced a similar dilemma with limited options for a matching H-rated staggered set. One thing I have found over the years is that many tires of the same size will vary GREATLY in size depending on manufacturer. Going by experience many of the cheaper overseas brands are undersized when it comes to tread width / contact patch. What makes it even more difficult is most do not provide "tread width" in their specs. Sometimes you will see a 215/60/15 on the rear of a Fiero that looks "skimpy" and doesn't look anything like it did in the 80's. Long story short, with the limited selection and checking specs I ended up going with the Cooper brand Mastercraft Stratus A/S because...

1. One of the few brands that had staggered sizes in H-Rated
2. Are true to size so they have that 80's era correct "beefy" look
3. Have traditional/simple tread pattern, not a modern/exotic tread pattern
4. They make/sell a lot of them
5. Good reviews
6. Made in USA
7. Reasonably priced

I've put 1200 miles on them so far and happy with the choice. (ironic that I worked for Cooper Tire Co in the 80's and these are the first Cooper tires I ever bought)

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As I said at the very top (of the thread) I needed new tires for my 1988 Fiero GT. I have the factory wheels and am holding to the original sized tires. Fronts, 205/60R15. Rears, 215/60R15.

After searching online, I was drawn to tires in these sizes from Laurenn, which is a brand I'd never been aware of. It's a fairly new brand, as the tire game goes. I ran them by (so to speak) my tires guru, who will be installing them for me, and he thought they would be a good choice. "Good value for the money." So I ordered them online from tirebuyer to be shipped to my installer.

Laurenn G FIT AS. They are speed rated "H" and UTQG 500AA. My adviser (guru, installer) suggested I stay away from tires with longer tread life ratings like UTQG 600, 700, or 800. He thinks I will like the road handling more and will not be ill served by not being able to run the tires for as many road miles. Considering that I don't put a lot of miles on my FIero, year in and year out. It's not my daily driver.

So . . . I just had them installed.


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[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 10-28-2021).]