New Viper Owner

[Copperhd]

Hello everyone! I am the new owner of a 2005 Viper Copperhead #130. I am still waiting for the car to arrive from Iowa. The car has 15K original miles and it has the original run flat tires. I am having a heck of a time finding tires, run flat or not. Can someone suggest how I find tires? Are there substitute sizes? Any help would be appreciated, and I am very excited to be a new Viper owner. Good to be here

 

[Old School]

You don't have to run 345's in the rear, you can bump up to 355's

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?gclid=CjwKCAjwx4O4BhAnEiwA42SbVAqnIjGXA1i8mZq8bCHNqcmmz9oCXVimyTDv0YZyTAv95me5oGgpWRoClwQQAvD_BwE&width=355%2F&ratio=30&diameter=19&ef_id=CjwKCAjwx4O4BhAnEiwA42SbVAqnIjGXA1i8mZq8bCHNqcmmz9oCXVimyTDv0YZyTAv95me5oGgpWRoClwQQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!3756!3!686518237360!!!g!!&gclsrc=aw.ds&&affiliate=HM5&gad_source=1

 

[daveg]

Look up Jon B

 

[Copperhd]

I am in contact with him, thank you! He does have tires in stock.

 

[Copperhd]

And thank to Old School. Going to 355’s frees up some more choices.

 

[sssikvipe]

go with Jon B. You'll get great service and fast delivery

 

[Copperhd]

I did contact Jon B. He gave me a price on a set of tires and when I asked him what brands he had available he got offended for some reason. All I wanted to know is what tires he was recommending.

 

[Copperhd]

I have since talked to Jon B. He was pretty slammed and I was “kicking tires”, pun intended.

 

[SA HEAT]

I did contact Jon B. He gave me a price on a set of tires and when I asked him what brands he had available he got offended for some reason. All I wanted to know is what tires he was recommending.

If you haven't dealt with Jon, that's just him. He can be off-putting at times, but he's really a pretty good guy once you get to know him. He apparently gets some people who take up his time while using him as a resource for his expertise, and then they go elsewhere to make a purchase....that's why he can get short sometimes, which is understandable. He explained it to me a while back when we had "words" when he thought I was doing that to him.

And he still may be the only dude in the U.S., and maybe the world, who was capable of acquiring an ACR-X oil fill cap that didn't have an ACR-X engine attached to it, when I was looking to buy one. I challenged him on his tag line and found that when he says he can get anything for a Viper, he means it. Great resource for the Viper community.