Megan the Merlot M edition

[Senor_Taylor]

Got Dunlop Direzza DZ102 tires in 205/50/15 which is wider than the stock tires by a little. The shop installed them and did an alignment for a little over $400 which is fantastic. It's a 460 treadwear which is way higher than I wanted to do, but Sport Comp 2's were on back order everywhere and the all of the 200 TW tires would have been > $500 before I even got them installed. My old tires actually were cracking between the tread blocks, so I was pretty worried. Initial impressions are "Wow". Nicest tire I've ever had. I'm sure they won't be amazing to autocross, but they'll surely be better than 9 year old "Mirada GTX"s. They are so smooth and quiet. They don't make noise when I turn the wheel and they are so soft to ride on. They are also balanced, which improves things a lot.



They even did a free alignment. I asked them to crank up the camber and caster in the front if possible so I wouldn't roll the shoulders as much autocrossing.



First major credit card purchase, so nothing for the Miata until it's paid off. I'll be testing these tires in 2 weeks in Danville.