John Millican

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I have the ultra Z's on my Camaro and love them. They hook very well for street tires and price.
I just acquired another IROC and wanted to get some Ultra Z's for the rear to replace the bald tires that came with it. I went to the local PepBoys which is the only place to get them and the tire guy said they were discontinued with no replacement. Does anyone here know if they are truly discontinued or where to get replacements from? I do have warranty on the old ones and if something happened to them what would I get in exchange?

JMD83

After working at PepBoys for over 4 years, all I am able to tell you is that the "FUTURA" tires are made by COOPER... Most of the COOPER tire look very similar to their FUTURA couunterparts. You might want to research and see if there is a comparable tire in the COOPER line that matches the specs on the FUTURA.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

P.S.
I used to have the FUTURA GTX on my Firebird I had... They were speed rated as "H" and performed very well considerring what they actually cost. This may also be an option for you. They have recently updated the tire to GTX II. The only difference I saw was that now there is more siphing in the tread.

John Millican

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Do you know which Coopers the Ultra Z's were modeled after?

Teal91rs

Whatever you do dont use the futura GLS series tires they dont hook worth a **** for me. Im runin the 295/50/15 on my monte and i cut a lovely 2.3 60 on them

JMD83

Not quite sure which they are modeled after... I will try and find out.

LilJayV10

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I have Ultra Z'a, 255/50/16's on my bird, I cut a 1.84 60ft, ran a 7.84 in the 1/8, in a t top car with no suspension mods. I really like the tires, good wet traction too.

John Millican

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I agree, they are an excellent tire for the money. I too have cut a 1.94 60 ft with them. I would like to keep them all the way around on both my 3rd gens but PepGirls discontinued them. Duh!

Timz2882

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yes they are discontinued. i still work for pepboys (past 2 1/2 yrs and goin). i dont think we carry any other tirethat hooks just as well. but since were carring BFG, goodyear, and michelen now.

Pony Killer

they are cooper cobra's

Pep boys seems to be changing over over to the made in korea hankook junky tires.. stay away from the ventus tires.. they are noisey and have terrible traction in the winter

John Millican

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Good news. I contacted PepBoys home office and they were very helpful. They did a store search and found a store in FL that had the 2 tires left in stock in my size. They will ship them to my local store for free. These might be the last of the Ultra Z's left.

Timz2882

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we have 2 ultra-z sizes 225/60/16 thats it in my area. no one has any other ultra-z

JMD83

Here is what I found on Cooper Tire's website;

http://www.coopertires.com/us/en/Pro...#sizesAndSpecs

Hope this helps...
GOOD LUCK!

John Millican

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John Millican

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I saw those JMD. The tread pattern doesn't match at all. Luckly I have a set of NOS Ultra Z's coming from another PepBoys store in my 245/50-16 size. They should be here next week. This is the last of the Ultra Z's in our 16" size throughout the USA.

JMD83

Yeah, I know the tread doesn't match, but the specs should be the same if you want to stay with the same tire next time you need to change... Possibly an entire set. Those should perform the same once you use up the last of the Ultra Z's...

Just a suggestion... Enjoy the tires you found!

John Millican

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Your right JMD. I know sometime in the future I will need more tires, I'll keep those Coopers in mind......

JMD83

No problem... Just glad to have been one of the many here who have been able to help someone else out!

It feels good giving back a little after receiving all the info I have on these boards...

You're welcome and thanks!

xanax

that sucks. they even had them in 275/40/17s for a corvette. they were cheap and had good grip. i had them on both a corvette and iroc

LilJayV10

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it's just like anything else, they finally make something that works good and then they stop making it. freakin idiots.

IROCThe5.7L

I have those on my car currently

mightymaro94

another option made by cooper is actually quite cheap, the mastercraft avengers, had them before i got my cobra's, look almost identical and perform very awesome, i was runnin 235/60's all the way around.