Need help with good STRONG tires

[ZoomZoomH]

i think the Protege5 is totally the wrong car to put 1300lbs of stereo equipment in

get a SUV (with a REAL cargo load rating) for that or something

 

[TheMAN]

You are trying to put lipstick on a pig. You should have checked the vehicle specs before loading that much weight into your car.

My P5, with me in it, weights almost exactly 3000 pounds. Assuming you weigh around 150, and then adding in 1300 pounds more, your driven vehicle is 4300 pounds. Now look at the owner's manual page 10-6. The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating is at most 3691 (for the automatic), 600 pounds less than what yours is. Gross Axle Weight Rating for the rear axle on the P5 is only 1720 pounds, I'm estimating you have 2800 on yours.

If you want to make the car safe to drive, then you need to lighten it by at least 600 pounds, and most likely also redistribute the weight so that it isn't all in the back. Until then, the car is not going to be safe to drive (other than at 5 mph, onto and off of a trailer), no matter what tires you put on it.

right... and the stock springs and struts are ONLY designed for that gross weight... and that's a long shot as far as extended use

he needs stiffer springs (NOT lowering springs, did I say that?) and struts to compensate for the weight.... a sagging suspension is going to do all sorts of ****** up s***.... the toe will be off and obviously the camber

and he wonders why his car eats tires and blew that strut