Newbie tires question?
06-23-2009, 05:12 PM
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Newbie tires question? Could someone please explain the differances between these tires for me 
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slicks, stickies, radials, streets. I know the tread plays a part, and slicks have no tread. What are the differances in the others?
I have been recommended Goodyear GS D3s on a 315/35/17 in the rear for better traction around corners with some use in the rain possable, but not planned. Are these considered stickies?
Thanks for the help.
?slicks, stickies, radials, streets. I know the tread plays a part, and slicks have no tread. What are the differances in the others?
I have been recommended Goodyear GS D3s on a 315/35/17 in the rear for better traction around corners with some use in the rain possable, but not planned. Are these considered stickies?
Thanks for the help.
Last edited by taws6; 06-25-2009 at 01:57 PM.
06-25-2009, 02:56 PM
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IMHO . . . Slicks and Stickies are one and the same . . . Dedicated drag race tire can be radial or bias ply. Usually not street legal.
I guess a Sticky could be construde as a road race tire too . . . which would be a radial, and also not street legal.
Radial, I hope that one is self explanitory . . . that is the tire construction.
Street . . . a tire with tread and usually DOT approved.
A Goodyear F1 GS D3? . . . that a is a normal Street Radial Tire . . . Classified as a Maximum Summer Performance Tire.
I guess a Sticky could be construde as a road race tire too . . . which would be a radial, and also not street legal.
Radial, I hope that one is self explanitory . . . that is the tire construction.
Street . . . a tire with tread and usually DOT approved.
A Goodyear F1 GS D3? . . . that a is a normal Street Radial Tire . . . Classified as a Maximum Summer Performance Tire.
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