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Old 03-03-2005, 01:46 PM
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Default Sumi,Nitto or Toyo------->HELP!!!!

What do u like better......285/35/18
Nitto Extreme
Toyo T1S (looks badass)
Sumitomo HTZII

Sumi is 14 bucks cheaper per tire than the Nitto
Toyo is 5 bucks cheaper per tire than the Nitto

Toy is 11 more per tire than the Sumi....

Whats the best tire for the $$$$$
Driving rain/dry and good wear but no winter driving (snow)..
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Dunlop SP9000 or the Goodyear gsd3 or whatever it's called look good and about $250 each.
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I can buy any of these 3 tires I just put up for under 180 a tire.
These are the 3 that I'm choosing,anyone else..
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I can buy any of these 3 tires I just put up for under 180 a tire.
These are the 3 that I'm choosing,anyone else..
I'm looking at similar choices + the Yoko or BFG KDW.
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i have the toyo t1s on the back of my car, grip awesome dry, and very suprised how well they do in the rain. im going to try the nittos next because i heard so many good things about them from my friends. toyos do look badass, but im not really worried about how they look, i would try the nittos
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I'm going with the Toyo,looks too good and its rated very high...
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Where are you getting them for 180 a piece?
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175 a piece....
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How is the tread life on the Toyo? I do mostly highway driving and I have been looking at these since my girl friends father is a tire distributer and he can get me a good deal on these
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280 AA/A I bet they will wear rather quick...
But I could be wrong,I only drive my car 5K a yr anyway
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get them at edgeracing.com i got them for like 158 a tire i put 20,000 miles on them very good dry traction raced abotu 30 tiimes on the tires but when they wear down to liek 5/32 road noise out the ***




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