What type of tires do you use?

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Old 05-28-2007, 12:44 PM
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Im in the market to buy some tires for street with a 3200ss stall i just purchased.. so traction is an issue for me and i was just wondering what type of tires would be applicable for me? and what type you used
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Nittos. Keep in mind though. Nitto 555R + wet roads = F-Body Kryptonite. Well, that and Termies.
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some F1 or GS-D3 tires should work.
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dnt mean to thread hijack what bout tires that are good for rain and have great performance is there such thing.
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ill be running 315 gsd-3s once my car gets back
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how do those gsd3 or f1 hook up compared to nittos dr? i hear nittos are better all around dr tire than bfg's! cuz im looking at a 3200 stall also, and all i hear from people is that you would need atleast some dr to hook up on the street?
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Originally Posted by TXZ28LS1
how do those gsd3 or f1 hook up compared to nittos dr? i hear nittos are better all around dr tire than bfg's! cuz im looking at a 3200 stall also, and all i hear from people is that you would need atleast some dr to hook up on the street?
the bfg's hook better than the nitto's but once it rains those bfgs suck *****. i had them and drove 55 on the freeway still feeling the *** of my car floating on top. i heard the gsd-3s are very good rain tire and pretty good at dry traction.
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I like the Falken RT-615. They replaced a set of BFG KD and did it very well.

My car is a daily driver so I won't run DR's. I'll be getting a set for the front before too long.
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i usedto run nitto DRs on m daily driver. good all around tire. they were frine in the rain also
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im running bfgs all around + 315s out back and i have not had a single issue with them even in rain!!
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I roll Falkens..

Then when they ask I can say my FALKEN tires just kept spinning..
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i run nitto 555's and the previous owner had the same ones all around and lasted 32k miles, not bad for a sport tire and they do alright
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I'm sitting on 335/35 Michelin Pilot's on a 17x12 out back and they hook pretty good for a street tire
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BFG KD's offer the best of both worlds, but they aint cheap.
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Daily driven M/T ET streets, they are alright in the rain, but mine now have about 25k miles on them and are horrible once it gets wet!

Other than that they are great!
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I like nittos on a car that sees the rain. M/T Radials are about the best hooking street tire Ive ever owned but I only got 5k out of them.
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im new to the tire section, so what does this mean "im runnin 315's out back"?

i have 245/50r16 97h all around on the stock trans am "rim" and im lookin for new "rims" to get as well, ive decided after the stall ive gotten im done with performance for now. so if i get new rims preferably 17's im curious to know if i can run bigger tires.. do bigger tires mean better tracion?
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I've been a diehard fan of Toyo's since my first set of T1S's... I've moved on to Toyo Proxes 4's and they are awesome, wet or dry, and they have a decent tread life.
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http://www.toyo.com/docs/tires/tires...category=sport

^^ +1 for toyo proxy 4's. was searching them the other day, i like the aggressive tread and looks good for wet. wonder what the tread life is
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Tread life's about 40,000 for me... if I keep em rotated well. The T1r's had a lot less treadlife.



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