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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:06 PM
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has anyone ever had tires worse then this, i already have a set of tires on order but wont get them till thursday, but in the mean time i still have to drive on my nittos. i just thougth id share with you guys how blad these bitches are.


im a lil scared to still be driving on em
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:10 PM
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Curious how they hook now off a launch? How many miles did they last?
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:20 PM
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That ain't ****.

You're fine for a little bit. I've got BFG DR's on my car right now worse than that. They have been bald for awhile and have the chords showing in multiple spots. The sidewall is also weather checked.

In the past I've had nothing but chords showing on the tires. Both sides, from the inner sidewall to the outter.......just chords. Needless to say I ran those quite a bit farther than anyone should ever do, but doing burnouts is so easy, and finding the time to go to the tire store and buy new ones is so hard sometimes.
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 12:58 AM
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ok good, um i got about 5k miles out of em. they still hook up damn well, very impressive i put my buddys yokoies es100s on there to see what a 275 would look like i drove it around and got a good lanuch on them, they did nothin but spin my nittos would out hook em any day bald, its still amazing how well they hook. but in rain is a totally different story....
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 01:17 AM
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5k? what kinda MPG were you getting w/that?!
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 07:45 AM
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Until I see belts . . . .
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 02:14 PM
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I remember driving over 100 miles behind another ls1tech member (who will remain nameless) while the steel belts on his BFG's were showing the whole time
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Xsta Z 28
Until I see belts . . . .
Exactly! I don't see any belts yet, so you should be ok.
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Just be careful... with tires that bald, it won't take much for the back end to come around and you to total your car. I wouldn't mess around with it, just not worth it.


But to each his own....
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