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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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I have BFG KDW's and I love them, any right hand turn you can do at 50 miles per hour and not fishtail is a damn good tire.
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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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I run nitto 555R for summer, and some decent Kumhos for winter. Gotta love that great Wisconsin weather.
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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ICEMAN 31
I have BFG KDW's and I love them, any right hand turn you can do at 50 miles per hour and not fishtail is a damn good tire.
What about left???
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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jmdale1984
I'm not running at the track, but I love my Toyo Proxes 4's. I don't think they can be beat for their quality/performance/price on the street. Drag is a whole different thing though.
That's what I run too. Good all around tire. They grip rather than spin, good in the rain, wear a long time.
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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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I have heard great things from Nittos but I am getting KDW' radial drag in the 275/45/17 combo. Devin
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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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555's on front 555r's on rear
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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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Best street tire I've ever had is the Toyo T1-R. Love them. Awesome treadlife, good traction for a street radial, good looking tread design, not too expensive either.
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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rd_ls1_z
What about left???

left you have to wait for the damn light, unless your in a neighborhood or center lane, and thats just crazy to try a turn that fast. My old riken raptors I took a hairpin at 55 and she whipped about 4 times before getting stable..the cop didn't like that....
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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ICEMAN 31
left you have to wait for the damn light, unless your in a neighborhood or center lane, and thats just crazy to try a turn that fast. My old riken raptors I took a hairpin at 55 and she whipped about 4 times before getting stable..the cop didn't like that....
Just making sure you turn left, we don't need any reverse NASCAR
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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by CaMaRo67RS355
555's on front 555r's on rear
I've had this set up for almost 8k miles and love it. 315s in the rear. I may try out the GS/D3s next just for the hell of it.
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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ICEMAN 31
I have BFG KDW's and I love them, any right hand turn you can do at 50 miles per hour and not fishtail is a damn good tire.
I love my BFG KDW as well.
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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by LrngCrv
I am currently running BFG G-Force TA KDs. Very sticky for street tires, especially when hot. Never saw the bad traction in water that people talk about but I wasn't doing cookies on the highway during a downpour though... I imagine they aren't great on water but I didn't get a F-body to be treading water. Plus I live in Phoenix atm

Very expensive and don't last very long though, I got exactly what I expected. I like them but I think I'll try the Eagle F1 GS-D3s next.
I wish they made the BFG KD in more sizes. The closest to what I run on stock 16" wheels is 205/55ZR16 and that is sacrificing quite a bit of width compared to the 245/50ZR16 BFG KDW that I presently have on the car.
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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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i have eagle fi gs d3's and i couldn't be happier, they seem to hold very well in the rain and are almost always dead hooks on the street, never been to the strip but i'd imagine a dead hook every time. very sexy tread pattern as well with gobs and gobs of tread.
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 07:45 AM
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running falkens, big improvement over goodyear eagles. haul *** in the rain.
255-50-16 w $308 shipped set of 4.
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