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What tires do you run?

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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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Just curious as to what the general public uses for street application... This is just general so sorry if the options are simply limited to Goodyear and Nitto, those seem to be the most popular.... i'm also pretty new when it comes to tires.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:02 AM
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Unfortunately the stock ones.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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BF Goodrich for the '00
Mickey Thompson for the '95
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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Gy Gs D3
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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kumho excsta supras
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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bfg drag radials
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 11:04 AM
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I use both Mickey Thompson 325/50/15 ET Street Radials and 295/35/18 F1 Supercars.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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Eagle F1 GS-D3 315's on the rear and 275's on the front. Excellent tire in wet and dry conditions in my experience.
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always a drag radial in rear and f-1 in front or mabye some other front tire when the time comes.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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BFG KDW's all around. Plan to go for a DR in back once i get a converter and when itss time for new tires.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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I use BFG drag radials on weekends, eagle F1 supercars on the street for normal driving(i have mickey thompson street radials waiting to put on) and mickey thompson et drags for the track .
My house is a tire shop lol
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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BFG KDW's up front and BFG G-force Drag radials in the back.
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BF Goodrich G-force KDW, 275/40/17 all-around.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 01:36 PM
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I beleive there is a HUGE thread on this in the wheel/tire section with many pages and lots of poll results..

But anyways I run BFG KDW 275/40/17 all around
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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fuzion zri, i was poor at the time of purchase
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 05:54 PM
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im running Riken Raptors right now because I was short on cash when I bought them, my next set will be Nittos
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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BFGs on the front. And the new Mickey Thompson 315/35/17s in the rear.
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I run 275 nitto dr's. when i get new tires they will most likely be the extreme dr 2.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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BFG KDW's 275 all the way around and I will never go back
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 06:39 PM
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Kuhmo Ecsta SPT's
They were comparable to all others and alot Cheaper.
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