View Poll Results: Which tires???

Nitto NT 555 Extreme Performance

17.14%

BF Goodrich g-Force Sport

22.86%

OTHER & WHY???

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Dec 21, 2009, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bboypuertoroc

Not sure how... maybe it was the religious alignments/rotations. Guess I got lucky.

I rotate my tires every 2 oil changes (6k miles) but I don't do alignments as much as I should...

Dec 21, 2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dambikeracer

1. Yokohama Advan AD-08's
2. Bridgestone RE-11's
3. Dunlop Z-1's
4. Toyo R1R's

Buy a tire made in Japan

I was waiting for someone to post that...yeah I know those are the 4 in the tirerack test...I am looking for tread wear rating of 300, 280 at the lowest & all those tires are like 200 & more then I want to spend right now...

Dec 21, 2009, 10:16 PM

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So my list has changed...In that order too...

1. Sumitomo III
2. Yokohama S-drive
3. BF Goodrich g-Force Sport
4. Nitto NT 555 Extreme Performance

Dec 22, 2009, 08:22 AM

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I am running BF-Goodrich G-Force T/A KDW II's and they have a 300 Tread life and handle pretty good for DD and if you look into them they have good reviews some have issues with them getting loud but with a Aftermarket Turbo Back you wont notice much. I rotate tires seasonally so the KDW's are my summer/spring and fall tires and I use blizzacks in the winter.I am running 245-40ZR17 which weighs the same as the 235-45-17 advans just look at the weight of the tire as well.

Dec 22, 2009, 04:24 PM

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I had the KDW 2s already on my car & they lasted me a while...car handled pretty well with those tires on...I did a good amount of autox with those tires but when I went to the 1/4 i had wheel hop issues with them...so thats what is keeping me from getting them again...

Dec 22, 2009, 04:25 PM

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There are the tires I have already had on my car....

1. Stock Yokos
2. BF KDW 2s
3. RT 615s (current)

Dec 22, 2009, 08:29 PM

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I rotate my tires every 2 oil changes (6k miles) but I don't do alignments as much as I should...

I rotate every 5k and get alignments often since I was big into auto-x and the roads in Hawaii pretty much suck.

Jan 31, 2010, 09:46 AM

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bumping this thread back up...I've narrowed my list down more to just these 3 tires...

1. Sumitomo III
2. Yokohama S-drive
3. Nitto NT 555 Extreme Performance

Mar 24, 2010, 07:20 PM

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what did you decide on

Mar 25, 2010, 09:35 PM

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Dunlop direzza star spec is a great tire. I have a set of 265/40/17's right now. Car rail around corners.

Mar 26, 2010, 10:21 AM

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These, right?

I'm referring to just driving these on dry pavement as well. They sucked, IMO.

If you think they are good by any means, you haven't driven on any good tires then yet. What have you used for tires in the past that you can compare them with?

You are really missing out on one of the best attributes for the evo with those tires. The handling.

Those are it.....I must be on crack then because I think they are great lol
I have been running various potenza's for years and a couple of dunlops, potenza's were nice but cost too much and didn't last long. Maybe I am missing something.