Good Tires in the Rain??

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I have toyo proxes FZ4 and the absolutly suck in the rain! I want to get rid of them. so what is a good performance tire with good wet traction?

I have been looking at the Pirelli P Zero Nero and BFGoodrich G-Force T/A KDW. supposedly these two are supposed to have excelent wet traction. anyone have have experience with these tires or any others that do well in the rain?

 

twogts4us

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I am absolutely loving the Bridgestone Potenza RE-750's on my wife's 01. Even with 4.10s, in the pouring FL thunderstorms, I can boogie off the line and now worry. I feel very safe with these tires underneath me, but totally terrified in the rain in my OEM Good(for two)Years - total POS tires are at the end of their life after carefully maintaining them for 22K miles. The Potenza's dry traction is excellent as well. I love em.

 

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Eagle F1's by good year are great in water, and do offer performance to a decent degree on dry weather.

 

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BFG KDWs

 

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what about against hydroplaning??

That's where my Toyo's have the biggest problem. I can go off the line no problem. But once i a cruising on the highway around 60 man it sucks real bad. Hydroplanes like a mother.

 

new22003

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Yokohama avs es 100's are good in the rain and cheap.

 

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KDW's

 

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DJT03GT

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I like my Toyos, I have the proxes T1-S and have no complaints with them in the rain at all.

 

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el_kid_1

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I love my BFG KDW!

 

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DJT03GT said:

I like my Toyos, I have the proxes T1-S and have no complaints with them in the rain at all.

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Concur.....

 

GTn00b

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I just bought Bridgestone Fuzion's and I went out in the rain turned traction control off and didnt have a problem at all.

 

2K1GtfromSC

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Goodyear GS D3's

 

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spikeGT_99

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get the potenza re750s ive had experience w/ these tires, they gripped better in the rain than the stock goodyears did on dry pavement. i swear by them, they get better wet traction than any other tire ive seen , check at tirerack.com they got a good rating system, when i first got these tires i TRIED to make them hydroplane and couldnt do it, love them, and they last around 35k and i wasnt babying them, and cost around 150, great tires

 

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Not cheap but good..

Firestone Firehawk SZ50 (EP)... GREAT in the rain and very sticky in the dry...

A little on the pricey side at ~ $165 each.

 

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I have the KDWs and they are awesome in the rain. I love them.

 

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shock6791 said:

I have the KDWs and they are awesome in the rain. I love them.

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KDWs all the way.

 

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new22003 said:

Yokohama avs es 100's are good in the rain and cheap.

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i had hankook ventus sport k104's & they were great in wet & dry. they have a very similar tread pattern to the yoko avs es100's when the hankooks were new on my last gt i had no problem cutting a 2.0 60ft at the track, without beating on the car. without a doubt if i would have beat on it a little i would have gotten 1.9's with ease

 

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98SteedaStang

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Firestone Firehawks all the way! They are great in the rain and even better when dry!

 

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Look either into BFG KDW or Goodyear F1 GS-D3 if you have more money.

 

YotaMaster

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http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/home.do;jsessionid=BOf2iZjuoh2nFJXTStiuRy1b9Xk4P99EqHHkmKpY4E8UyxHXanba!-1673845832!NONE is the cheapest place to get tires. I run the BFG KDWS and they are the best tire I have seen in the rain, hell all the way around for that matter.