grippiest street tires?

Tasandmnm · Jun 27, 2007

Well back when Nitto was first becoming popular everyone raved about how gret of a high performance street tire it was....are the 555s still about the best you can get for the money performance wise? I remember the BFG KDs were top of the line for street but I havent seen them at any of the major retailers lately so I assume they have been discontinued?

Deleted member 87397 · Jun 27, 2007

BFG now makes the KDW II's which are pretty sweet from what I understand. Check em out at the tirerack

superspec · Jun 27, 2007

azenis rt615. about the stickiest you will find. they are one of the best autocross tires on the market other than r compounds.

87_stang · Jun 27, 2007

I have Riken Raptors and they seem to do the trick. Since putting these on it really takes getting into the gas to get 2nd gear spinning if I spin through 1st and they warm up a tad. I don't race my car so its kind of annoying sometimes when I do want to break loose through a few gears but not be too hard on the tranny.

cenok is family · Jun 27, 2007

Tasandmnm · Jun 27, 2007

cenok is family said:

Well those dont really fit my description of street tires I think to meet those standards it has to be something that won't kill you in the rain.

BigHairyMonkey · Jun 27, 2007

kdw II's are prob the stickiest street tire around and they look awesome as well

Aliate X · Jun 27, 2007

Tasandmnm said:
Well those dont really fit my description of street tires I think to meet those standards it has to be something that won't kill you in the rain.

Once again Aliate X to the rescue of drag radials myths......

I drove my MT ET radials through that recent noreaster we had up here back and forth to work. They skate around a little bit if you hit a puddle like Im talking a few inches but nothing more than that. Honestly you get used to it. It would feel weird any other way for me lol.

Tasandmnm · Jun 27, 2007

Eh I plan to have some backup rear wheels with either some Nitto or MT DR's on anyway so I may as well get something just a *little* safer in the rain.

GreatWhite · Jun 27, 2007

still got Nitto 555's on mine, still love 'em

Aliate X · Jun 27, 2007

Tasandmnm said:
Eh I plan to have some backup rear wheels with either some Nitto or MT DR's on anyway so I may as well get something just a *little* safer in the rain.

nitto 555R's are actually really good in the rain, I had a set of those too.

DigitalGhost · Jun 27, 2007

While we're on the subject of tires here... What do you guys think of the Falken Azenis ST115?

Rock777 · Jun 28, 2007

General Exclaim UHP's!!! Read about them on tirerack, rated #1 out of 46 tires.

I can tell you first-hand that these tires were the best street tires I ever had. I cut low 1.9x's all night on them at the track, with the same tire pressure I run on the street, and I honestly was still only getting a chirp and go. There is no doubt these have potential to break in the 1.8x's. To be honest, I actually was second guessing the power of my car because they hooked so good on the street.

I recently went from 17's to 18's and they don't make them to fit because I would have them again in a heartbeat. The best part is how reasonably they are priced too, can't beat em!

SVT32VDOHC · Jun 28, 2007

BFG KD's will be the closest street tire to a drag radial. The KDW's are great too and less expensive, a lot less than the KD's.

funkytrunk92 · Jun 28, 2007

Rock777 said:
General Exclaim UHP's!!! Read about them on tirerack, rated #1 out of 46 tires.

I can tell you first-hand that these tires were the best street tires I ever had. I cut low 1.9x's all night on them at the track, with the same tire pressure I run on the street, and I honestly was still only getting a chirp and go. There is no doubt these have potential to break in the 1.8x's. To be honest, I actually was second guessing the power of my car because they hooked so good on the street.

I recently went from 17's to 18's and they don't make them to fit because I would have them again in a heartbeat. The best part is how reasonably they are priced too, can't beat em!

Thats good to hear. I just put generals on my car. Haven't tested them yet, but once I get the car going, I look forward to it!

bloopbloob · Jun 28, 2007

+1 for the KDW's. put some on my car recently and i was very impressed. i used to spin out all the time when i didnt even want to. now, it takes A LOT to get them spinning. they also ride amazing! thats the first thing i noticed. car rides much smoother and quieter. i think about $160 each at tirerack.com

mantix33 · Jun 28, 2007

cenok is family said:

now these are what i need, how much are they... are these the MT drag radials?

cenok is family · Jun 28, 2007

mantix33 said:
now these are what i need, how much are they... are these the MT drag radials?

yep. depending on size, summit has the ET streets (top ones) for between 160-170 each and the ET street radials (bottom ones) for between 155-190 each

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