What Brand Tire Is Everyone Running?

[92GreenGT]

Needing new rear tires for the fox, the nitto DR's are shot(not tread wise but they are coming apart at the sides... )

Wanting to get back to a street radial instead of a DR since I'm buying 15" DR's for the track. Looking for something "good", I know a lot of the Cobra guys run the KDW II tires, looking for 275/40/17's I guess.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations, personal experiences preferred.

 

[BK_CAULEY]

Sumitomo tires and they gotta be run flats......

 

[fiveohwblow]

Ive ran em all almost and have my preferences, but I have noticed this is like an exhaust thread. There will be multiple camps. What tires aside from the nittos did you like in the past? I would go with those. I did love my 555's and they lasted me 7 years and 20k miles with several passes... If you like nitto's roll with those

 

[fiveohwblow]

Sumitomo tires and they gotta be run flats......

Had those on the wifes 330i and they wore out ALL the time. I know I know, its a performance tire and all, but DAYUM of all my tires they went too quickly for me. The wife wasnt performance driving at all and we got about 10k out of a set

 

[302GTS]

I hate the Sumi's on my car. They're like HTR+ or something. The first week I had them, they were AWESOME. Cut 1.9 short times consistently on them at the track. Now.... After a week, and maybe 5 passes with no burnouts, just a bit of wheelspin, I was back to spinning through first on my bone stock 5.0 with 245 tires... Come on now, that's just sad. They HAVE lasted 10k miles though, which I can't complain about - they're still on the car. They're just... Not that good. Always heard good things about KDW's!

 

[NIKwoaC]

BFG G-Force Sports. Cheap, sticky, decent speed rating (149mph, IIRC). Seem to have good life, too. Just don't drive them in snow or ice. I got stuck in my driveway one winter just backing it out of the garage. There was MAYBE 1/2" of snow.

 

[srtthis]

GSD3 few guys i know running them and all of them love them. i have no reason to run them on my S70 but i may run them up front on the LX when i get new rubber

 

[1991notchbackLX]

M&H drag radials FTMFW. I'm running 325's on the back of my '99 and it's the closest thing to having a full slick on the car I've ever felt. They dead hook ice cold and my car makes 457 ft/lb of torque at 2100 RPM. I've driven the car in the rain without an issue as well. Just my experience.

 

[66sprint6]

BFG G-Force Sports.

YES!!! Ive run GForce Sports on some ponys and on a set of 17" cobra Rs and loved em both!
Matt

 

[1dark92gt]

i run mickey thompson drag radials 275/40/17 great tire but doesnt last that long.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec

 

[SMOKEDYA]

i have always ran BFG KDW's love them. Had 1 pair of GSD3's those were good also,I also like yokahama's!Drag radial mickys! peace



john

 

[TokyoJoe]

For street tires I say 555's or GSD3's, both good performance tires

 

[Tanus]

I dont care about traction, in fact, I like spinning um at like 60mph, haha, so I just run the cheap futura tires from pep boys.

 

[fiveohwblow]

See my point? I think I have counted 8 differing tires and opinions in 13 posts...

 

[7upstang91]

BFG G-Force Sports. Cheap, sticky, decent speed rating (149mph, IIRC). Seem to have good life, too. Just don't drive them in snow or ice. I got stuck in my driveway one winter just backing it out of the garage. There was MAYBE 1/2" of snow.

No! I burn through those faster in my GTO then I do mickey thompson drag radials on a daily driven mustang with way more torque. Not all that sticky or cheap.

 

[92GreenGT]

Oh yes, I knew there would be different opinions.

I like the tire Mustang5L5 posted but they don't offer a 275 on that site. Anyone used the KDW II on their fox?

 

[rd]

1st choice BFG kdws on my Bullitt. Awesome at 37k miles. BFG Drag Radials on the 82

2nd choice Michelins

3rd choice Uniroyal Laredos on the F150

next-the cheapest thing the tire store has, for the Chevelle, for skinnies, for the 89 coupe

 

[Shaolin Crane]

Hoosier R6's

 

[NIKwoaC]

See my point? I think I have counted 8 differing tires and opinions in 13 posts...

Haha, yep. Maybe after this we can do a "which shifter?" or "what lowering springs?" thread.

No! I burn through those faster in my GTO then I do mickey thompson drag radials on a daily driven mustang with way more torque. Not all that sticky or cheap.

Are we talking about the same tire? I had a set on my Fox for probably 3 or 4 years before I finally retired them. Its the tire of choice for Skip Barber racing schools, and they're like 20-30$ cheaper than most similar tires.