sorry, i just saw a thread that asked for people Thoughts on Sumitomo tires
...and was just giving my thoughts... and my thoughts are that you potential Sumitomo buy better tires...Unless you are into drifting because drifters burn up tires so fast that sumi's are sweet because they are cheap...dirt cheap
...other than that those tires are :BS:
So you are saying when a car is moving you can tell what brand of tire it has on and determine it's a cheap car from there
. Guess you also a tire expert to be able to tell what tires are what from the tread pattern? I assume you look at people's clothing and pass judgment about them as well? Guess it's along the same lines of thinking someone has a low level of education by their grammar. Excerpt about tires used by competition drifters:
The tires under a drift car aren’t hardcompound, junk rubber that’s easy to break loose. Far from it. Drifters use ultra- high- performance tires that offer plenty of grip when needed and can withstand the tremendous heat generated by all that wheel spin. It’s common for a drift car to use up several sets of tires— particularly rear tires—during a day of competition, so tire sponsorship is very important to these teams. The tires under the Falken 240SXs are Falken’s Azenis RT-615s). RMR Racing is sponsored by Yokohama, and the GTO rides on AVS ES100s. BFGoodrich is Signal Auto’s tire supplier (Signal’s “Drift Twin s” were prominently displayed in BFG’s SEMA Show booth last year), and the team’s preferred tire is the g - Force KD.
As you can see, a little more thought goes into tires choice than "we go through a lot of tires, might as well get the cheap ones". For the most part anyways, it's more about the driver than what tire you have. I've been able to get 1.9 60' times with these cheap sumo's while others are getting the same with DRs. Personally, I have the Sumo's on the car b/c I:
A) Don't race on the street, nor do I go romping around down so why do I need an expensive high performance tire for DD duty?
B) Have a second set of wheels that is waiting for DRs for track duty.
Pick a tire based on what you are planning on doing with the car. If you are DD'ing it and that is your only set of tires that you also track with, would probably be worth spending the extra money for the overall better performing tire. If you have another set for the track and you DD your car, then the Sumo's would work just fine as a commuter tire while giving you good mileage out of them.
Just bought some chrome 03 Cobra wheels and about to buy some tires.
