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Old 03-02-2009, 05:00 PM
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im going to put some tires on the rear and im trying to decide between nittos nt bfgoodrich or mickey thompson drag radials which would be better?
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Old 03-02-2009, 05:07 PM
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how much do you drive the car and how much track time do you see with it?
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Old 03-02-2009, 07:19 PM
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well if i get the tires i will start going to track maybe every 2 weeks and the car always stays in garage i only take it out for a cruise on some weekends but yesterday i was out and i was going to pass a car and i downshifted to 3rd and accelarated and my car skid sideways good thing i got control of it
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Old 03-02-2009, 07:21 PM
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Get the M/T Drag Radials and forget about it.
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Old 03-02-2009, 07:35 PM
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wheres the best place to order them from i was thinking of summit but if anybody knows of another website with lower price please let me know
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Old 03-02-2009, 09:06 PM
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since you dont drive the car that often, and your close to a track i would go with the mickey's too, i just purchased a set of 315/35 nitto DR's for my 94, but i drive more often, and the two closest tracks to me are both over an hour, so its only once every couple months maybe... but i drove my car for the first time with them yesterday, and even being 25 degree outside, it was am improvement over the sumitomos that were on it. go with mickey's and you wont be kickin out sideways downshifting to 3rd anymore, thats for sure
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:33 AM
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I'd go with the Nitto DR's as I've had great luck with them on the streets & track...
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Old 03-03-2009, 10:31 AM
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:01 PM
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the only thing i don't get is where it says its not for use on the highway

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Old 03-03-2009, 10:01 PM
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