Help me with tire selection please

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02-09-2008, 07:13 PM

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blk07gt

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RE: Help me with tire selection please

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ORIGINAL: richmod

I'm currently runnning the stock 18" BFG KDW on stock fanblades. Will need to replace them soon (keeping the fanblades). Any recommendations on a tire that isn't TOO much more costly than the BFG's? Main issue I have with the BFG'sis noise, but if something else also gives other benefits (traction, looks), then great. I guessI don't want to go much more than $125 per tire. Suggestions?

honestly the KDW's are your best bet unless you want to go to the $170 range. They are loud but if you go to any other tire in that price range then you won't get near the same preformance.

02-09-2008, 11:02 PM

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FyouGitive

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RE: Help me with tire selection please

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I would recommend mine, but people don't usually like spending the money for those. But I've yet to find a tire that performs better better and works high speed dry and rain.

Michelin Pilotsport PS2 275-40-18 rear
265-35-18 front

I have Pilot Sport PS2s on 19-inch wheels. They are quieter than any others I've used, I think; although they do make noise, it's of a different character, more tolerable than the Pirelli originals or next-try Bridgestone RE-01Rs.

As for performance, the PS2s are reputed to wear out relatively quickly, but inevery other parameter is top of the list. They also make a lowered Mustang on short sidewallsfeel like an expensive, long-legged highway rocket on the long stretches, and like a racing car on the ramps and in the twisties. But expensive. If I drove my car more than 3-400 miles per month, I'd have had second thoughts.

A note: these are the only street tires I've tried that seem to make a "burnout" worthwhile: that one rear tire that spins really did seem to grip better after a five-second warmup (vulcanized some rubber of unknown provenance to the "mudflap" on that side, too!).