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Which brand of Tire?

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Old 04-04-2005, 11:38 AM
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Which brand of tire do you prefer, and why.
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I had to go with "Other" because I'm running Michelins. I still have '66 Styled Steels on the fastback; and for my money, you've got to run whitewalls with them! The Michelin 205/70s are very smooth-riding, and very sticky on wet streets. I'd recommend them to anybody.
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I run BFG G-Force Drag Tires on the back, they are good & sticky for racing 1/4 mile track, but still good 4 road tires. Radial BFG TA on the front.
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I had to go with "Other" because I'm running Michelins. I still have '66 Styled Steels on the fastback; and for my money, you've got to run whitewalls with them! The Michelin 205/70s are very smooth-riding, and very sticky on wet streets. I'd recommend them to anybody.
Dang, I'm sorry Dan. I just knew there was a few I left off the list. I also left off Toyo and maybe even some others. Michelin has been making great tires for years now, but I understand that Dunlops have really dropped the ball in the last few years, and we all know about the Firestone fiasco.
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Michelins are great tires, I use them on all my other rides. Except for my sons new 350 Z or Fairlady Z as he tag it, it has Goodyear G-1s.
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Michelins are great tires, I use them on all my other rides. Except for my sons new 350 Z or Fairlady Z as he tag it, it has Goodyear G-1s.
I owned a Fairlady Z when I was working in Japan. Man, that bad boy would scream. It's amazing how much HP that 6 banger produced. And, I am also running Goodyears. No problems with them after 2 years, and the tread wear is phenominal. Tough tire......
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LOL most ppl would not know what a Fair Lady Z is. I sure didn't know but my son couldn't wait to detag the 350 Z & put the Fair Lady Z on it. We also installed the Ram Air and the export bar on it. BabyGurl Thought it was a concept car this morning when she looked at the pics. It's the birthday edition in mother pearl yellow with nismo rims powder coated black. Thinks for the heads up!!! I didn't know what Young Son ways getting me into. We also picked up a new murano suv.
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LOL most ppl would not know what a Fair Lady Z is. I sure didn't know but my son couldn't wait to detag the 350 Z & put the Fair Lady Z on it. We also installed the Ram Air and the export bar on it. BabyGurl Thought it was a concept car this morning when she looked at the pics. It's the birthday edition in mother pearl yellow with nismo rims powder coated black. Thinks for the heads up!!! I didn't know what Young Son ways getting me into. We also picked up a new murano suv.
I also owned a Nissan Skyline. After putting some good headers on it, that bad boy also screamed. But, that was when I was in Japan for several years. I enjoy my stangs mostly because there are so many options of what you can do with them both mechanically and physically.
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...most ppl would not know what a Fair Lady Z is...
Okay, I'll bite. What is a Fairlady Z? I was behind one in traffic just last week and was stumped...
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...most ppl would not know what a Fair Lady Z is...
Okay, I'll bite. What is a Fairlady Z? I was behind one in traffic just last week and was stumped...
Well, mine was the equivalent of a 280-Z. But, of course the steering wheel is on the opposite side of the car, cause the Japanese drive on the wrong side.
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