Tread life for BFG g-Force T/A KDWS?
08-08-2007, 11:52 PM
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Tread life for BFG g-Force T/A KDWS?
I have 15k on the 235/50ZR18s that came on the car and I'm wondering approximately how many miles I can expect with "normal" daily driving and regular rotation?
"Normal" =no major burnouts but I do occasionally chirp them with TCS on and I do like to drive the corners fairly aggressively.
The BFG and other tire review sites that I found just say, "long tread life," (thank you
) and broader searches yield customer reviews sayinganywhere from 20k to over 45k.
My plan is to get the most out of the stock rubber then do a full suspension upgrade with better tires included.
Real world experience or if you can point me to a web site with info would be appreciated.
"Normal" =no major burnouts but I do occasionally chirp them with TCS on and I do like to drive the corners fairly aggressively.
The BFG and other tire review sites that I found just say, "long tread life," (thank you
) and broader searches yield customer reviews sayinganywhere from 20k to over 45k.My plan is to get the most out of the stock rubber then do a full suspension upgrade with better tires included.
Real world experience or if you can point me to a web site with info would be appreciated.
08-09-2007, 12:36 PM
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RE: Tread life for BFG g-Force T/A KDWS?
I've got close to 44,000 miles on mine (235-50-18), but I'm currently tire shopping. They are still not bald, but the edges wore out due to the front coming out of alignment. I've been drag racing a couple times on them and have made roughly 10 passes total with a little burnout each time. I've also done a burnout or two on the streets leaving twook stripes of rubber each time. I'm down to the indicators between the treadsthat tell you to"buy more tires".
I'm currently looking at either the BFG KDW (N/T) or Falken FK-452 in a 255-45-18 I'm leaning toward the KDW since I know very little about Falken tires other than they create a lot of smoke on drift cars. However, by the tread pattern, the Falkens look like they may be good all season tires...but the KDW tread looks cool...I'm getting the KDW. Sorry about the random thought posting.
I'm currently looking at either the BFG KDW (N/T) or Falken FK-452 in a 255-45-18 I'm leaning toward the KDW since I know very little about Falken tires other than they create a lot of smoke on drift cars. However, by the tread pattern, the Falkens look like they may be good all season tires...but the KDW tread looks cool...I'm getting the KDW. Sorry about the random thought posting.
08-09-2007, 10:26 PM
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RE: Tread life for BFG g-Force T/A KDWS?
i was on 2nd set of kdw's and just switched to the 452s.kdw was just to hard.452s, i'm running 30lbs.all the way around and they ride better.just had rain in phoenix and there'r about the same in the wet.