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12-09-2007, 12:54 AM

dmbeard

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sticky tires

Im in the market for some new tires.I'm in college so im on a budget. Looking for some suggestions as to which tires hook up the best for the money paid. They need to fit factory 17" wheels. I do not care about anything but performance per dollar and a decent tread life, so any issues with road noise etc... need not be mentioned.

12-09-2007, 03:21 AM

Diabolical!

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RE: sticky tires

Can you afford about $600? If your goal is better track times, Brenspeed.com sells a pair of M/T ET Street Slicks and a pair of 17" stock wheels for about $600. I bought them and couldn't be happier. I put them on when I go to the track and take them off when I leave.

12-09-2007, 07:40 AM

moosestang

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RE: sticky tires

I think he means stickiest street tires.

12-09-2007, 10:03 AM

drbobvs

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RE: sticky tires

Best street tires for the money, IMO are 1)General Exclaim UHP 2) Toyo Proxes T1R 3) Nitto 555 I'll try to post CR's most recent tests of performance tires too if I can find it.

12-09-2007, 10:05 AM

drbobvs

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RE: sticky tires

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Falken Ziex ZE-912
$123

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12-09-2007, 10:07 AM

MusiccityGT

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RE: sticky tires

BFG KDW2's. Back before D/R's were a definate"mustdo"for me, I was pulling 1.68, 1.69 60 foots on them. I am still running them on the street. 30k miles and tons of tread left.

12-09-2007, 10:11 AM

drbobvs

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RE: sticky tires

I can't get better than 2.0 60ft on mine.

12-09-2007, 10:18 AM

jayel579

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RE: sticky tires

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ORIGINAL: drbobvs

Best street tires for the money 2) Toyo Proxes T1R 3) Nitto 555

+1 Cant go wrong with any of those tires. Throw in Falken's also.

12-09-2007, 10:19 AM

UrS4

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RE: sticky tires

Honestly,

This is what I would do:

Nitto 555s 255/50/17

They will fit your stock 17x8 rims perfectly, same stock diameter tire.

Cost is less than $150 per tire from discount tire direct

Far and away the best tire for the money