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Which tyres are good for road + spirited driving and the ocassional drags without burning a hole in my pocket ?

Looking at 235s and 255s

one more thing, whats the largest width that would fit under GTST guards ? both front and rear ?

*thanks guys*

will really appreciate your help. Thanks again !

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i'm running 275/30/19 in the back falken 451's

they are ok new ..a bit slippy after 5000 k's

Preceda's come in 245/35 only for 19's but have heard some good reviews..about $ 560 ea

i found some hankook k104 's for 400 ae 275/30 but dont know how good they are ...they look huge though :D

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Originally posted by EnricoPalazzo

Simex baby! Good for launches!

i had them, they were pretty good.

not i've got a set of the new Dunlop 3000A.

they shit all over the simex. The use them on XR6t/XR8's.

they are very decent.

and what rim size you got?

if you've only got say... 16x8 then it's useless going to 255's

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The best tyres I've given a bit to are Kumo 712's but I haven't tried the tyres mentioned above so I can't compare.

But still they seem to be pretty good tyres for there price.

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OK I have had the following - all either 235/45/17 or 255/40/17

Goodyear Eagle something - can't remember, cheap, and shit, no grip, but very quiet

Falken GRB FK451 - excellent corner grip, not so great off the line, and still gripped well when worn and pretty quiet

Falken Azenis semi slick - excellent grip when warm, lasted about 6 months, very noisy, not mcuh grip when wet/cold

Falken GRB Tune II - cheap, and it showed - not much grip, in corners or straight line, noisy and lasted about 6000km - but for the money not too bad

Bridgestone S03 - So far so good, heaps of grip in the dry and wet, really quiet - done about 3000km so far and they still look pretty new. On the front now

Bridgestone RE55S - semi slick, heaps of grip - if I can get 10,000km out of them I'll be happy!!, not noisy, good in the wet so far (only 45okms so far!!) No wheelspin in 1st - well priced for what they are, and if you have a bit of grunt, these will get it to the road- so far they are great

And yes, my car gets a thrashing, and goes through its fair share of tyres!! GRB FK451's for value - S03 for pure performance

Hope that helps

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dunlop fm-901's are apparently mad. They do well in comparisons such as motor tyre tests.

otherwise maybe try some michelins, my parents have always hed them on their car, and the grip is unbelieveable for the size... not sure which mdel but they wernt even very expensive. WE got P6000's as replacements (on my advide) and the difference in grip is huge, the michelins gripped a million times better...

My friend got 901s for his car in 17/255 17/235 like u, 250 for front and 350 for back from tempe tyres. They are a bit noisy, but excellent grip/handing in wet and dry.

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siksII

you got me thinking has anyone done a comparison between top of the line michelin and pirellli tyres on grip

michelin cost over $500 per tyre

pirelli only $380 per tyre

on price for same features I went pirelli but no test drive.

So regarding the michelins can you find out which model?

Are you talking straight line grip or cornering grip?

fm-901's make nice white smoke when they spin and due to their lower grip you feel like your riding harder rubber.

Warning - P-Zeros are very very quiet! although a corner you wouldn't go over 70kph in a brand new volvo you can do at 120kph with PZero's in your skyline, JUST RIDE IT OUT! No drifting!

The time I did that my brakes got too hot and I couldn't slow down enough before the turn. takes about 1 second to drop each 10kph when your brakes are overheating. Freaky.

90 degree left turn - can take at 90kph - 40kph higher than an excel with slightly wider triple sidewall temperature A warmed up tyres. at 50kph.

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