best tyres for drift?

[gatty]

hey guys

I got a NA 33, and think it *might* be able to get some sideways action...but i have 'nanang' tyres on the back (or somehting like that) and bridgestones on the front...

someone told me nanang tyres are fairly soft rubber and will grip the road weel (possibly too much )

what you guys think?

[noods]

i was advised that the tyres i have at the mo are good for drifting. they are dunlop winter sports...apparently shit house in all conditions cept snow.

maybe i'll go drag some range rovers come snow season

[neo666]

bald ones are good

[HKSgtst]

Advan Neova AD07

[(B1) MR_fanny]

nankangs are the shiznits for drift....lol. cheap compliancers top choice:D can spin em up anywhere. just watch out for chunks of rubber to go missing like mine did:D:D

[KamikazeR33]

the nexens r the new one on the block in around the same price

im sure if u got the car sideways almost any tyre would light up

[Cake]

nankang r a cheaper tyre

anything a bit worn will do

nice and sundried preferred for extra smokey

[funkymonkey]

the harder the tyre the less it grips and as a result the more it'll slide... don't go for directionals or anything, go for cheap indonesian rubber... and wear em out till they're balding...

[slip]

whoever told you that nankangs might grip the road too well for drift is an imbecile, beware anything they say in the future.

You can drift with any tyre. A crap tyre will be easier to drift with than a good one at novice level.

[Majanal]

anything that has been not used for a period of 3-6 months seems to work well... and of course the free ones are the best!

Dan.

[rs73]

I got the australian Simex one... nothing fancy, just a normal non directional tyre.

Seems pretty ok, can have traction if I want and not too much if wanna go sideways a bit.

Problem is tyre size on the car is 225/50 so it's a bit wider than stock (205/55) so it's grippier.. Maybe if you can get some cheap Simex 205/55 that'll do the sideways job well..

[boxheadmr]

for low speed and beginner then use a second hand tyre with less then 50% tread depth and one with out blocks on the tread pattern.

For high speed drift then use good quality tyres with a nice soft compound as you will need to control the drift and it is hard to do at high speed with crap rubber.

As for high speed keep the same wheels as you have on the front as using the stock wheels will make it also harder to control.

Try stretching the rubber a bit to make the side walls have less flex.

Hope this has helped.

[Mase]

Jap snow tyres all the way!!! I use 15" snow tyres on my stock rims and have my 18's on the front. The 18's have bridgestones on them and are a pretty decent tyre which is good for defeating understeer. Smaller radius wheel is meant to be easier to spin im pretty sure.

[XplodeSkyline]

get some shit second hand tyres that have been sitting in the yard for 6 months and are nice and hard, wear them down to the belts, then put your good ones back on and call it a night