new tires: what should I do?
new tires: what should I do?
I just recieved my extra pair of stock se wheels, with Khumo's (712's). I've been told many times for drifting that it's better to have stickier rubber on the rear also. but they are sized 215/55/16s, and the others are 205's. should I put these on the front or back? why?
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Grant@tirerack
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AJ-SPEC wrote:oops, my bad!
khumo's not good tires? I've read the faq, but the autox guys love them! I don't know, we'll find out.
so if I put them on back, what do I do with those michelin's? chunk them as is and get something else or use them up and put the khumo's on?
Autox guys love Victoracers the ecsta v700's. Other than that i wouldn't touch Kumhos. I think they make a rally tire though, which is kinda cool
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The Kumho MX is a killer dry traction tire. We hosted the press rollout for this tire here at The Tire Rack. It held it's own very well against the Yokohama AVS Sports, BFG KD etc... I would say it's easily in the top three or four tires we sell for dry traction and handling. The Yokohama AVS ES100 is a whole tier lower on the performance level. It would be the best in that Ultra-High-Performance category of tire. It just depends on how hard you drive the car. You can pull these up under our tire test results here:http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?...h.jsp
GELLIS2586 wrote:any one tried out the new nitto neo geo tires or the yokohama avs 100 or somethin like that. i need new tires soon i was wanting to go from a 215 to a 225 or 235 would that be too wide
I know the neo gen is nitto's new tire and not too many people have had experience with it but if i were you i would steer clear of Nitto tires. As far as the avs goes, its not a bad tire from what i hear and is definately the better choice.
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I've looked at the nitto's too, and I was thinking they would actually be a good drift tire because of the design, but everyone says to stay away from nitto...
Man, it'll be cool to see how well the Mx fairs. good thing it doesn't rain all that much this time of year in Tejas! the Yoko's are a good tire still, they combine good wet and dry, and the reason people get them is that many other tires, including the Parada spec-2, aren't that much better to justify spending the money. I'd like to see someone other than khumo and falken in autox, right now it's divided in half between the 2. Where the hell's the badass dorifuto tires!!!
Man, it'll be cool to see how well the Mx fairs. good thing it doesn't rain all that much this time of year in Tejas! the Yoko's are a good tire still, they combine good wet and dry, and the reason people get them is that many other tires, including the Parada spec-2, aren't that much better to justify spending the money. I'd like to see someone other than khumo and falken in autox, right now it's divided in half between the 2. Where the hell's the badass dorifuto tires!!!
