need advise on tires
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need advise on tires
After only being lit up once and after a mear 13,000 miles my Goodyear Eagle F1 GS EMT's are down to the wear bars and beyond (on the rears front still have tread).Anyone with recommendations on a good replacement tire that gets better mileage and still has good performance. otherwise its $850 a set a year ouch!! 
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Originally Posted by Dmanf
After only being lit up once and after a mear 13,000 miles my Goodyear Eagle F1 GS EMT's are down to the wear bars and beyond (on the rears front still have tread).Anyone with recommendations on a good replacement tire that gets better mileage and still has good performance. otherwise its $850 a set a year ouch!!
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I recently bought the Kumho Ecsta ASX from tire rack. $540 shipped to me. I don't race or do track but these are a huge upgrade over the GY. They are so much smoother and quieter and should last a long time. I bought a flat kit from tire rack just in case.
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when its time (few months) i will be purchasing a set (4) of BFgoodrich g-force KDW-2. they look great! my friend steve (fixedroof) have been running these tires for a while now. he is very pleased. beats the crap out of them, and still showing no signs of tread wear.
check them out, they have a great tread rating, supposed to perform well, and also on the cheaper side compared to other tires.
in feb. i went with kumho mx's all around. the rears are already worn out pretty bad. they were cheap, but i need something that is going to last a little longer!
check them out, they have a great tread rating, supposed to perform well, and also on the cheaper side compared to other tires.
in feb. i went with kumho mx's all around. the rears are already worn out pretty bad. they were cheap, but i need something that is going to last a little longer!
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From: American Canyon Lethal Injection
Originally Posted by 97Black
I recently bought the Kumho Ecsta ASX from tire rack. $540 shipped to me. I don't race or do track but these are a huge upgrade over the GY. They are so much smoother and quieter and should last a long time. I bought a flat kit from tire rack just in case.
..I went from my road noise BG Goodrich T/A non-runflats to Kumhos and they are great for the same reasons stated above.Rsty
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concur with the others---consider using www.tirerack.com. there are many, many, many satisfied customers here on the forums. bub
Melting Slicks
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Another tire you might check out is the Goodyear GS-D3 non-runflat. I've read many many good reviews on these. My original Goodyear runflats have almost 16,000 on them with the fronts having a little more tread than the rear. I will be going with the GS-D3's before long. 