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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 08:19 AM
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Anyone run these and if not, does it bother you that you can't have matching treads both front and rear?
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Originally Posted by Vassili
Anyone run these and if not, does it bother you that you can't have matching treads both front and rear?


Are you talking about ZP run flats? I have them and they look the same to me, plus I checked Tire Rack's website and they show the same thing. Are your sure you're not looking at Wide Ovals?
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I am on my 3rd set of them, they are much better than the stock GY's in the rain and seem to last longer, BTW, my fronts and rear match
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It's the run flat - but say the Kumho's and the Bridgestone don't make a matching tread for 17 and 18" tires. I thought that was kinda weird...
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ALthough I now run GY GS-D3's on Chrome Z06 wheels, I still have the Firestome Firehawk SZ50 EP mounted on the stock wheels.
The tread is the same front and back,
They are much quieter than the GY runflats and give better dry and wet handling. They are a narrower treadwidth as the Firstone construction is more rounded that the GY.
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