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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 04:01 AM
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Default Best Tires? Having issues hooking up.

Now having done a couple of upgrades (I posted the dynos a couple days ago) my car is REALLY having a hard time to hook up to the pavement especially in first and second... I have run flats.

They only have 2K on them and I feel its a waste to remove them so soon...but will putting on new tires (non-run flats) help me immensely, is it worth it.

Everyone is telling me my run flats are terrible and replacing my tires would be the best mod right now.

If it is worth it... I had michellin PS2 on a different car and they were amazing but they are UBER expensive any recommendations ? I already searched this forum and nothing came up.

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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 05:53 AM
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i always like PS2's also. If you something cheaper you could try sumitomo's. Look at there ratings on tire rack. i know they are an off brand but for the price you can't go wrong.
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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I went with BFG's (non runflat) and absolutely love them! I would have put them on the day I bought the car if I knew how much difference it would make. I used to be able to roast the tires in 1st and most of 2nd from a rolling start with no clutch. Now 1st will still spin but the car is launching pretty good while spinning. 2nd will barely spin at all now.
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Which BFs? KDW2s?
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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Craigster05
Which BFs? KDW2s?
Yes. I have the older KDW's on my ZR1 and they are great also. I love the tread pattern on the 2's though. I had a C4 and ran the Sumitomos and they were good for the money but nothing compared to the BFGs.
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