Tires on your Vette?
 

What type brand of tires are on your Vette; Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3; BF Goodrich g-Force T/A; or Michelin Pilot Sports? Got a goof price of A-molds; 9.5 fronts 11 rears and I have to put on new tires. Comments would be helpful.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

G-Force TAs they ride nice, but look crappy and handle even worse. Check out my website (sig) for some pics

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

GSD3's

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

I have Firestone Firehawks on mine. I did a lot of research before spending the $. They are quiet, have a smooth ride, and grip the road like there's no tomorrow. If I had to, I would do it all over again.

:steering:

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

I have the Dunlop sp sport 5000's ,,, they are a great tire I know about 5 other guys that also have them on their cars and they say the same thing,, best tire made for the money...... :cheers:

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

Most people will recommend Kumhos....great tire for the money. I have BF Goodrich G-Force KDWS and like them. I have tried the Firehawk SZ50's and they are also a good tire. The absolute worst tires I have ever had were crappy General's that were on my Vette when I bought it. They belong on a lawnmower instead of a Vette.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (Bodhi)
 

Firehawks on mine, I like them, haven't tried any other brands so I can't make a comparison.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

Kuhmo's 712's- ride good, hold on in the wet and dry, inexpensive, seem to wear well although I only have 8,000 miles and 1 autox. Will by them again for the Vette and lookin to check them out for the 4WD Suburban.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

Goodyear Eagle F1-GS-D3s.

Excellent tire. Exceptional on wet roads. I've been very impressed with them over the GS-Cs they replaced. And they are very quiet.

Last weekend was the first long run on them about 250 mile trip different types of roads and I really noticed the quietness of them at all speed ranges. When driving in moderate rain, with the other Goodyears that I've had you can feel them dragging a little from pushing so much water. That was something I noticed right away with these F1s, I felt no resistance to water on the road (and we get some pretty good down pours here in fla.) I just checked and I have just over a 1000 miles on them now. So far I give the two thumbs up :thumbs: :thumbs:

Here's a link to a road test article on them, if you like (from CAC).

http://home.cfl.rr.com/laniplace/F1G...st Article.pdf

Re: Tires on your Vette? (93JetJocky)
 

I bought the Goodyear F1 for the front based on the tire test results posted on the Forum. I still have old Goodyear GTs on the back so I do not get the full benefit but I can tell the difference and agree with 93 jet jockey that they are a good tire though I found them expensive in comparison to what I normally pay for tires.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (94 Octane)
 

:iagree:

However, the SZ50 EPs don't come in the 315 size needed for his 11" rear rims.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (2U Biggs)
 

I'm running Dunlop SP8000's on my 11" rears. I just got them so I can't speak to the wear, but man did the ride quality increase over my old GSC's.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

I just got 9.5 and 11" rims myself...I ended up getting Sumitomo's from Tire Rack..275's for the front and 315's for the rear...cost me $585.00 total including delivery...they've been on 3 weeks now and are just fine... :D

Re: Tires on your Vette? (Fuzzy Dice)
 

Running Toyo's here. Like them a lot!!
:cheers:

Re: Tires on your Vette? (Fuzzy Dice)
 

:iagree: Have to say, great tire for the buck....

Re: Tires on your Vette? (vinnies87)
 

Though I have only received them, I have heard nothing but good things about these... Hopefully they'll live up to what I've heard. They're a set of Yokohama AVS tires. 315/35-17's on the rear.

They sure look great, hopefully they're perform as well.....

"AA" traction control and "A" temperature... uh, only 180 on treadwear...cough, hack, hack...lol.

A little over 1K from the tire rack.

http://www.hondasportbike.com/~images/img1952.jpg

As wide as they are (13"), they're at least 6" narrower than what's on my S10..lol.


http://www.hondasportbike.com/~images/img1701.jpg

http://www.hondasportbike.com/~images/img1706.jpg





[Modified by C4 Newbie, 12:05 PM 10/17/2003]

Re: Tires on your Vette? (C4 Newbie)
 

I've got Bridgestone Potenza's 11's both front and back. My only gripe is you can't really hear them when you're losing traction. I kinda like that warning before I actually do.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (wrlwynd)
 

I absolutely love my Michelin Pilot Sports :hurray:

Re: Tires on your Vette? (GS348)
 

:iagree:

I use Pilot Sport AS....AA-Traction, AA-Temperature, 400 treadwear. Excellent to say the least...very long lasting also.

Re: Tires on your Vette? (Atok)
 

month old F1's on my GS.............fantastic :crazy: