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R15 Tires

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hivewax

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i'm shopping for tires on Summit. what would be your choices for the street driven almost daily? i'm getting 15x7 w/4.00" b.s. front and 15x8 w/4.50" b.s. rear. i have rolled fender lips and doing the 1.75" UCA drop, adj strut rods, and camber kit...

- BFG g-Force T/A Drag Radial in 225/50R15 + 235/50R15
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/BFG-54003/

- BFG Radial T/A in 225/60SR15 + 245/60SR15
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/BFG-60013/

- Nitto NT 450 in 205/55ZR15 + 225/50ZR15
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NIT-183430/

- Mickey Thompson ET Street Radial in 225/50R15 + 235/60R15
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MTT-3752R/

- or other??

TIA
 
You can get the Nitto's at Discount tires for $93 and free shipping. I just bought a set of NT-01's from them.

Why 2 diff sizes? can't rotate em then.
 
i like the aggressive muscle look and more rear grip. i'm checking other vendors... Discount Tire didn't have a wide variety like Summit. TireRack i'm checking now.
 
I have BFG T/A Radials (235/60/15) on the back of the '66. Fair dry traction, crappy wet traction.

I have Nitto 450's (275/50/17) on the rear of th '07 GT Vert. Nice dry traction, crappy wet traction.

I have yet to find a decent wet traction tire.
 
"AzPete" said:
I have yet to find a decent wet traction tire.
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I have found these to be great wet weather tires :nice

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Super Swamper SSR, never hydroplaned on these babies!
 
BFG g-Force Sport tires look to be good for dry/wet conditions.
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Those are what I'm using on my '66 and I have no complaints. I've gotten caught in a couple of bad T-storms where there was inches of water on the road and they never lost traction.
 
Radial T/A's are plain crap for performance. Drag radials aren't great for the street or in the rain. The Mickey Thompson ET Streets are basically drag radials. Their Radial S/R's are supposed to be a little more street friendly with good dry traction, but they're not going to be a great handling tire. Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3's are some of the best wet/dry tires you can get, but I don't believe they're available in a size close to what you're looking at.

G-Force sports are the way to go if you don't want to spend a lot of money but want a good all around sporty tire. If you want something better than that, you're likely going to have to go with a bigger wheel.
 
I always stick with the same size tires and wheels, good for rotating. Those brakes are gonna make your eyes pop out regardless of the size of tire you put on.

What pads did you get?
 
brake pads are carbon Kevlar as mentioned in their catalog. everybody i talked to said to go as wide as possible in the back...

EDIT: the wheels should arrive here in the work office today!!
 
"hivewax" said:
brake pads are carbon Kevlar as mentioned in their catalog. everybody i talked to said to go as wide as possible in the back...
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Did you get the R4S pads for the street? Those don't need much heat to stop the car.
 
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