briguy453 said:
I am in dire need for new tires as well, and my plans were to buy BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KD's but would something else offer better performance? I only drive the car on very nice weekends, so I'm not worried about water or ice.
What are the draw backs to each tire?
BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KD
Nitto NT 555R Drag Radial
BF Goodrich g-Force T/A Drag Radial
Thanks in advance!
Brian
None of them will be GREAT in the rain, but since you don't drive in wet weather you should be fine.
The T/A KD's will probably last the longest, have the best handling, but a little worse straight-line traction than the drag radials because of the KDs stiffer sidewall. These are probably my top pick for a TRUE street tire (not a DOT approved slick or drag radial).
As for the drag radials...
The Nitto DRs will be in the middle of the 3 for longevity, handling will suffer compared to the KD's because of a softer sidewall, and middle of the road for straight-line traction because its a slightly stickier compound than the KDs.
The T/A Drag radials will wear out fastest, have the softest sidewall so handling will be worst out of the 3 with these, but straight line traction should be excellent because they are stickiest.
I've ran the T/A KD's and Nitto DRs on previous cars, the KD's I never had to replace, they were on the car when I bought it and when I sold it around 15k miles later, they still weren't in need of replacement. Nitto DRs would last around 9k-10k miles if I was nice to them on a previous car (not very many burnouts/trips to the race track)...
I'm running T/A Drag Radials on my current Supra, were on there when I bought it, and judging from receipts of when the previous owner had them installed and then when I had to replace them, they didn't even last 6000 miles.