Tires, Tires, Tires.
06-06-2004, 09:29 PM
#12
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Originally Posted by RevRex-7' date='Jun 6 2004, 01:56 PM
Or the BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW ?
06-06-2004, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by baller520' date='Jun 6 2004, 01:58 PM
I ran azeni's for over a year on my car. I rode on them until I started to see cords and the tire looked like a slick. For 99 percent of the life they did just fine in rain.
for my 205/50/15's they were 78 each before mounting. I don't remember after.
I had them on stock vert 15x 6.5 rims. sticky as hell, and didn't wear TOO fast, but they don't last forever. I think I got 25k out of the first set, but that was going easo on them, second set 15k, with some wet weather drifting.
06-07-2004, 12:45 AM
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Negative, I had the azeni sports. I probably got about 25k miles out of them before the cords started to show. They aren't a super rain tire, but under normal driving they'll do just fine. It's irritating when people act like driving in the rain with the azeni's is like trying to drive on m/t slicks when the roads are wet. 
06-07-2004, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by baller520' date='Jun 7 2004, 01:45 AM
Negative, I had the azeni sports. I probably got about 25k miles out of them before the cords started to show. They aren't a super rain tire, but under normal driving they'll do just fine. It's irritating when people act like driving in the rain with the azeni's is like trying to drive on m/t slicks when the roads are wet.
06-07-2004, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mazdaspeed7' date='Jun 6 2004, 01:31 PM
How much are you lookign to spend? I have Bridgestone Potenza RE750's, 225 50 16 on S5 turbo wheels, and they are amazing. Final cost after mounting and balancing, and the cost of tires and shipping from tirerack came to just under $600. If youre on more of a budget, the ES100's are very good for the price. I had Dunlop Sport SP8000's before, and they were good tires, but not as grippy as the potenzas. Id like to drive on the new Dunlop FM901's, theyre supposed to be pretty good. And Azenis are sticky and cheap, but they have limited sizes.
06-07-2004, 05:17 PM
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Without question, the potenza's are much better in the rain. The azeni's can be driven in the rain however, and assuming the driver has a certain amount of self control you won't be flying off the road.
Most of my friends drive foxbodies/ls1's and quite a few drive around with bfg or nitto drag radials all the time. Yes, it's a pain in the *** under typhoon storm like conditions, but it's worth the trade off to have traction for when it's not raining.
Most of my friends drive foxbodies/ls1's and quite a few drive around with bfg or nitto drag radials all the time. Yes, it's a pain in the *** under typhoon storm like conditions, but it's worth the trade off to have traction for when it's not raining.