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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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well iv narrowed it down to 3 tires

BFG G force Sport

Yokohama S drive

Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport

personal experience would be greatly appreciated im leaving more towards the bfg since its a 340 treadwear AA traction A Temp
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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I would go as follows for best overall performance and all:

1)Yokohama S drive

2)BFG G force Sport (noisy, I hope these are the KDW2)

3)Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport

If you are worried about noise then:

1)Yokohama S drive

2)Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport

3)BFG G force Sport (noisy, I hope these are the KDW2)
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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no the g force's are different from the kdws
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 10:35 PM
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ive never tried the yokohama's but from personal experience i like the BFG G force's. they are not noisy, the traction is wonderful when taking tight turns and for icing on the cake the tread is bad a$$!!
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 12:16 AM
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BFG G force FTW
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 02:11 AM
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I had the BFG G Force Sports and they were not that great. The lateral traction wasn't as good as I expected, and were a little too unpredictable around hard cornering. I haven't tried the Yokohama S Drive yet, But I've heard its great, (if the S Drives are anything like the ES100 they used to make it would be a great tire). I was considering the S drives or the RE760 for a while (for my sister's car), but I ended up going with the RE760 and I am very happy, I drive my sisters car every now and then and I noticed that car is very predictable, the ride is nice and quiet and does what I want them to do when I'm flogging it. :-P

I say S Drives or RE760, find the better deal and go with them since they're often rated against each other.
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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well looking for everyones opinion right now i have until monday to order them my trd wheels will be here then. i did find out though that the re760's are slim and non right now for availabilty
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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I have the S.drivers and they are very quiet...Check tirerack for reviews!
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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i have and i have read so many mixed reveiws... but money talks here discount tire has a $70 mail in rebate on the BFG's so i think im ordering them today
Old Aug 31, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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^ Good choice, I'd go with the BFG out of those 3. Even if they happen to have slightly less ultimate grip, they're very predictable, consistant, and recover quickly when they do break loose, a great performance tire for the street, imo. Wish I'd spent more & got them instead of these "meh" Falkens.
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Yokohama equals awesome. Even my all season stock Yokohamas grip hard and is quiet.
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i got firestone wide oval tires. they come stock on corvettes. handle is great n wet tractions is really good. tire rack.com give really good rating also. go to firestone dealer themselves n get em for 115 each. wont regret it. 4get the yokohomos n bridgestones.
Old Sep 3, 2009 | 07:59 AM
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^^why dont you do some research about Firestones before you come on here saying forget Yokohamas. Ask yourself why so many people sued Firestone and how many deaths they have caused with there faulty tires.
Old Sep 3, 2009 | 08:04 AM
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yokohama s drives ftw!
Old Sep 15, 2009 | 02:20 AM
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deaths caused by firestone tires were only for the ford suv's. not the sports tires... n i think they handle great.
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Dec 3rd 2:07 PM via mobile: Just drifted my tC.. Im not happy! Doing on on ramp at 55mph and my a$$ end started to kick out. I think im regretting buying BFG tires :-(
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