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Old Feb 26, 2005 | 07:18 PM
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Ok give me your opinion on the tire brands out there. what brand in your opinion is the best. I've pretty much have used BFGoodrich on all of my cars. But I have been seeing many other brands out there. I have no idea what is a good brand out of these......

Dunlap, Faulken, Hankook, Kuhmo, Nankang, Nitto, Pirelli, Toyo, Wynstar, and Yokohama.

Any one of these better than the other??

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Old Feb 26, 2005 | 08:55 PM
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it all depends on what u want. performance, durability, all weather? the kumhos im running r z rated but only have a treadwear of 320, there is continental tire with a treadwear of 540 but it is more of an all weather tire with an aggressive pattern. figure out what u r looking for and go from there
Old Feb 26, 2005 | 09:22 PM
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kind of fond of BFG myself, can say Contis are garbage(had 2 bad sets on my Vibe), Kumho seems to be best value for $$$
Old Feb 26, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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i got to experence a lot of tires on same cars with my old job @ BMW this is my experence

well BMW never came out of the factory with a decent alinment

Dunlop Sport 9000, Expensive but stickey, not rain friendly wear quickly
Mich Pilots, Expensive also (M5 Tire 280 a piece rear) Loud. Velcro like grip, tire will loose chunks out of it if used improperly

Good Years (3 series) Stiff but lasted a long time

Contis (M3 and all season on all models) if used nicely and rotated reguraly with correct air pressures. theyre ok. tread seperates at times.

i see kumhos on a lot of aftermarket wheels (i guess tirerack) they seem like a better tire and they fit better on the factory wheel
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Thanks everyone for your opinions. I am trying to find a good overall tire. Good performance and that will last for about 50,000 miles or more.
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