what tires does everyone use
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the season is about to start up here in nm i was wondering what tires do people use for fronts to prevent under steering and what tires in the rear people like to use that dont delaminate right away.
i have only drifted this past full season and the last event of the season before i used bridgestone potenza re760's and good year eagle gt's as fronts and used whatever tires i got from work for the rear
bridgestones were great but wore quickly goodyears sucked just in general but what does everyone use as their favorite tires front and rear?
i have only drifted this past full season and the last event of the season before i used bridgestone potenza re760's and good year eagle gt's as fronts and used whatever tires i got from work for the rear
bridgestones were great but wore quickly goodyears sucked just in general but what does everyone use as their favorite tires front and rear?
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Front:
Dunlop Z1 star spec or DZ101
Falken azenis
Federal 595 RS
Nitto NT05
Rear:
Kenda Kaisers i love these tires only thing i use now. Great tires, last a long time and grippy. You can order direct from Kenda USA just email Eric at EYang@kendausa.com
Federal 595 for cheap decent grip.
Dunlop Z1 star spec or DZ101
Falken azenis
Federal 595 RS
Nitto NT05
Rear:
Kenda Kaisers i love these tires only thing i use now. Great tires, last a long time and grippy. You can order direct from Kenda USA just email Eric at EYang@kendausa.com
Federal 595 for cheap decent grip.
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Ran 245/35 Federal RSR on the front of my Z. Never wanted to go back down to a less grippy tire ever again. For the rear I generally just ran whatever was decently priced and not off brand.
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245 Nitto Invo's up front, 245 Federal 595's in back. Last event I ran some off-brand vanascia something-or-others (245) because I was an idiot and put off buying tires till the last minute, and for some reason my buddy at Discount is no longer allowed to sell us Nexxen's or Federals and they were $88 a pop while Federals from my buddy at Nissan were in the $120 a pop region for some reason... But actually the offbrands weren't that bad at all, considerably less grippy but they didn't chunk, smoked nicely and lasted a looong time. I'll get the name when I get home.
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I run Wanli s1088 265/35/18 front and rear. (square setup 10.5 inch wheels).
I got them for about 400 bucks mounted and balanced for all fours.
noticed a conciderable amount of change in the understeer coming from running 255/35's in the front, i believe they were all season conti's cant member which ones exactly...
Untill my wanli's i just always bought used tires. As a matter of fact i have 5 sets of used spares in my yard now haha
I got them for about 400 bucks mounted and balanced for all fours.
noticed a conciderable amount of change in the understeer coming from running 255/35's in the front, i believe they were all season conti's cant member which ones exactly...
Untill my wanli's i just always bought used tires. As a matter of fact i have 5 sets of used spares in my yard now haha
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I figured this would be good to leave here. Some friends (I couldn't make it) ran in to some issues/gripes this past weekend with some people learning the sport.
New FD tire regulations aren't "just because". There is actually a good reason behind it.
http://www.slidewaysonline.com/?q=node%2F29
New FD tire regulations aren't "just because". There is actually a good reason behind it.
http://www.slidewaysonline.com/?q=node%2F29
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Running Nitto NT05's of my SC300 right now. These tires have insane grip and response. No matter how I moved the wheel or threw the car into the corner the front did whatever I wanted it to, absolutely love them. Only negative is that they don't last very long at all, but that's the nature of tires like this.
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Front:
Dunlop Z1 star spec or DZ101
Falken azenis
Federal 595 RS
Nitto NT05
Rear:
Kenda Kaisers i love these tires only thing i use now. Great tires, last a long time and grippy. You can order direct from Kenda USA just email Eric at EYang@kendausa.com
Federal 595 for cheap decent grip.
Dunlop Z1 star spec or DZ101
Falken azenis
Federal 595 RS
Nitto NT05
Rear:
Kenda Kaisers i love these tires only thing i use now. Great tires, last a long time and grippy. You can order direct from Kenda USA just email Eric at EYang@kendausa.com
Federal 595 for cheap decent grip.
235/40/18 front
265/40/18 rear
When I was N/A I ran:
Maxxis Z1 Drift 235/40/18 front
Federal 595ss 235/40/18 rears