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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 06:15 AM
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 06:19 AM
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maybe you should check out the consumer reports review, where they were ranked at the bottom of the list. Which I don't quite understand because it contrasts most of the user reviews we have received..
interesting what would i search for to find that?
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:21 AM
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For the Z, my current pick is Toyo T1Rs.

My set (245/275-35/19) have a little over 3k miles on them but they are very quiet. Some road types create more noise than others but overall, I never hear these tires.

My last set of tires were the KDW2s in the stock sizes and I thought they were decently quiet over the life of the tires (~28k miles). But I'm biased on this opinion because the first set of tires on my Z were the (terrible) Bridgestone Potenza RE040s and before the Z I was driving a car with a much louder exhaust (yes, I used hearing protection on long road trips!)
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:25 AM
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Toyo Proxees are loud
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Get_Zwole
interesting what would i search for to find that?
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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My favorable comments on the NITTO INVOs are based on personal experience of actually owning and having driven on these set of tires. I have not picked up a Consumer Reports magazine in years and in all honesty, my life does not revolve on reading the reviews of every product that's ever been on the market.

IMO, comments from owners here who have actually put some mileage on these tires (or any other tire for that matter) should mean a lot more than some magazine review. After all, were those tires on the Consumer Report review actually tested on a 350Z? Enough said . . .
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by gsingh350Z
Consumer report is my God
You really like what they say , or do you have something against Nitto or these particular tires. You post this in everythread about these tires, do you ever think we are tired of seeing you do that.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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the invos are very popular on the corvette forums. if you haven't already known, the corvette and new zo6 has very loud tires. people put the invos on them and talks about how much they love the car now since it's quiet and smooth.

it also seems everyone are running invos from luxury sedans to full out sport cars. i'm not trying to jump on the bandwagon just because, but these are good tires. especially for the price. they also come in nice sizies.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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i was just discussing.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by gsingh350Z
i was just discussing.
Yeah, but do you have actual personal experience owning and driving on these tires? If not, then yours is just an opinion, which is worthless.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by z-u-later
Yeah, but do you have actual personal experience owning and driving on these tires? If not, then yours is just an opinion, which is worthless.
Calm down already, what's with the rudeness? To call ones opinion worthless is quite harsh.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by quakerroatmeal
Calm down already, what's with the rudeness? To call ones opinion worthless is quite harsh.
Who are you? The PC ****!? It's not rude, just stating the fact that he does not have real-life experience with the tires being discussed.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:09 AM
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My gf has the Michelin PS2's on her G.. and it is still quiet after 40k... and those are the stockies they came on... as for me I had the bridgestone RE040... omg.. big difference. Eventhough my TPMS gauge showed 38psi on all four, it still sounded like they were all flat.

I think I would go with the Michelin PS2's next...
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 504Z07
^^^^have you left a review with the "consumer reports review". . .?
If you want I can take you for a ride in my Z... I've had the Invos on for about a year.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperBlack350z
i owned both the nt555 and the t1rs as well. the nitto was pretty quiet, the t1r was decent until i put some miles on it.

try googling kdw2 tire noise, i know me and get zwole aren't the only ones.
Dunno about that. I have the KDW2s, and probably have about 60% tread left on them now after putting a hard 6000 miles on them. They haven't gotten any louder than when I installed them. They were slightly louder than my stock RE050s but they have not increased at all. At least not yet.

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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:53 AM
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I would also recommend the Dunlop Direzza's, per other autox owners they said best tire for grip, the money.

A friend has these on his NSX and he loves them.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 08:28 AM
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The Michelin PS2's were pretty damn quiet. They were also soft and wear pretty fast for me, so I guess that's the trade-off. Great gripping tire though.

I'm slammed with wtf camber, so I can only read so much into these Consumer Reports.
You have to weigh in what you read, and your peer reviews as well.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by SOLO-350Z
Dunno about that. I have the KDW2s, and probably have about 60% tread left on them now after putting a hard 6000 miles on them. They haven't gotten any louder than when I installed them. They were slightly louder than my stock RE050s but they have not increased at all. At least not yet.
really? wow then mine seriously sound like a truck tire with the whineing loud noise maybe ill take the Z mudding lol's.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by z-u-later
Who are you? The PC ****!? It's not rude, just stating the fact that he does not have real-life experience with the tires being discussed.
Does it really matter who I am? A member here, just like everybody else. Sure you could of told him a fact, in a better way. I'm sure 99% of the people on this forum base there facts from tirerack review, from owning 1 set of tires, or from other peoples mouth.
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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simmer down gents .

I gotta say that the longer i have these tires it honestly makes me not even wanna drive my car. I drove it up to school today and came home down a backroad to the highway. Its not that bumpy but pretty textured if that makes since lots of small cracks. It seriously started to give me a headake. I couldnt hear my midbass in my car at all. I always have my radio shack db meter in my cubby so i pulled it out and on that road at 45 mph it was reading 98 to 101 c weighted. That is just ungodly and rediculously loud. I even got my alignment checked last week to double check it hadnt gotten thrown off. In stock specs just how the car came. No more toe or camber compared to a totally stock Z.

I dont have the money right now for new tires as some stuff has come up. Its pretty sad when tires make you dread driving an awesome car.

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