Navy561

i live in new england and my 350z is only spring summer and half fall car...put away for winter....i wanted some good street tires for every day but i do some rough mountain road driving with a group high speed corneres and stuff...i got 3 choices down which would be the best...and any good or bad thoughts about them

BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KDW NT

Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08

Goodyear Eagle GT

or maybe these

Hankook Ventus V12 Evo K110

thanks for the feed back

str8dum1

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with low miles, might as well get the best, toyo R888's

Navy561

no i would wear through those like wildfire...i do about 3k miles in a month and a half its my everyday driver...i need good tread length with good street track grip

flecko28

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Were you the blacked out Z on the run this weekend? 35th anniversary you just picked up?

I was running newly installed v12's and they held their own...took some adjusting from my RE760's which I loved but never went on a run with. Most of the guys in the group had the KDW's on and they had nothing but good things to say about those tires. But like posted above, R888's also have great reviews but I don't know how they would do for a DD.

Navy561

yeah that was me lol

flecko28

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O yea and if you have the cash, everyone loves their PS2's! But I've never had them.

flecko28

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Cool, I thought so. The V12's were good and they're not gonna dent the wallet. The RE760 sports I ad were awesome but like I said they never saw a mountain run, but they were great for spirited driving.

davidv

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Before buying tires check these test results: https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....ighlight=tires

WTFMike

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I just put a set of Nitto Invos on my car. For what I use my car for I can't say anything bad about them.

dhays

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You don't say what type of wheels you have on your Z. Are you sure all of the above are available in the size you want/need?

I went with the ADO8s. I use them on my summer wheels and for AutoX. Great tire! In other sizes I would have gone with the V12's. Seems like a great tire for the price.

BTW, for my winter wheels I put on a set of YOKOHAMA AVID W4S all seasons. Reasonably priced tire that has performed really well. I just finished driving 1700 miles on these tires at much higher than highway speeds and they performed quite well. My only little complaint was braking in a sweeper at high speed. Something that you should avoid anyway. These tires you can run when it drops into the 30's without sacrificing grip.

SirSpeedyZ

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I've been running vdrestein (sp) and love em and they are cheap

Navy561

im looking to do staggered 19's for an 05 35th anniversary z idk if im doing wider yet though but sofar they all come in my stock 18 +1 sizes so tirerack said atleast

dhays

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I would take a look at cost of tires before you decide to go with the 19". There are all kinds of options for 18" tires, not so much with the 19". Keep in mind that you have to keep the VDC happy as well. I have a set of the v.2 Track wheels. 18x9 front and 19x10 rear. It was a LOT more expensive to put rubber on those wheels than my v.1 wheels, 18x8 front, 18x8.5 rear.

Your options will be more limited with 19", you'll spend a ton more money on not only wheels but tires, and you'll be carrying a lot more weight with 19" vs. 18".

Navy561

i have plans for coilover drop and spacers to come flesh with the wells instead of 19's beacuse i went rim shopping yest. and only found ones i liked in 18's so im right now i got plans for 18's staggered and the g force tires or v12's...any complaints about them? for friends or anything?

Navy561

i got this planned

18s 8.5 front with
g force
255/35/18

and 18s 9.5 back with
g force
285/30/18

35+offset on both

rims are xxr's 507 w series with red edges/inserts
Will those clear my brems also?

is it a bad idea for wide on front? or should i keep them similar to the
225/45/18 i got now and go wide only on back?

terrasmak

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please don't

nscheuermann

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gforce KDW's, HANDS DOWN