GreenHornet

What are the best 275 40 17 Tires for long wear and good performance?

LUVmy92

I run the BFG G Force KDWS tire in 275 40 17 and I have been more than happy with the performance and life on em'. I belive the KD's are supposed to be better performers and I am not sure if the life is the same.

ME Leigh

Kuhmo MX's are really cheap and among the best. FWIW thats what i want when i get my 17/18" combo.

ShiftyCapone

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You get what you pay for when it comes to tires. Goodyear and BFG make some of the best high performance tires money can buy.

Holio

I love my Firestones SZ50 EP - 275x40x17. Perform awesome and wear very very well.

91formulaSS

LUVmy92: Do you get much snow in NC?
KDW's have much better traction than KDWS's and also have good wet traction compaired to the KD's.
KDWS is a snow tire.

LUVmy92

Hahaha hell no we dont get much snow but even if we did I dont drive it in the winter time anyway! I had maxed out my spending when I got my new wheels and I forgot to factor in how much the KDW's were so I got the KDWS's. Im still happy with them but you can rest assured that will be the last "all season" tire on the car!

LBSZ28BLOWN

I have the BFG G-Force KD's and there awesome, great traction
I will definitely buy them again.
here's a pic

PHAT89TA

i had yokohamas avs db series and i loved these tires. great traction on wet and dry.

z 28 jari

iTrader: (1)

I just buying Bridgestone s-02 tires(255/40/17 front,275/40/17 rear).Has anyone experiense about those tires?

Zepher

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I've had a few sets of the BFG KDW tires and they are awesome.

nolanr0413

i like the yokos i have , i mean their an 18 but their the same thing . Get the avs sport , i think those are the ones i have , they have a sweet tread design .

f355bird

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It depends on how much u wanna pay i bought the kumho escta 712's for mine and they were around 120 a piece for 275-40-zr17's their traction rating is as close to nitto's as u can get and they are cheap. And they last awile. Around here kumho's are a popular tire since they are the best bang for your buck.

DuronClocker

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If my Nitto NT555R's hook as crappily as my Kumho 712s did, I'm going to cry.

Don't get me wrong, the 712 is a great tire for the money...but they don't hook better than any other street tire..

f355bird

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I was tired when i wrote that. Maybe i exagerated a bit but they are better than a lot of tires that cost more than they do. I retract saying they are the ultimate tire but they compete well with the 200 dollar tires. Nitto's will be the next tire i buy if i have the funds.

DuronClocker

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Well...again, I'll agree that for the money, they can't be beat. A full set of p245/50zr16 tires installed out the door for $380 can't really get much cheaper for a "ultra high performance summer tire" or whatever tirerack calls them. They are one notch below the Kumho MXs which I was going to try next except I got this set of Nittos with these 17" wheels, so I may just stick with the NT555Rs from now on. 10-15k miles doesn't matter to me since I only drive 5-6k miles a year in the summer. I don't mind buying new tires every 2 years. I would NOT EVER consider driving in the snow with NT555Rs though..EVER. And the condition that one pair is in that I have, I wouldn't really consider driving them in the rain unless it was necessary and I'd be VERY careful.

CEP89

Goodyear eagle F1's Great grip, but expensive. I don't put many miles on my car so I can't coment on treadwear.

kairles

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I had some 265/35/18 and I will get some more had lots of dry grip and good wet grip and a very stiff side wall(road home on a flat doing about 80mph and it wasn't that much of a difference) but on a smooth road they'll ride like silk, a bit nosie at freeway speed but it not to bad

I give the S-02's

blacksheep-1

I'm running that combination on my car 255 on the front, 275 on the rear.
http://www.fl-thirdgen.org/blacksheep1-featyear.html

I would only add the pix but I'm at work and I have to deal with all of the junk, so I just posted the link.

z 28 jari

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I give the S-02's [/B][/QUOTE]

Nice to hear that.How about tread wearing,do they last 10k miles or???

Jari