sports car tires for the 3/s??

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sports car tires for the 3/s??

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ok guys, so I'm getting the motor together, but in the mean time I'm trying to budget and plan. The car has 3 different brands of mastly bald tires, so the tires have to go. I want a really good handling tire that will last me longer than a week :wink:
right now I'm thinking the
yokahama S drive 245/45zr17 $129ea
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dunlop sport maxx 245/45zr17 $156ea
what do you guys think?
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I like cheap
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How long they last on a car like that is entirely up to the driver. I had buds that went through new tires in a week, and brake pads in a month. But that's how it goes if you are into power slides, reverse 360's followed by full throttle burnouts while sliding backwards for 75 feet etc. This one guy I helped shoe horn a big block into a 240Z, drove faster than anyone youve ever seen, but he went through tires and rear axles and other consumables like Brit goes through an eighth of chronic. :wink:
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ya, just one more reason I'm leaning towards cheaper tires. I burned through a set of dunlop sp8000s in about a month mostly from random trips down the ortega highway :lol: :lol:
I leaning toward the yokahamas, a reputable tire, sticks like glue, middle on wear, cheap and I haven't heard a single bad thing about them.
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i put a set of falkens on my altima for around 400 bones installed :D
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Consistant fast trips through the Ortega Hwy. will not only wear out the vehicle, but it will eventually end in a horrific crash. :lol: I used to live in Lake Elsinore and drove that hwy. daily. Lots of people die there. :shock:
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ya, I know, scarry stuff. I had some friends who lived on both sides of the highway. My friend chelsea lived in SJC right where it ends, and there were always emergency vehicles hauling ass through :shock:
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ISBB wrote:i put a set of falkens on my altima for around 400 bones installed :D
how do you like them? how has the wear been. from what I have read the falkens wear quickly and the kumohs (sp?) have a tendency to develope bulges.
'09 kx450f 4-Poke
Gen-4 trail bike --SOLD--
Gen-3 badass trail/mx bike --SOLD--
Gen-1 built dunes bike --SOLD--
'05 klx110 --SOLD--
'95 pw80
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