What are your guy's thoughts on cheap nice street tires?

[MustangEater8251]

what do you reccomend for autocross only tires?

they ahve to be street radials, no victo racers...

and affordable... I have a set of spare rims now, and last event I ran on kuhmo 712s, they were awesome but I also upgraded to 275/40/17 so its alot more tire.

But these are my street tires and not looking to tear them up on the autocross too much.

so what od you recocmend for a 16X8, any profile is good, the lower the better.

I am looking at street tires...

thanks...

[Wicked 3800 V6]

711s, I think I paid $56 a tire or something like that. Or someone's GSCs on T/O rims -- should be able to find for $200 or so for 4 with tires. But please, stop driving on those bald ones!
-Rob

[zlexiss]

For street autocross tires available in the stock 245/50-16 size, I'd recommend (from best to worst):

Firestone Firehawk SZ50 EP
BFG KDW (they don't have the KD in that size)Yokohama AVS ES100
Kumho 712 (they'll stick better than the 711's)

One word on the Kumho - after driving a set bald in 6 months (two events/month plus Evolution school), their grip definately decreased as they've worn down.

UPS is delivering me a set of Centerline 17x8 rims Monday, and then Discount tire is hooking me up with Falken Azenis Sports for them. From people who've done a switch from 712-level to the Azenis, it's good for at least 1-2 seconds on a 60 second course. I might try the Kumho MX after these. I just didn't like the street tire choices in our stock size.

-Jeff

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[Wicked 3800 V6]

17x8 Azenis are a very very nice way to fit in the 245 rule of STX. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[John_D.]

I've heard good things about the Azeni's and the Toyo RA1's. Don't know about the sizes though...

[andrew.brandon]

BFG KDW

I thought he said cheep. I paid $129 a tire for mine. Or is there a difference between KDW and KDWS?

[zlexiss]

In order of best dry traction for autocrossing:

KD = dry
KDW = dry/wet
KDWS = all season, dry/wet/snow

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[andrew.brandon]

Thanks. So that is how I made it through the last two snow storms.