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Old 02-26-2012, 03:37 PM
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I'm too cheap to be picky right now. My money is going into adding this turbo and acquiring track time. On my 14" wheels I have four year old RS2's, and on my 15" wheels I have some run of the mill all-seasons I got from one of the local used tire places for $15 apiece mounted, lol. And they were plenty of fun at Road Atlanta. I'm sure I could have been faster with better tires, but once you get on the bumpstops in a corner, you have all the tire you need until you add more spring.

The old guys say a crappy tire is a better teacher so I guess I'm getting schooled. I ran the 15's on Saturday and the 14's on Sunday.
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Old 02-26-2012, 03:56 PM
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I'm glad this discussion about DD tires for occasional auto-x duty, keeps getting steered towards track tires.
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Old 02-26-2012, 05:46 PM
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None of the tires mentioned have deviated from DD tire for auto-x duty. Granted we have left the 300 treadwear arena it would seem.
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Old 02-26-2012, 06:22 PM
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i think im going with the nitto neo gens.
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Old 02-26-2012, 08:23 PM
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The Neo Gens are great in the rain, if anything you're sacrificing dry grip for wet.

The tread is fairly deep, making them a little bulky when fresh. Hopefully they won't be heat cycled by the time I get the tread down a bit.
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Old 02-26-2012, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by curly
The Neo Gens are great in the rain, if anything you're sacrificing dry grip for wet.

The tread is fairly deep, making them a little bulky when fresh. Hopefully they won't be heat cycled by the time I get the tread down a bit.
well the way i look at it, tire discounters has them for 99 a tire. i get a discount there because of a club member, which should knock off a little bit, making them fairly cheap. and they look like decent dd tire.
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Old 02-26-2012, 11:41 PM
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I'm showing $75 over at onlinetires.com, for a 205/50-15s. Are you looking for a different size?
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Old 02-26-2012, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by curly
I'm showing $75 over at onlinetires.com, for a 205/50-15s. Are you looking for a different size?
Nope that's the one. I dont know what mounting and balancing will run though.
Ps: I'm still open to suggestions, I have another month before I pull the trigger on anything.
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Old 02-29-2012, 11:29 AM
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After talking to a club member who sells tires he highly recommended the bfg gforce sports
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if you're not going to be using them in the winter....don't get all seasons!!! I still say BFG g force sports.
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