based on tire rack's reviews, this is a decent tire. ranked the best for "ultra high performance summer".

any first hand experience? im looking for some for my minor bolt on DD trans am. oh and im only doing 275s.

 

i just put these tires on my camaro last week and they grip alot better than my all-season goodyear rs-as, from rolling 15-60mph it doesnt burnout anymore but i also did trailing arms the same day. it feels alot tighter in the corners too. the main thing that attracted them to me was the 22.7 lb weight for a 245/45/17 when the old tire i had on there was 26lbs so with the 1 pound lighter rims also i gained about 3rwhp and the equivilant of about 100lbs at higher speeds since you x tire weight by about 8 because of the inertia. at 81 dollars a piece you cant go wrong for a 168mph rated tire thats also good in the rain.

 

very soft sidewall. Id never run them myself

 

Thats been my experience with budget tires. Either a soft sidewall or a tread compound that doesn't hook. You tend to get what you pay for.

A good tire will make you handle better, run faster and stop quicker. Why go cheap?

 

yup. its tough selling a good tire when theres good reviews for the cheap crap, like consumer reports with the falken ziex ze-512s

 

damn i used to sell those when i worked for big o. i dont have much respect for falken anymore.

well i guess im going to bite the bullet and save for some GSD3s.

 

Not all Falkens. Look at the RT-615.

 

ya the sidewalls are really soft, but wouldnt a softer sidewall hook better?