Has anyone tried both KDs and GS-D3s in the same size?

The car (in sig) is my fair weather daily driver. Mostly street driven, occasionally drag raced, occasionally autocrossed, and never driven in the winter. I occasionally drive it in the rain, but I'm careful and I don't usually go more than 10 miles.

What are your impressions?

 

I like my KD's. They've been on over a year now of daily duty and still have most of the tread.

I'll be running either the GSD3 or the Toyos that look like them up front w/in the summer. Finally the chitty Kumho 712's are about dead!!!!

 

If you go with the GS-D3's, I'd like to know your impressions.

And if the Toyos are anywhere near comparable, I'd like to know that too.

 

Form what I've heard the Toyo T1s isn't as soft. Its going to be June before I get new tires up front.

 

No experience with the GS-D3's, but my friend had KDW's up front and KD's in the rear of his car, and in the rain, he couldnt keep them from spinning no matter what. They were simply awesome on dry pavement, but in the rain, they were a lil scary.

 

Its called not accellerating very hard. I've had no probs in the rain with my KD's. They're no worse than the stock GY's when wet, but on dry pavement its a world of difference.

 

I've got the KDW's on my GTA and GS-3 on my LS1, hard to make a comparison considering the power diff in between the two cars. The KDW's are very nice from what iv'e experienced. Here in Holland it rains often and they hold pretty good. My GS-3's were used but they seem to hold their own despite having alot of miles on them. Not sure what the replacemen will be.

 

The KD's and KDW's are two completely different animals though.

 

Hm, the poll isn't quite turning out how I had hoped.

Looks like money is a little tight at the moment, so that GS-D3s are the winners by default.

 

I doubt you'll regret that choice.

 

Agreed -- I've seen what they can do on other cars in other sizes. Unfortunately, there's not enough in the budget for 17" wheels right now, so I'll be getting 245/50-16s. Regardless, should be a nice upgrade over the BFG KDWS tires I have now, and this gives me a chance to preview them before I go up to 275s on 17x9s.