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Just to get a second topic here and try to jump start this place again, I just got new tires...the BF Goodrich G Force TA KDW new tread design.

 

Kind of an interesting design patern. Looks wavey almost like a flame.

 

Has any of you seen them and what do you think.

 

As far as perfomance is concerned the seem to grab harder then my Pirelli P-Zeros but are a little noisy by comparison. Since I don't drive the Cobra much this shouldn't be a problem.

 

Sizes are 295/35W18r in the rear and 275/35W18r up front.

 

Hisss 99 B)

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Just to get a second topic here and try to jump start this place again, I just got new tires...the BF Goodrich G Force TA KDW new tread design.

 

Kind of an interesting design patern. Looks wavey almost like a flame.

 

Has any of you seen them and what do you think.

 

As far as perfomance is concerned the seem to grab harder then my Pirelli P-Zeros but are a little noisy by comparison. Since I don't drive the Cobra much this shouldn't be a problem.

 

Sizes are 295/35W18r in the rear and 275/35W18r up front.

 

Hisss 99 B)

 

If you don't drive it much, why get the KDW's? The dry-weather KD's would probably perform better. Nice tires in either case though. I couldn't find any in the right sizes when I was looking for tires a year ago. Settled on Bridgestone Potenza S-02 ZR's. I've been very pleased with them.

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If you don't drive it much, why get the KDW's? The dry-weather KD's would probably perform better. Nice tires in either case though. I couldn't find any in the right sizes when I was looking for tires a year ago. Settled on Bridgestone Potenza S-02 ZR's. I've been very pleased with them.
Availability, mostly. I had the S-02's on my 540i, great tire, the only thing I didn;t like is that they didn't seem to last very long. I was only able to get about 30K from a set. When you drive 35K annually tires become exspensive. I have a 2002 540i that I got new, it now has 145k on it. That is roughly 4 sets of tires.
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Availability, mostly. I had the S-02's on my 540i, great tire, the only thing I didn;t like is that they didn't seem to last very long. I was only able to get about 30K from a set. When you drive 35K annually tires become exspensive. I have a 2002 540i that I got new, it now has 145k on it. That is roughly 4 sets of tires.

 

Yeah, the S-02's only have a 140 treadwear rating, which is pretty attrocious. But...the Cobra is no longer a daily driver, so the treadwear wasn't an issue. I've only put about 3000 miles on the car this year.

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I've been autocrossing my Cobra a bit over the last few years and have noticed a lot of the drivers use Falkens and Kuhmos in the street tire classes. Both companies make a sticky tire (Falken RT-615, what I run now, and Kuhmo Ecxta MX ??) that have a tread wear of 200. Great dry pavement grip and decent in the rain, up to about 1/2 tread. They do wear out quickly, though, particularly with the help of 6-8 autocrosses each summer.

 

A tire with a 140 treadwear runs in the race tire class where I autocross!!

 

Dave P

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I had a hard time finding the stagger I wanted. These were one of the ony set of tires I could find that had 295/35 and 275/35 in 18" I looked at all kinds of tires. These were also $1,040.00 for the set OTD on the car. All of the others were either more expensive or didn't have the sizes I wanted. I know that I didn't want Pirelli's again. Michelins were almost $400/tire.

 

I searched the tire rack and America's tire web sites for about 2 weeks before I made my choice. I found these to be the best bargin in the sizes I wanted.

 

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Isn't Michelin & Goodrich owned by the same group?

 

I had two sets of the old KDW design and liked them. Much more traction and better wet than the original T/A's. The last time I ordered a set the shop got KDWS (wet & snow). I didn't want them at first but I do run mine all year so I tried them. A little harder and more noise but better wet traction. Nothing short of chains help these cars move on snow.

 

I like the look of the new KDW's and will most likely get them next time.

 

I talked with a tire guy about the cracking at the edge of the sidewall and tread and was informed that petrolum based tire shine will cause that and voids the warrante.

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