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lol well which one boss? haha

LOL alright well I give up ;)

so, would you use Falkens at 130MPH ??

LOL you know what, Ill try that today and get back to you... and if I dont get back to you... well the falkens shredded at 130 and I am either dead or in the hospital

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 216194)

:confused: oh yah? cause your info under your handle says:

ZKindaGuy
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Ooopppsss... that's wrong!

I agree. It's like cheap toilet paper, you get what you pay for.

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Originally Posted by ZKindaGuy (Post 217081)

Ooopppsss... that's wrong!

:tup:

You get what you pay for!!
Michelin Pilot sport all season Plus. They cost a little more but the treadwear rating is 500 compared to the Bridgestones that come on the car there tread wear rating is 140. This means you the bridgestones will wear out 3 times faster. Buy cheap and pay three times. Not that cheap in the end!!

Steve Millen came to ZCON09 and drove a few cars on the track and one of them being a 370z NISMO. We asked him which of the two NISMO's he would prefer, a 350z or a 370z. He said the 350z himself as it is more of a hard core handling vehicle while the 370z is 60-70% most of a daily and the 30-40 % left is for performance.

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Originally Posted by 1slow370 (Post 216891)

It's not the tires, and advan sports are in every way better than re050a's in every single review i've read about them. True the nismo blows I'm not disagreeing on that, but it's not the tires fault. The car is more susceptible to oversteer in the nismo iteration: (Taken from Edmund's)

Stiffer and Stuff
Primarily this extra speed comes courtesy of the 2009 Nissan Nismo 370Z's all-new suspension components. Front and rear spring rates are up 15 and 10 percent, respectively. The front antiroll bar is 15 percent stiffer and the rear one is 50 percent stiffer. Front damping is increased 40 percent while rear damping is increased 140 percent. The combination yields a 15 percent increase in overall roll stiffness, the Nissan engineer tells us, making the already flat-cornering Z corner even more, well, flat.

Wider rear tires don't hurt, either. The 245/40ZR19 front and 275/35ZR19 rear Bridgestone Potenza RE050A tires of the standard 370Z with Sport package have been replaced with 245/40ZR19 front and 285/35ZR19 rear Yokohama Advan Sport tires. The stickier rubber is mounted on forged-aluminum Rays wheels (19-by-9.5 inches front and 19-by-10.5 inches rear) with rims that are a half inch wider than the stock Z's wheels.

They screwed up the balance the stock version has by stiffening up the light rear more than the front.

How bout the Hankook Ventos V12? for a cheap tire, it sure out performs some other high end brands, coming in 2nd in this Car & Driver test.
For the money, I think I will just try them, can get a set for about $800, if I don't like them, I'll just recycle them. I want to run the 305/30/19 rear - 255/35/19 front. Cant seam to find the Falkens in that size.

Tire Test: Nine Affordable Summer Tires Take On the Michelin PS2 - Comparison Tests - Auto Reviews - Car and Driver

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Originally Posted by FloridaViking (Post 221755)

actualyl these Michelin Pilot A/S are the ones I am considering replacing my tires with when time comes...however, I've also heard these are subpar compared to the handling vs. the OEMs...any truth to that?

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Originally Posted by MeetJoeAsian (Post 222648)

I'm sure there is truth to that...you're comparing all-season tires to summer tires.

Why would you even be looking at all-seasons if you live in TX? :icon14:

Dude you obviously don't track if you think highly of the stock tires...geez...i just tracked my Z today...and the stock tires are cry babies, well they were good until i learned the course and then started pushin it...i WISH i could get a set of the Falken RT615s, or Yoko A048s like i had on my 350z when i tracked it....but i haven't found them yet in 19"

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Originally Posted by ZYUL8R (Post 222791)

Yes, I do "track" and have been for almost 7 years, 2 of which holding a comp licence.. However, I know better than to drive anything onto a track on street-tires. You obviously don't track competitively or even seriously.

I never said the stock tires are great on a track...they are street-tires for chrissakes. They are, however, up there with the top non R-compound street-tires on the market.