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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 04:23 AM
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Just bought these for the vette. I went from some yokos to these. Any people in here have any experiences with them? Here is the price and sizes I purchased. I havent recieved them yet because discount tire had to order both sets. If anyone has had some bad experiences with them please tell me while I can still return them.

BF Goodrich g-Force T/AKDW NT

295/35R-19 100Y BSW (38545)



$335.00each



BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KDW NT

275/35R-18 95Y BSW (38537)



$220.00each

Total with warranty from discount tire was about $1,250 ish. Good deal or bad? I think the tread pattern looks good, does anyone else?



Thanks for any and all responses,

Luke B
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 10:48 AM
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Honsetly, I can't see where these would hold the road good having flame tread like that. I don't like the tread pattern, looks more like a show tire than a performance tire. That's just me though. All that matters is that you like them.
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 11:57 AM
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Tires for our C cars are expensive, no argument here. I just replaced the rear factory Goodyears on my C6 because of multiple punctures to one tire. Odometer showed 23,500 miles when I was forced to make the change. I'll bet I had another 10-12,000 miles left on the tires. Two rear tires plus 4 wheel alignment and balance was $790.00.
I think what you paid was what the traffic would bear, but you did not get ripped off. I like your tread pattern better than the Goodyears I chose. I've seen you tire on a couple surveys and it was ranked high.

Save the wave.

Lar
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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Honsetly, I can't see where these would hold the road good having flame tread like that. I don't like the tread pattern, looks more like a show tire than a performance tire. That's just me though. All that matters is that you like them.
Actually, out of46 tires in its class on tirerack it was 3rd overall. Its a very sticky tire thus less tread life but very good grip. (tread wear is 300 so not that low, my yokos were 400) According to all the reviews I read from consumers and distributors it was a 4.5 out of 5 overall on almost every review. I just wanted to know if anyone had any real life experiences with them.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....es&place=0
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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Tires for our C cars are expensive, no argument here. I just replaced the rear factory Goodyears on my C6 because of multiple punctures to one tire. Odometer showed 23,500 miles when I was forced to make the change. I'll bet I had another 10-12,000 miles left on the tires. Two rear tires plus 4 wheel alignment and balance was $790.00.
I think what you paid was what the traffic would bear, but you did not get ripped off. I like your tread pattern better than the Goodyears I chose. I've seen you tire on a couple surveys and it was ranked high.

Save the wave.

Lar
Man you got 23k miles out of your tires. I will be lucky if mine last me till this time next year. Then I will have to drop another $700ish for the rears. I had read several reviews about the tire before I purchased it and all of them were good thats why I went ahead and bought them.
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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I have G-Force 275/35R-18 KDWs on the front on my car, G-force 345 drag radials on the rear.

Great tires.
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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Hey Lee, are the tires as noisy as a lot of people claim?
 
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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O, sorry, I so gotta learn to keep my mouth closed when I have no clue what I'm talking about.......
 
Old Feb 21, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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ORIGINAL: Navy Flyboy

O, sorry, I so gotta learn to keep my mouth closed when I have no clue what I'm talking about.......
 
Old Feb 22, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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Got my new tires, well only the rears. They ordered the wrong front tires so I will have to keep my yokos on thefronttill around march 5th.[:'(]Anyway they look sooooooooooooooooooooooo mean and that makes me happy.
 
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