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BF Goodrich Traction 215/50/16
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BF Goodrich G Force Traction KDW 215/50/16
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I'm looking for performance with a good tread life. It is for a 2000 CSVT.
All the tire places are recommending the first option, but I thought I would ask people who know!
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Get the Radial T/As. Those two don't have white letters. But Seriously, the Traction T/A is a decent all around tire, but the g-force is much stickier. Although I hear the tread in those is pretty deep to evacuate water. Apparently that causes the tires to act a little funny in hard corners until you wear them down a bit. Still I like my Radial T/As. They are right in between those two.
J.T.
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I have Goodyear Triple Treads 225/50/16 on right now, but for some reason they won't balance. I've had the auto place balance them three times and each time they are out of balance. Also, it seems the alignment is off too. The car now pulls to the left. The alignment has been done twice and each time it doesn't seem to help.
I'm getting pissed about this! The auto place is getting another brand of tire for me, but all they are recommending is the BF Goodrich traction 215/50/16.
Could the larger Goodyear Triple Treads be causing this problem?
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T/A's are for 1982 Trans Ams!
The G-Force are supposed to be pretty good from what I've read.
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G-Force are great tires. The tread is very deep for excellent wet weather traction. The sidewall is more solid than any tire I have ever owned.
Black 2000 SVT Contour w/ Prairie Tan
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The G-Forces are a very smokey tire... 
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Originally posted by RawBurt:
The G-Forces are a very smokey tire...
untill your diff blows 
99 SE V6\5spd - 156 HP\157 TQ 15.166-90.84
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99 SVT # 1571 - 175 HP\153 TQ 14.999-91.88
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I put some Traction T/As on the g/f's Celica, and am quite impressed with their all around ability. Great tires IMO, for an all around commuter type tire.
Ryan
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Yeah, Traction T/As are decent all-around tires, but the G-Forces are stickier. If I were to get any G-Forces, it would be the KD, not the KDW/KDWS. But then, I live in Texas, where weather is more often than not, very warm and dry outside.
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