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Have any of you run these on 17's? I ordered these from Discount tire, not because I like the place (lord knows they suck), but because the Yoko's they sold me wore after only 8k, and they should've at least hit 15k, so they're prorating them and my options were BFG-KDW in 215/45-17, or Parada's or Kumho Ecsta's in the same size. Oh yeah, and the Dunlop 9000's. So, I decided on the KDW because the UTOQ rating is 300, so I KNOW it should last me more than 6 months. . .anyways, any opinions? Did I make the wrong choice? I can always cancel the order, they haven't arrived yet. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks guys!
'98 Black SVT #651 of 6535
KKM Intake (Miks Heat Shield in Winters/Drop-in K&N Summers), SHO Y-Pipe, and Bassani Exhaust.
Eibach Pro-Kit, Koni Struts, and Enkei RS5's with BFG-KDWs (215/45-ZR17)
BAER 13" big brake kit+rear baer rotors all zinc washed, cross-drilled and slotted (Greenstuff binding rears)
Kenwood head unit with Infinity reference speakers+1 8" Bazooka Tube fed by two MTX Blue Thunder amps.
Hella Stage II HIDS from hids4less.com.
Recaro Sport Seats trimmed in supple black leather.
And Zymol wax to keep it squeaky clean.
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Good on grip, price not bad, too ****ing loud. Firehawk sz50 ep's are the bomb!
-ANdy
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That's pretty much what our SVTs come stock with. A great tire but very loud. It at 32k and am just about to replace my tires. But they can go a couple more thousand if I really wanted to.
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agreed - loud tires, sticky though  got mine for $72/each  215/50 16's
Todd Christ SVT Contour Registry
MODS: KKM Intake, SHO Shop Y-Pipe, Bullit Fuel Door, Edelbrock RPM Resonator
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KDW's were standard on '99 SVT; I'm at 36k on the orig and they need to be replaced. Agree on best grip but noisy. Not interested in compromising handling too much and right now don't have an adequate replacement in mind so I'll keep the radio loud and probably stick with KDW's. By the way, how did you manage to only get 8k on a set of tires?
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Noisy tires! Great dry grip. Especially great wet grip when more than half tread remains. When less than half tread remains, the noise is deafening.
Stiff ride, but the car is ever so communicative (steering, esp.)
I must be old for my age (26), cause I want something a little gentler next time. Along the lines of g-Force KDWS or Dunlop SP 9000s or Firehawk SZ50 in 225/50/16. KDW are too extreme/harsh for me.
I know the Firestone Firehawks will kick ass in the rain...I have the SH30s on my other car and they have phenomenal grip.
Kerry
99 SVT Contour Silver Frost, #365/2760
91 Isuzu Impulse XS Kammback, Handling By Lotus
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louder than ****! but grippier than ****!
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Originally posted by kerrychin:
. Along the lines of g-Force KDWS or Dunlop SP 9000s or Firehawk SZ50 in 225/50/16. KDW are too extreme/harsh for me.
The SZ50 is not along the same lines at the KDWS's. SZ50 EP are summer tires and are grippier that KDW's. There are several different type of Firehawks SZ 50's being the performance tire of the bunch. Terry rated it the best tire in it's class. -Andy
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Thanks guys for the warnings and advice. I'm going to see what I can do with the options I have with Discount Tire. I think I got 8k with the yoko's because I have the Eibach/Koni setup=severe camber in the front (about 2.5 degrees negative), I drive hard, and I didn't have the alignment done as often as I should've given the extremely poor road conditions in Houston and the extremem heat. I didn't realize those were the standard tires on 99SVT's, I guess us 98'ers kind of got screwed with the GSC's, GOD those were horrible! The weird thing is that they're selling them to me at $160/tire, when they advertise the tires in car mag's for $136/tire. I'm going to have to do some fanagling, I might even consider the Dunlop's or Firestone's y'all mentioned.
'98 Black SVT #651 of 6535
KKM Intake (Miks Heat Shield in Winters/Drop-in K&N Summers), SHO Y-Pipe, and Bassani Exhaust.
Eibach Pro-Kit, Koni Struts, and Enkei RS5's with BFG-KDWs (215/45-ZR17)
BAER 13" big brake kit+rear baer rotors all zinc washed, cross-drilled and slotted (Greenstuff binding rears)
Kenwood head unit with Infinity reference speakers+1 8" Bazooka Tube fed by two MTX Blue Thunder amps.
Hella Stage II HIDS from hids4less.com.
Recaro Sport Seats trimmed in supple black leather.
And Zymol wax to keep it squeaky clean.
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KDWS's are much, much quieter, grip the dry as well, grip the wet twice as well. I replaced the stock KDW's with 225/50 KDWS, you gotta really try to get these tires to break loose on a corner.
Diggs
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