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Old 06-27-2020, 10:12 AM
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Default Re: POTENZA RE-71R's or VENTUS R-S4's?

Originally Posted by JB007Rules
Hey guys,

Long time no chat to all of you guys I met at the tail of the dragon last year!! I need new tires for my SRT6. The ones that are on there are shot. I am comparing these two tires:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...RatingsReviews

and these:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...ty=2&tab=Sizes

I'm keeping OEM sizing for the front but I'm going up a bit to 275/35/19 for the rear after Valk posted his top about using 285/35/19's. I don't wanna go that big due to the overall height being larger.

That being said here are my facts I'll give you:

- I don't care about all seasons and do NOT want all season tires. This isn't my daily driver and I will NOT be driving it in the snow or rain.
- Obviously I could be out and get caught in the rain so there has to be consideration there regarding hydroplaning issues that something like the Toyo R888R's would have. My wife drives the car too and I don't need to worry about her safety if she's out and accidentally gets caught in the rain
- This is NOT a track car or a drag race car
- Whatever the MAXIMUM grip I can get is ideal. I drive this car HARD... I mean hard.... I hammer it and I want the best damn tires I can get for traction, cornering and dry pavement use.
- Price isn't a concern for me. I want whatever is best.

Any other ideas are welcomed and I'm *NOT* set on either of these two but these are the two I've narrowed down to.

On a side note. I like the idea of these BF Goodrich G-Force Rival S 1.5's but they don't make the correct size I need for the front tires so I chalked them off the list. I thought about using two different tires but I ruled that out because I'm not sure that's a good idea overall to have two tires that behave differently. I could be wrong here and if I am please let me know your thoughts on that as well?

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...oModClar=SRT-6

What do I do??????


No matter what selection you make, the only contribution I have is the only restriction on mixing tires or brands I know of, is make sure the tires on the same axle, are the same. Two fronts of same, two rear of same. Good luck!


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