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Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by James_Montigny » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:41 pm

My tires are over 6 years old and showing signs of age.

What kind of tires are you running on your street rims?
I was thinking Goodyear Eagle; I don't need drag radials, I have a second set of wheels for racing.

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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by 96AZHAWK » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:56 pm

I like these...
Nitto NT05
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I use these on my LS1 car for daily tires and they do pretty well...
Khumo ASX
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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by BLACK-HAWK » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:39 am

tires for daily driving depends on what your budget is.. http://www.tirerack.com .... i'm a fan of the least expensive..these are what i'm rocking till i get M/T ET Streets for the rear.. but my power out put is a touch over stock.. :mrgreen:

-Sumitomo HTR Z > http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... mpare1=yes

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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by Scott Chab » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:00 pm

What is your budget? Dry weather or dry and wet?
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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by James_Montigny » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:54 pm

Scott Chab wrote:What is your budget? Dry weather or dry and wet?
Money isn't an issue. The goal here is to find the right tire for the application.
This car will see wet and dry road conditions, it will not be driven in freezing weather or in snow.

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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by BLACK-HAWK » Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:32 am

keep it in the family? i dont remember your car, what all do you have done to it again?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... mpare1=yes

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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by Scott Chab » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:32 am

James_Montigny wrote:
Scott Chab wrote:What is your budget? Dry weather or dry and wet?
Money isn't an issue. The goal here is to find the right tire for the application.
This car will see wet and dry road conditions, it will not be driven in freezing weather or in snow.
BFG KDW2 (about $750/set) or Goodyear Eagle F1 (about $1100/set).
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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by DraganHawk » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:28 pm

I have NITTO 555R on my Hawk and love them! I've been caught in rain and they are excellent. Don't know if Nitto still sells them or not. It's been almost 7 years since I bought them. 8O

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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by 93hawk#82 » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:41 pm

Liked these and they reviewed well by auto-X guys....
Falken Azenis RT-615K

I here these grab well.....
Goodrich G-Force T/A KDW NT
CONTINENTAL EXTREME CONTACT DW


I currently have......
Toyo Proxes TQ Drag Radial and like them :D
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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by James_Montigny » Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:45 pm

Thank you for the advice guys
93hawk#82 wrote:Liked these and they reviewed well by auto-X guys....
Falken Azenis RT-615K
I heard a few people complaining about quality control issues on those, but they seem pretty popular on the roudy round boards.
93hawk#82 wrote:CONTINENTAL EXTREME CONTACT DW
I was looking at those, they seem to come highly recommended at tirerack.
They're relatively inexpensive too.
DraganHawk wrote:I have NITTO 555R on my Hawk and love them! I've been caught in rain and they are excellent. Don't know if Nitto still sells them or not. It's been almost 7 years since I bought them. 8O
I had those on my 95 bird about 10 years ago, they did well in the summer.
Wet traction was ok, but not as nice as some other tires I have run.
BLACK-HAWK wrote:keep it in the family? i dont remember your car, what all do you have done to it again?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... mpare1=yes

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600HP N/A 383 :)
I set it up to be a street toy that I take to the track every once in a while, but they closed the track.
So now it's a trip to Topeka if I want to test/tune/race. Not horrible, but less convenient that having a track 20 min away.
Although, to be fair, I did let the build project drag on for 4 years so I don't have much room to whine.

Firehawk tires are appealing because of the name and they do handle decently well.
They'll also work well in colder conditions if needed. I'm not sure that that matters a whole lot.
Scott Chab wrote:BFG KDW2 (about $750/set) or Goodyear Eagle F1 (about $1100/set).
I have been looking at the Eagles, they seem to handle great but people complain about ride quality.

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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by BLACK-HAWK » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:33 pm

600 all motor!? i hate you :( .. :mrgreen:
Mickey Thompson ET Streets in the rear, cheap tires in the front! 8)
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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by DraganHawk » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:25 pm

BLACK-HAWK wrote:600 all motor!? )
He said 600HP nor 600RWHP.........HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE difference

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Re: Tires for your Street Driven Hawk

Post by BLACK-HAWK » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:44 pm

My bad, all i read was the letters on the screen
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