Well, dad has agreed to buy me tires for Xmass, now the question is, what to get. Keep in mind that I do drive this truck every day, and will be for years, so longevity (sp?) is an issue. However, I still want a good performance tire with good traction (traction is a preety big problem right now) Any prefrencess?
What size tire you running on the truck now? I am running Nittos 555 on my truck its 17 inch rim. I have had good life out of those, considering my first set was BF G's G-force. They gripped hard as hell but it was such a soft tire iI went through them in no time.
99 Pewter SCSB
DJM 4/6 drop, Hotchkis front/reat swaybars,Hypertech power programer, milled & built heads, Accel wires, distributer,coil, Mass Air Flow Sensor(mti motor sports, Granatelli),Dynomax UltraFlow Stainless, 17x8.5 Eagle Alloys, Escalade door handles, Suburban front grille, with clear corners and billet bowtie,Street Scene mirrors, Cowl Hood
Kumho ecsta stx- wears like iron and grips better than any tire in its class. If you want really good traction you will have to go with a tire that will wear quickly. I have burned the kuhmos on my trtuck since the summer and they don't show it at all. My stock tires melted under throttle, and traction was non exsistant.
2002 ecsb
LS1
JPR stage I heads
218/224 529/536
AS&M Headers
Volant, Magnaflow Dual/Dual
SSF 3500 4.10
I have the kumho's Ecsta STX 275/60/17 and I'm very happy with them, I still have traction problems but the kumho's have a lot of improvement compared with the stock tires.
STOLEN: 2005 SILVERADO 1500 4WD ECSB 5.3L 3.42 gears
Sold: 2003 SILVERADO 1500 RC STEPSIDE 5.3L 3.73 gears
Thanks for the advice guys
im gonna go with the Kuhmo Ecsta Supra 712's 275/40/17(and 245/45/17) in about a month...Tirerack has all 4 for like $430, and my buddy has the 20's and has over 20k miles on em.
Hugger Orange 99 SS Hardtop #756
485rwhp/440rwtq SAE
Kuhmo's here too
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I run Nitto truck tires. They balanced out good and ride great. I am happy
1999 Silverado 1500 Ext. cab Red 2/4 hotchkis drop & swaybars, bilstein stocks, AR626 & 404 Nitto's, Yank converter, ASM headers, ASP underdrive pulley, Taylor wires , free mods VCN 2000, Nelson Performance tuning
2002 Red WS6 M6; Flow master K&N
I second the Nitto 404s. Then are much better than the Yokohama AVS I had before. However I have heard extreamly good things about the Kumhos.
2000 Silverado, RCSB, 2wd w/ a few mods.
Best 1/4 ET: 12.09@111.22 (old 5.3L H/C/N2O setup)
WRE 370 and Kenne Bell 2.8L installed and breaking trannys.
2001 Tahoe LT 4wd
Stock, daily driver and tow vehicle.
i have friends that say get the Yoko AVS and the Nittos but say stay away from the Kuhmos...maybe because they drive sports cars the tires have slightly different driving characteristics.
Hugger Orange 99 SS Hardtop #756
485rwhp/440rwtq SAE
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