BF Goodrich G Force Sport

[SilverGT5783]

Just ordered some today and they should be in next week but i was just wondering if anyone on here has these. I searched a couple weeks ago but i couldnt really find much info. If anyone has these tell me how you like em.
Thanks

http://customwheel.com/custom_wheels/images/gforcesport_large.gif

[pnoy]

why not BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2? It has better rating compared to that but $16 more each.

[SilverGT5783]

yea i almost got those but i just didnt think they would hold up for daily driving as well.

[FITGT]

yea i almost got those but i just didnt think they would hold up for daily driving as well.


I had Gsport 2 as my DD and they did not last long. I loved them.

[SilverGT5783]

I had Gsport 2 as my DD and they did not last long. I loved them.

yea they are supposed to be like 20,000 mi tires how long did yours last?

[SilverGT5783]

come on anyone else have/ have had these tires before?

[Celica Drift 27]

i got some new KDW2s, they are the sickest thing since spinach. its sex.

[martang]

I've had mine for roughly a year and they are pretty much down to the tread bar. They are decent tires they suck in the rain though I always spin from a stop.

[FITGT]

yea they are supposed to be like 20,000 mi tires how long did yours last?

20-30K or so. Not much over that.

[SilverGT5783]

i got some new KDW2s, they are the sickest thing since spinach. its sex.

Yea i think im going to try these tires out next. How do they do in rain?

[redbull]

I have been running the KDW2 for the past 37,500 miles they have been great. First I’m not saying they will last 37,000 miles, they are bald as hell. I will take pics in a sec. They have been one of the best tires I have owned. They have been excellent in the rain and on the track(autocross). I would buy these tires again. However I ordered the sports because my tire fund is split between my autocross only set of tires and my dd set.

[slvrcelicagt00]

i have those tires, but only drove the car a wk b4 everything went wrong... but they seemed to grip really well on the road

[Trm]

I've had them on a different car. Hard to tell how long they lasted as I drove 1k miles a week on them & it was a few years ago. Grip was great on dry days, but they did not like rain & on a simple dusting of snow they acted like they were bald. Decent tire for the price from Summit Racing though as 205 55 16 were like 65 each when I got them.

[silentchaos]

i just got my gsports in dec. i like em so far. they are nice a sticky in the dry and grip well in the turns when wet and the are a lot quieter than my old fuzion Zri's

[SilverGT5783]

I have been running the KDW2 for the past 37,500 miles they have been great. First I’m not saying they will last 37,000 miles, they are bald as hell. I will take pics in a sec. They have been one of the best tires I have owned. They have been excellent in the rain and on the track(autocross). I would buy these tires again. However I ordered the sports because my tire fund is split between my autocross only set of tires and my dd set.

Wow i didnt think the kdw's would go past 30,000. Well when my sports are toast im deff gunna get a set of those:AF:

[liftedceli]

I had them on my old set of GT-S wheels in the stock 205/60/15 size and I loved them...great grip and decent rain performance. I got them at a great price, too!

[redbull]

Wow i didnt think the kdw's would go past 30,000. Well when my sports are toast im deff gunna get a set of those:AF:
I should have replaced them almost 10,000 miles ago wait till I post up pics tomorrow, they have no measurable tread left.

[SilverGT5783]

LMAO ok post the pic tomorrow. Sounds like you have some KDW slicks:gap:

[silentchaos]

^you do realize that if you get in a wreck and they determine the cause to be tire related insurance wont cover you.

[redbull]

Don’t put yourself in a situation to cause a wreck and its all good.

[silentchaos]

when my old fuzion's were getting low. i was driving back to school and it was raining. almost the whole time it felt like i was water skiing. very scary.

[SilverGT5783]

How well did you like your Fuzion's? I also considered buying those.

[silentchaos]

the tread on the outside of the tire wore funny, (not my alignment) so basically if u felt the outside tread it did this (nTnTnTn) every other tread peice was the same hight. made for some nasty road noise. the front ones were worse than the rears so i swaped em around so i couldn't feel the vibrations in the steering wheel. other than that they wernt bad tires as far as grip. just to noisy for my liking.

if i had to choose again tho i would still go with my BF Goodrich G-Sports.

[Punkers7465]

wait till I post up pics tomorrow
:eatpop:

[redbull]

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics there is something on my digital camera lens and all the shots were bleared.

Rear Passenger
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/rp4.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/rp3.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/rp2.jpg

Rear Driver
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/rd3.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/rd2.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/rd1.jpg

Front Passenger
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/fp1.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/fp2.jpg

Front Driver about 18,000-20,000 miles.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/fd1.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/redceli01/fd2.jpg

[silentchaos]

someone did rotate their tires like the should have. tisk tisk

[redbull]

^I actually did rotate the tires every month but discount tire wouldn’t do it after 18,000 miles. They wanted me to pay $60 to rotate the tires. I have been milking every last miles out of these tires so I can get some badass autocross tires. I did order the sports 235/40r17 but they sent the wrong size 205/40r17. So I have been waiting almost two weeks for them to come in.

[SilverGT5783]

What kind of tires do you have on the way redbull?

[Punkers7465]

^^^they're kdw2's edit: I misunderstood the question I thought you were asking what tires were in the pic (sorry)

What is the width of your rim redbull?

[redbull]

My daily tires will be 235/40r17 BF Goodrich G Force Sport and my autocross only will be either 195/50r15 Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R or 205/50r15 Falken Azenis RT-615. I really think I want the RE01R but it will come down to money.

[Punkers7465]

have you thought about the direzza Z1's? All of the performance of the re-01r's without the price from what I've heard...

btw how wide is your street rim?

[redbull]

My daily rims are 17x8 Work Emotions CR Kai and my autocross rims are 15x7 Kosei K1

I have heard about those tires but it’s all been mixed feelings about them. Some really like them(most of the stx guys) while the guys driving small cars have not said too much about it they don’t like them.

[SilverGT5783]

My daily tires will be 235/40r17 BF Goodrich G Force Sport and my autocross only will be either 195/50r15 Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R or 205/50r15 Falken Azenis RT-615. I really think I want the RE01R but it will come down to money.

Nice, ive heard a lot of good things about the Falken Azenis tire.

[NoIdeaWhatToPut]

i have the G-Force sports now.. good tires but in rain, i spin sometimes.. not a big deal though. good grip for the money

[SilverGT5783]

Yea i got them for $90 a tire.

[redbull]

Nice, ive heard a lot of good things about the Falken Azenis tire.

Right now I am on 4 year old azenis 215, I bought second hand and he autocrossed on them twice. They are amazing tires, night and day over the KDW2. The 615 are even better than the old ones. Being a brokeass college student FTL

[SilverGT5783]

lol

[silentchaos]

<----Broke Ass College Student FTL +1

[SilverGT5783]

Atleast you guys are driving a cool car.;)

[silentchaos]

very true. mine was a graduation gift. i had about 15k ceiling and i found my GT-S for 10k kept the G-Rents happy and i was happy too.

others on my mind were
-Cougar... lol now that i look back
-Tiburon- Korean FTL
-prelude- doesn't compare in the looks dept. to the Celica
-Jetta- could only get the 2.slow in my price range. no 1.8T or VR6

but back on topic. i picked up my G sports+ mount and balance for a little over 400 defiantly worth the $$ and you have that name brand assurance

[SilverGT5783]

very true. mine was a graduation gift. i had about 15k ceiling and i found my GT-S for 10k kept the G-Rents happy and i was happy too.

others on my mind were
-Cougar... lol now that i look back
-Tiburon- Korean FTL
-prelude- doesn't compare in the looks dept. to the Celica
-Jetta- could only get the 2.slow in my price range. no 1.8T or VR6

but back on topic. i picked up my G sports+ mount and balance for a little over 400 defiantly worth the $$ and you have that name brand assurance

Before i bought my celica i almost bought a 97' prelude. But im like you i just thought that the celica's looks outweighed the prelude. Some people are different though.

400 is about what i paid for my tires, I have always thought BF Goodrich makes a good tire for the money.

[Toxygene]

We have the G-Force Sport tires on our Celica GT.

225/50/15 on Stock Celica GT rims
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/BlackCelica2005/Chino%20Hills%2007/IMG_0198.jpg

I've only noticed the tires slip if you are trying to haul A$$ at every stop light in the rain. Otherwise handling is fine, they drive quietly, and on the highway they go through puddles nicely. I have noticed that they do tend to wear a bit quickly but my wife barely drives 5 miles to work so I'm not worried. I'd rather get the grip and the benifits of the quietude and replace them when the time is up than get some longer wearing but possibly louder and less grippy tires.

I will also add that I've noticed that the more you try to rip through the tires in wet weather, that it seems as though the rubber hardens due to the abuse and then seems to loose more grip. If you don't abuse the tires though I've noticed that the rubber stays soft and you don't loose as much grip.

[Punkers7465]

225's on stock rims?? I didn't know that was possible.

[deltaB]

225's on stock rims?? I didn't know that was possible.Hell yeah.

I even have 225-50-15's on 15x6 for the MR2.
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[SilverGT5783]

wow i didnt think that was possible either i thought 215 would be pushing it.

[Punkers7465]

Hell yeah.

I even have 225-50-15's on 15x6 for the MR2.
ΔB

wow I had no idea... So what size would you recommend for a 17x7 rim thats going to be used for the occasional track day? 225/45/17? And how do you like those direzza Z1's btw?

[deltaB]

First, I don't have 17's and hate to speculate but:
>>215/40R17 83W SL BSW 265 026 942 207151 7.5 7.0 - 8.5 8.6 23.8 10/32 1,074
>>235/40R17 90W SL BSW 265 026 971 207152 8.5 8.0 - 9.5 9.5 24.4 10/32 1,323
>>245/40R17 91W SL BSW 265 026 943 207153 8.5 8.0 - 9.5 9.8 24.7 10/32 1,356
>>255/40R17 94W SL BSW 265 026 970 207154 9.0 8.5 - 10.0 10.2 25.0 10/32 1,477
>>215/45R17 87W SL BSW 265 026 948 207147 7.0 7.0 - 8.0 8.4 24.7 10/32 1,201
>>225/45R17 90W SL BSW 265 026 954 207148 7.5 7.0 - 8.5 8.9 25.0 10/32 1,323
>>235/45R17 93W SL BSW 265 026 960 207149 8.0 7.5 - 9.0 9.3 25.4 10/32 1,433
>>245/45R17 95W SL BSW 265 026 961 207150 8.0 7.5 - 9.0 9.6 25.7 10/32 1,521
I'm a fan of shorter is better, so I would go with the 215/40R17. I don't like what I miss in first gear with the 16's compared with the 15's.
For the Z1's, so far so good. I only got to drive them in anger the first day I put them on. It's not fair to compare them with worn out falkens in the rain.

Here were the conditions.
http://brakeswapracing.com/ericwong/videos/VIR-NASA-0308/NasaVIR032908.wmv
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6784183479494293315&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gzza6sZIeY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbHYV8DUQY0
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[Toxygene]

It is very possible.

I'm actually not too far out of spec on these tires. The smallest rim suggested is 7 and those rims are 6.5. It's pushing it a little but not as much as you think. It was funny when the tire guys were putting them on and they were like DAYAMN, that is a fat tire on there.. But in the end they were wow... those look much nicer than those stupid 195 sized tires.

And the toughest critic was the Mrs. and she loved them as soon as I got home. So I consider them a win win all the way across the board. Next time though I might get some Toyo T1's in the same size. Just to compare. I have them on my Alltrac and I love them. I'm hoping the Mrs. will too. Plus they might wear just a tad bit longer. I think Falkens might be a little too hard for my wife's tender bottom. LOL:gap:

[SilverGT5783]

Its all about the Mrs., lol

[SilverGT5783]

Well i finally got them mounted today, so far i like them a lot, they ride great just as good or better than my traction t/a 's. Gave em the old 40mph corner test and the sidewalls stayed put.