dunflops

[jerkamiah]

Just got BFG g-Force Sports put on to replace the OE tires. I went from 195/50/16 to 205/45/16 because that makes my speedo read 1% faster than what I'm actually going. I've noticed two things right away. 1. the g-Forces have noticeably more overall grip (my Dunlops were about 3/4ths gone), and 2. the Dunlops had much tighter on-center feel.

I'll elaborate on the second point. One of the reasons I ended up buying this car (used) was because it was so "direct". Any movement of the steering wheel immediately resulted in redirection of the car. Now with my g-Forces the on-center feel is mushy or floaty. I think this is mostly due to the difference in tire size. If you exaggerate the effect and imagine one tread that is considerably narrower than the wheel width and one that is considerably wider than the wheel, the one that is narrower will have less tread movement relative to the wheel. When the tread is wider than the wheel it tends to move side-to-side relative to the wheel in a turn. This is most likely what I've noticed at that initial steering input, and something for others to think about before deviating from the stock size.

I'm pretty sure I'll get used to it and the car still handles great and predictably , the ride is good, and the tires are quiet, but I miss the car being "tight" like it was with the OE tires. Just something else to think about.

BTW I can see the question coming - my pressure is right at 45 psi on the new BFGs.

 

[redpr5]

yea i love the quick response with the stock size tires...but i keep all my tires at 35psi

 

[Roywhitep5]

like omg i took a 90* corner at 120mph and the stock tires just wouldnt grip! ftw????

if you can learn how the tires react in the turns, you can do some pretty impressive things with them. i have found that with my suspension setup, they will give me a comfortable amount of understeer or just enough oversteer to let me transition the cars weight when i come across a series of sharp corners. they are good tires

 

[tunersteve]

I got 24k out of my stock Dunflops, and they were pretty slick when I got rid of them. I ended up with Toyo Proxes 4s and i've put 24k on these, and i've still got decent tread left on them. It probably helps that I quit peeling out and trying to be a badass too.

 

[redpr5]

^yea the stock size tires are good...my p5 with no suspension setup at all will hold turns at 75 pretty good...of course they arent really tight...but ive taken some pretty tight ones at 60 and the car lost a lil traction (the tires started squealin) but i never lost the road completely