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Tires - Good Year or BFG?

Posted: 1/13/08 9:34am Message 11 of 28
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I run BFG RTA's,my pick is a little to small too see em,great tires Thumbs%20Up


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Tires - Good Year or BFG?

Posted: 1/14/08 10:41am Message 12 of 28
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Joined: 10/22/2004
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Vette(s): 1969 COUPE CORTEZ SILVER, BRIGHT BLUE INTERIOR 383 cu. in. 512 HP. Hooker headers w/ side pipes PS PS AC AM FM STEREO. 68,000.MILES C5 5oth Anniversary Coupe , auto.350hp
one more vote for the BFG`s here!


Tires - Good Year or BFG?

Posted: 1/14/08 10:50am Message 13 of 28
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Eastern Oklahoma County, OK - USA
Joined: 1/3/2006
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Vette(s): 1980 Black L48 T-Tops
BFG's on all the vehicles I own.  I have them on both trucks and the vette.  I had Kumho's and they were the roughest riding and noisest tires I ever had.  I had to wait to get the BFG's due to the production cycle issues however, well worth the wait. 

I went to Tire Rack and got their price, then went to Hibdon's and the Hibdon price to order them in from their warehouse was the same with mounting, balancing and steel stems as the price of the tires only without shipping from Tire Rack and they come with the Hibdon road hazard guarantee.

Wouldn't spend the coins on Goodyear if they were the same price.



Tires - Good Year or BFG?

Posted: 1/14/08 7:21pm Message 14 of 28
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Joined: 12/2/2003
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Vette(s): 1975 C3 Red, T-Tops, Black Interior. All I need is time and money! Getting there!
I put the Firestone FireHawk Indy 500 on mine.  I'm very happy with them.


Tires - Good Year or BFG?

Posted: 1/14/08 8:04pm Message 15 of 28
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Eagan, MN - USA
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Vette(s): Gone, but not forgotten: 1974 Coupe Red, matching numbers, Black Interior, L-48 w/ 4 speed; The “Admiral”, also gone and never to be forgotten. 1994 Admiral Blue LT-1 coupe, Black Interior Automatic
I'm a BFG man across the board. My racing experience with Goodyear street tires was not the best so I tend to shy away from them. I have T/A's on the Corvette. Besides performing well, I like the raised white lettering look on the car. I have traction T/A's on my daily driver, Sebring convertible, and they may bge the best street rain tire I have ever had on a car....but you can ask 10 different people and get ten different opinions on tires.
 
 



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Tires - Good Year or BFG?

Posted: 1/14/08 11:58pm Message 16 of 28
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Yelm, WA - USA
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Vette(s): 1979 L82 4 speed Scat 383 crank 190 cc Procomp Aluminum Heads 202 160 stainless valves GM Powder metal rods Speedpro H860CP Hypereutectic pistons 280 cam hydralic HEI Pro comp 1.6 roller rockers Mighty Demon 750 Sanderson CC1AP Hedders.

Wow looks like I'm the odd man out here! I've ran goodyear for years offroad and street, Eagle GT II's in the northwest rain and no issues. Maybe I should try out some BFG's? Big%20smile 




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Posted: 1/15/08 5:35am Message 17 of 28
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baton rouge, LA - USA
Joined: 8/12/2006
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Vette(s): 1981 dark metallic blue, dark doeskin leather interior, mirrored glass T Tops, 330hp/350ci GMPP crate engine, billeted aluminum serpentine system, Dewitts with dual spalls
BFG's on all my toys and work truck!  Have heard comparable problems with GY!


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Posted: 1/15/08 6:55am Message 18 of 28
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Roseland, NJ - USA
Joined: 12/4/2003
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Vette(s): 1974, 454 with 4 on the floor, matching numbers.
BFG's on my 74, great tire.


Tires - Good Year or BFG?

Posted: 1/15/08 11:56am Message 19 of 28
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Oklahoma City, OK - USA
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Vette(s): 1972 LS5 Convertible,Auto.Targa Blue with Black Interior.
Been using BFG'S since the high school hotrod day's, Have had others on car's I've bought , but when it came time to replace I always went with The TA's. I have a chevy pick-up I bought new in 95 and it has it's 5th set on and it has 240,000 miles on it.
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Tires - Good Year or BFG?

Posted: 1/15/08 1:09pm Message 20 of 28
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TOPTON, PA - USA
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Vette(s): 71 454 convertible, mulsanne blue,a/c, matching numbers, 48K miles
I bought Firestone Firehawks 3 years ago and am very pleased with them.



Tom
71 454/365 Mulsanne Blue Convertible


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