Goodyear or Perelli?
12/22/14, 01:37 PM
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Goodyear or Pirelli?
I am going to buy a take off set of 19" Brembo Trak Pak wheels and tires for my 2014 base GT. I have a choice of Goodyear or Pirelli tires, which is the preferred brand? The Pirelli's on my car are noisy so I am hopping to get away from that. Not a daily driver, summer nice days only.
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12/22/14, 01:54 PM
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I am going to buy a take off set of 19" Brembo Trak Pak wheels and tires for my 2014 base GT. I have a choice of Goodyear or Perelli tires, which is the preferred brand? The Perelli's on my car are noisy so I am hopping to get away from that. Not a daily driver, summer nice days only.
12/22/14, 03:44 PM
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My 2014 just turned 13K miles and I've noticed the Pirellis are making noise. It sounds almost like wheel bearing roar which I know is not the case on a brand new car. The car still grips and handles well but the road noise is pretty annoying.
Personally I would go with the Goodyears. When my tires wear out I will not be using Pirellis again. I will either go with Goodyear Eagles or Firestone Firehawks. I had a set of Firehawks on another car that I owned and they turned out to be good tires.
Personally I would go with the Goodyears. When my tires wear out I will not be using Pirellis again. I will either go with Goodyear Eagles or Firestone Firehawks. I had a set of Firehawks on another car that I owned and they turned out to be good tires.
12/22/14, 03:58 PM
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I am going to buy a take off set of 19" Brembo Trak Pak wheels and tires for my 2014 base GT. I have a choice of Goodyear or Perelli tires, which is the preferred brand? The Perelli's on my car are noisy so I am hopping to get away from that. Not a daily driver, summer nice days only.
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12/22/14, 05:11 PM
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What do people not like about the Pirelli's? I've driven maybe 7k on mine, about 500 of those as track miles, and have found them quite grippy, they have not chunked at all, are very predictable for breaking away... they wore a little quicker than I would have expected but not bad.
I can't speak to wet performance, as I basically don't take the car in the wet, and I can comment that in the cold they are like hard plastic, but that's expected for a summer tire.
That said, I had Goodyear's as my track tires on my previous car and loved them. Very good grip, excellent wear.
I can't speak to wet performance, as I basically don't take the car in the wet, and I can comment that in the cold they are like hard plastic, but that's expected for a summer tire.
That said, I had Goodyear's as my track tires on my previous car and loved them. Very good grip, excellent wear.
12/22/14, 05:27 PM
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What do people not like about the Pirelli's? I've driven maybe 7k on mine, about 500 of those as track miles, and have found them quite grippy, they have not chunked at all, are very predictable for breaking away... they wore a little quicker than I would have expected but not bad.
I can't speak to wet performance, as I basically don't take the car in the wet, and I can comment that in the cold they are like hard plastic, but that's expected for a summer tire.
That said, I had Goodyear's as my track tires on my previous car and loved them. Very good grip, excellent wear.
I can't speak to wet performance, as I basically don't take the car in the wet, and I can comment that in the cold they are like hard plastic, but that's expected for a summer tire.
That said, I had Goodyear's as my track tires on my previous car and loved them. Very good grip, excellent wear.
12/22/14, 05:42 PM
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What do people not like about the Pirelli's? I've driven maybe 7k on mine, about 500 of those as track miles, and have found them quite grippy, they have not chunked at all, are very predictable for breaking away... they wore a little quicker than I would have expected but not bad. I can't speak to wet performance, as I basically don't take the car in the wet, and I can comment that in the cold they are like hard plastic, but that's expected for a summer tire. That said, I had Goodyear's as my track tires on my previous car and loved them. Very good grip, excellent wear.
12/22/14, 06:48 PM
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Also does anyone know the specific Goodyear P255/40/19 that came on the 2014 Trak Pak wheel? Was it one of these: Goodyear Eagle® F1 Asymmetric or the Goodyear Eagle® F1 SuperCar? or?
12/22/14, 06:56 PM
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I didn't know the Track Pack car came with a tire that good. That's a serious tire. Not an all season tire to be sure, but for grip and g's under optimal conditions that's about as good as a tire gets.
12/22/14, 07:07 PM
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My Track Pack came with Pirelli's. The earlier GT500's came with Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar though. 255/45/18 front and 285/40/18 rear. The 285's are quite cheap on Tirerack... I've been considering a set of 4 to run a square street tire setup on my other set of track wheels for when I'm not wanting or able to run slicks
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12/22/14, 07:10 PM
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The things you don't like are exactly what we don't like about them lol. And I daily my car, even in the rain. In rain and cold, they're useless. And even at 8500 miles, they're a LOT louder than when it was new. I'd rather have a higher performance all season like the Pilot Sport A/S 3, in a 275/40 too.
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12/22/14, 07:11 PM
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12/22/14, 07:29 PM
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I find the All Season Pirelli's in my V6 package are amazingly grippy in the summer. They slide a bit in the rain, but only when I purposely do something stupid.
In the winter, I wouldn't know - I don't drive on hockey pucks. Winter tires for this DD, and I can play safely all winter (i.e. do reasonably stupid things much more safely).
In the winter, I wouldn't know - I don't drive on hockey pucks. Winter tires for this DD, and I can play safely all winter (i.e. do reasonably stupid things much more safely).
12/22/14, 08:20 PM
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Autos weren't available with Track Pack. Brembo Package only, and they were Eagle F1s, same tire as the 07-09 GT500 and I believe base GT500 from 10-12.
12/22/14, 08:49 PM
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