Are You A Ke** Owner With Awesome Tires?

[rjenman]

Hi

 

If you've bought tires for a KE** that you're happy with, I'd like to hear you rant about it.

 

KE70 preferred.

 

Why they're good, the fact that you got a good deal, what situations on the road were improved, how they go in the wet ...

 

my front tires lose traction before the back.... didn't do that before

[TE278U]

upgrade swaybars, then worry about tyres.

[KEhendo]

or change driving style, i run silverstone firefoxes on my ke20 with the standard 12X4 rims. they will understeer if you let them. i have learnt to get the weight transfer over the front and then steer. and only to accelerate when in a straight line. also i have put a 16mm sway bar in the back of my car, best investment i have made.

[Doogs]

upgrade swaybars, then worry about tyres.

 

What size/make do you suggest ?

Are Whiteline ok ?

 

I have heard a few people have strong and differing opinions on this, and the options available.

[love ke70]

get some good tyres on the front.

i loved it when i was running 205/50R15 toyo T1R on the front with a 13" steelie on the back.

best fun ever and the grip was sensational from those tyres.

absolutely loved them

[corolla_bitten]

i ran some 205/50/15 simex tyres on my ke70, and i could not get the thing to understeer 1 bit, only $100 ea fitted

[Medicine_Man]

Not a big fan of the Simex tyres, I put a set of Kumho tyres on mine and instantly noticed a lot better grip.

[KEhendo]

What size/make do you suggest ?

Are Whiteline ok ?

 

I have heard a few people have strong and differing opinions on this, and the options available.

 

i run a whiteline 16mm in the back of my ke20, it has improved the handling no end.

 

i didn't really do much research on it, it just came up cheap on ebay.

[love ke70]

http://www.lr.pl/grafiki/obrazki/simex_extreme_trekker_2.jpg

 

only simex i would buy :y:

[78_7kRolla]

To me simex are budget tires, but it's not as if they are going on a ferrari or lambo so they will hold up fine over anything that is on the uglier side of 3yrs old. And yes driving style makes a huge difference.

[lloydske70]

i go with a 195/50/15 federal 595 evos on a 15 by 6.5" rim wicked grip never understeer and ive got whiteline sway bars they were the best mod i have ever done

[godlovesugly]

i got some cheap and nasty $50 nangkangs or something. they are cheap, and nasty lol. but i don't drive hard anyway so they are perfect for my situation. i can't really comment on tyres but when i went from 13x6 to 14x7 wheels i really noticed a massive difference in the wet and the car doesnt follow bumps and grooves in the road like it used to.

 

interested in some swaybars now though :-)

[SLO-030]

I had some slippy Hankooks on the back of my 25 when i had it. I stuck them on the front because the old ones were scrubbing. Went to drift a corner and being slippies they uh...Slipped. the front wheels broke traction at the same time as the rears and thats how i put the 25 into a kerb. so yea, Hankook slippies are good tires for street dorifto but no good for front wheels. Whadda ya expect for $30 a pr

[Damon550]

i got some free retreads with my car they never slipped on hotmix in the wet but now i got cheap bluestreaks and there skid monkeys compared to my old retreads

[Redwarf]

Springs, shocks, swaybars. In that order for replacement.

 

I have some Falken Azenis 175/60-14 that rocked my little world. Bit soft for a road car but. :dance: