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I sold my set to someone who has already posted on this thread.
My experience...Pros: Great looks...no doubt, as everyone had already posted. They fill up the wheel wells nicely, look original...love the look from the rear of the car...really wide. Superb traction for essentially street tires, but don't forget that Krause Racing also offers the exact same tires WITHOUT the laser-cut grooves for track use. Very progressive loss of traction...nothing sharp, just a very gradual release of traction...you'll feel the car breaking loose before it looses all grip. You can control how far out the back end comes out very progressively with the throttle - nothing like Hoosiers, which will break loose all at once with little to no warning.
Cons: The hunting and darting around can be unnerving...if you're not on your game, the damned tires can jerk the steering wheel right outta your hands...be careful for the first 5-10 miles each day. Once they warm up, they're fine. They throw rocks like a school kid in a rock quarry...you'll peck up your fenders, your side pipes, the undersides of your car...and anything else you get near. The sides of my SPF are damned near trashed because of these tires...and I had virtually NO rock pecks on my car at all when I installed these tires...it'll never be the same now. The white lettering doesn't stay on for sh!t. I found myself constantly repainting the letters using spray plasticoat paint...the same stuff they dip tool handles in. That stayed on better than the paint from the factory, though. Maybe I'm too anal about stuff like this, but I sure didn't have time to keep repainting my tires eavery few weeks. I think they're a little pricey for street tires.
There's my two cents...it's worth what it's worth, right...?
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