RE: BF Goodrich g-force T/A R1 as street tires anyone??

[ELIBEEMER]

Thinking of getting these for my rear's....

Any know if I can use them on the street?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/bfg/bf_careandfeeding_gforce.htm

Any help appreciated!

ELIBEEMER

[Cannon]

Really bad idea.

The R1 tires are dedicated track only tires (although they are technically street legal). You would be lucky to get 5000 miles out of them. They have almost no tread on them, and therefore are terrible in the rain. In addition, the R1's will wander all over the road when you are driving on anything that is not pool-table smooth (although it might not be as bad with the tires on the rear only).

If you were to push the car hard with the R1's in the rear only, it's going to understeer like nobody's business, no matter what you do to the car (short of an e-brake induced slide).

On the other hand if you were to run them on all four corners, they are great, although unforgiving, track tires.

Chris

[AlexT]

I've had them on my 540 for 6 months on the street. They are quite rough but the baby corners like it's on rails. They are tough tires, nothing gets through them. The rubber is so soft, you'll pickup a lot of pebbles. Nightmare for pain fanatics. I couldn't induce a power slide nor understere.

Rain is fine as long as you stay put in down pours and stay away from puddles.

The actually wears quite well actually. Untill I was in an Auto-x and went into a sideway slide and flat spot them on all 4 so I had to change. I now have another set on.

1 warning. They do not signal the limit when street like street tires do. No screeching so no show offs like power slide or laid down rubber.

I got tire of the roughness so my set of "winter" tires (Bridgestone SO2 PP). That's all we need in Dallas w/DSC.

I would love to hear about Hoosiers and Yokos. My auto-x buddies had them but I don't know if they street them.

[gerry_miranda]

Originally posted by AlexT
I've had them on my 540 for 6 months on the street. They are quite rough but the baby corners like it's on rails. They are tough tires, nothing gets through them. The rubber is so soft, you'll pickup a lot of pebbles. Nightmare for pain fanatics. I couldn't induce a power slide nor understere.

Rain is fine as long as you stay put in down pours and stay away from puddles.

The actually wears quite well actually. Untill I was in an Auto-x and went into a sideway slide and flat spot them on all 4 so I had to change. I now have another set on.

1 warning. They do not signal the limit when street like street tires do. No screeching so no show offs like power slide or laid down rubber.

I got tire of the roughness so my set of "winter" tires (Bridgestone SO2 PP). That's all we need in Dallas w/DSC.

I would love to hear about Hoosiers and Yokos. My auto-x buddies had them but I don't know if they street them.

Which R1 do you have, R1 or R1a........I have been wanting to this....
I currently run Yoko A032 R and they wear very well. 7000 miles and going. I expect them to last 12000 miles before replacing them. They stick like glue and rain or puddles is no problem. True R compound for the streets. They are a bit noisy between 20-50 mph. But after that, they quiet down.

I wanted to use r1a because they are about 5 lbs lighter than the ao34r...

[Cannon]

I can't believe you are running G-Force R1's on the street. I guess I've seen it all now:).

Yoko A032-R's are actually ok on the street. As was stated above, they are loud (my car sounds like a cement truck driving to/from the track), but they are very streetable.

R1's on the street.... Sheesh:)

Chris

[AlexT]

I have the R1 not R1A. They're not loud but they are actually very quite. I got about 10k mi out of them. Consider the price difference between a set of S02 and R1, I'll use 2 sets of R1 to 1 set of SO2.

[EDDINANM3]

Sorry, I just don't see G-Force R1's being the tires I would want on the street on my M3. They have very little tread thickness and can puncture easily in everyday street driving, plus they wander all over every time there is any undulation in the road surfurce, then throw in the fact that if there is any kind of serious rain your history! In Arizona you might be able to live with them and the side effects, but not in Seattle. They belong on the track. Now the A032R's you can get away with on the street, which is nice because you can drive to a track 3 hours away on them if you want with just an odd humming noise between 40-50mph no big deal.:cool:

[AlexT]

The R1 do fine in Dallas, Texas. We get pretty heavy down pours. I didn't experience them on my M3 yet. I will be getting a set real soon and I will update you guys on it.

[gerry_miranda]

I'd appreciate that...My ao32 r are about to go. Which R1 are you getting R1 or R1a

[Greg]

My buddy runs nothing but the R1 on his 911 carrera, and this thing sticks like glue~
I had the Yoko A032Rs, and they had the same effect, but made a lot of noise. When I first mounted them, I thought there was a fire truck behind me, cause when I spead up, the noise got higher, and vise versa. The had deeper groves than the R1s, so they handled the rain just fine. I drove to Vermont 5 hours each way, in the rain both ways. And they were already tracked big time when I got them from a race team with a set of rims.

Greg :cool: