Because it snows heavily and frequently in Indiana, I was forced to give up my stock BF Goodrich KDW2's for my current all-season tires, Kumho Ecsta ASX. The change from street to all-season meant a weaker sidewall, so I went with a wider size for more grip to make up it. I went from the stock 205/50/17's and moved up to 215/50/17.
Overall, my current all-season tires were what I was looking for. It has a surprisingly stiff sidewall for an all-season tire, it handles better than my stock street's in the wet, it's capable of matching my old street tire times on the dry and it is a lot less expensive (payed $100ea.) than the other high performance all-season tire competitors. Without the expertise from Jason and his racing team, it would have been really difficult to make the right decision.
Although I successfully overcome the snow problem, my car was still lacking in performance due to the all-seasons. I needed to find some sort of way to get better tires and still have the option to run all-seasons in the winter. So I went to Jason again and talked to him about what I needed to do. He referred me to this website called Edge Racing. They always have great deals on light-weight race wheels/ street tire packages.
Jason and everyone in his team all said that these Falken Azenis Rt615's are the best and least expensive street tires that I could get. With these tires, I should be able to run two to three seconds faster than usual. That means that it will be easier for me to place top 10 out of 100 drivers on pax!
Since the other high-end brand wheels are much more expensive, I will have to go with these no-name brand wheels in the future. I don't really care if they're not the nicest looking wheel. I only care about whether or not they're light. And thanks to ACR for making the ACR model SRT-4 because now I can use 16x7 inch wheels which will ultimately, allow me to buy lighter, wider, and less expensive tires!
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Thanks for suggesting our site Vincent!
Not sure if you got your wheels already, but drop me a line if you want some ER decals ;)
max at edgeracing dot com
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