guys with KDW2's

TxCobrA98 · Jul 22, 2009

where my brothas at??? :headbang:

lol for real though, totally random question.. because theres not much going on tonight and curious if anybody else with these tires have ever noticed this.

HAVE YOU NOTICED...... that the two strips of tread (shown in red) are discolored on our tires? or is this just me... go check it out next time your in the day light. and i run my tires properly inflated so they aren't wearing unevenly.

eliyarbrough · Jul 22, 2009

I have the KDW 1's, but I will buy these when they were out! I've been looking @ these since they 1st was talking about them! When you did the tread like that, looked 100% diff from the pics I've seen. I just put them next to each other, erased what I had typed, they are the same!

I'll make a note to watch out for this!

EastBayStang98 · Jul 22, 2009

those are some damn nice tires....expensive but damn nice

TxCobrA98 · Jul 22, 2009

i love the KDW2's.. they have lasted me for over a year now and i drive it daily.. ive done like 3 burnouts and a few donuts.. still have like 5/32's tread (new is 10/32's)

OnyxCobra · Jul 22, 2009

I wanted those tires pretty badly but got a good deal on the regular KDW's. I've heard those tires are noisy, true? My KDW's weren't noisy at first but now they hum around 50 mph.

eliyarbrough · Jul 22, 2009

Heard that about them being noisy! I drive a convertible!! Can they really make that much of a sound? My car is too loud/exhaust wise, but it's far from being quiet! I figured the noise would factor in good. Noisy, huh.

JonBeast · Jul 22, 2009

I'll have to look at mine the next time I go outside...too dark now.

Javi · Jul 22, 2009

they are discolored, also ive had the same rear tires for well over 2 years. lol

TxCobrA98 · Jul 23, 2009

haha Javi, so you've noticed this too. why is that i wonder? ive try to clean them off and everything, but they are justs discolored... it wont go away lol.

and the tires are noisy i guess? doesn't bother me either way.. I have long tubes, off road h, and 40 series flows. the least thing im worried about is tire noise haha.

mikey94gt · Jul 23, 2009

I noticed that too. I think it is a different compound rubber molded into the tire, cuz it doesnt completely cover the entire block that you highlighted on my tires, it more makes two stripes on the center of them. Hm. maybe I will call up BFG and ask them.

TxCobrA98 · Jul 23, 2009

if you do call mikey, let me know cause im kind of curious why. it doesn't really bother me, ive just noticed and wondered why.

white95 · Jul 23, 2009

Javi said:
they are discolored, also ive had the same rear tires for well over 2 years. lol

+2, had mine on since september 2007... always wondered why they looked like that... they stand up to alot of abuse though!!! as for road noise, idk, my car hums, vibrates, snarls, creaks, squeaks, etc... no isos, tubular k-member and poly motor/trans/U n LCA bushings help transmit any nuance available... oh and i have a rattling exhaust pipe too javi... sh1tz ghey

mikey94gt · Jul 23, 2009

My car rattles some, and the delrin bushings in the front end are gonna drive me nuts. I have some silicone grease I will put on them this weekend.

Javi · Jul 23, 2009

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haha Javi, so you've noticed this too. why is that i wonder? ive try to clean them off and everything, but they are justs discolored... it wont go away lol.

and the tires are noisy i guess? doesn't bother me either way.. I have long tubes, off road h, and 40 series flows. the least thing im worried about is tire noise haha.

Elbow grease? :sign10:

they are freaking noisy, i drove my stang last week for about 1500 miles and man they are noisy as hell, ill probably go with a different tire next time i get some rears.

white95 said:
Javi said:

they are discolored, also ive had the same rear tires for well over 2 years. lol

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+2, had mine on since september 2007... always wondered why they looked like that... they stand up to alot of abuse though!!! as for road noise, idk, my car hums, vibrates, snarls, creaks, squeaks, etc... no isos, tubular k-member and poly motor/trans/U n LCA bushings help transmit any nuance available... oh and i have a rattling exhaust pipe too javi... sh1tz ghey

ive had mince since september 07 too lol

mikey94gt said:
I noticed that too. I think it is a different compound rubber molded into the tire, cuz it doesnt completely cover the entire block that you highlighted on my tires, it more makes two stripes on the center of them. Hm. maybe I will call up BFG and ask them.

If you do, let us know what they say.

TxCobrA98 · Jul 23, 2009

awww Javi, your going to sacrifice a good performing tire for a bit of noise? booo

haha i drove down to austin on these tires and they were fine. i was tachin like 2700 the whole way though with the windows down, so maybe thats why i didnt notice.

JonBeast · Jul 23, 2009

Yea mine are discolored as well...

OnyxCobra · Jul 23, 2009

They do perform sweet but the humming they make is annoying. There are other performance tires out there that don't make noise, but i wanted BFG for the front since i got their DRs in the rear.

white95 · Jul 23, 2009

The wet weather traction is 10-15x better than my old Nitto 555s, Nankang NSIIs or Pirelli Assimetricos (sp) could ever provide. It rains a lot in Baton Rouge and given the "new jersey like" roads, I don't have to tell anyone about white-knuckle antics due to poor traction. KDW2's for my stang, FTW!!!

GDawg · Jul 24, 2009

Interesting looking tire. They will probably be my next tire to try. Or more so the KDs and not the KDWs.

Right now I've been running Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3s and have been pretty happy. Very sticky tire.