firestone firehawk vs bf goodrich radial t/a

[othtim]

Disagree, radial T/A's are excellent in winter, compared to other summer tires. I daily drive my Monte carlo with 225/65/r14 radial T/As on the back, and traction T/A's up front. These radial T/As perform just as good as the Goodyear nordic winter tires I had on last year. They also perform just as well (or better) as the Michelin X-Ice's I tried last year. Performance on sheer ice is bad - but the tires are excellent and predictable on anything other than sheer ice. When I first had my car it had Firestone Indy's on the rear, I was not impressed with their winter handling. They seemed to be like an off-on switch. Good traction, but then all of a sudden when they lost grip there was no grip at all. I found the Radial T/A's to be more gradually slippy. The biggest downside I've found with BFG is their warranty. I've been in a situation where they were unwilling to warranty a tire that was clearly defective. For this reason alone I won't be buying BFG again - I have no beef at all with the tires, though.

 

[khan0165]

also i dont know the relevance exactly since no one in my family or anyone i speak to very often has used bfg tas nicely, but iv had nothing but good experiences with regular bfg tires.... just an fyi after doing regular burnouts more often than seldom iv just replaced my bfgs at 75000 miles sooo >.> and all the bfgs we ever had on our cars have all performed the same... even the bfgs on my dads truck have like 65k and my moms jetta got 80k so bfgs are boss

I agreed... Generally, BFGs are a great brand. I have KDWs and G-Forces on my IROC rims now

but I've never had good luck with the T/As... Then again, it's a budget tire, and you get what you pay for.

 

[81CRUISERbrougham]

i wonder if the tires on my car are part of that recall? there from 96?

 

[supercrackerbox]

i wonder if the tires on my car are part of that recall? there from 96?

No, that recall was for the Wilderness AT tires issued on the Explorers, Rangers, and half-ton F-150s. Which personally I think was Ford's fault as much as Firestone, but let's not get into that. Besides, the deadline for the Recall was some time in 2000 I think. And for that matter, tires generally have a "shelf life" of about 5-8 years tops (less if they've always been outside in the elements) before they are considered unsafe due to natural deterioration. There's a lot more to how good a tire is than how deep the tread is.

 

[mebe007]

ive run firehawks on my buick for the past 10 years with no issues

 

[Blazenlotus]

I run firehawks on my truck. I have had them on there for 3 years they still got a lot of tread. When these ones ware out I am putting the same back on. When I get the El Camino on the road that's going on it too. Never ran the other brand so I couldn't say anything bad about them.

 

[Carlola]

Hard to find quality RWL tires these days, hear good things about mickey thompson's sportman ST's

 

[Randy_W]

also i dont know the relevance exactly since no one in my family or anyone i speak to very often has used bfg tas nicely, but iv had nothing but good experiences with regular bfg tires.... just an fyi after doing regular burnouts more often than seldom iv just replaced my bfgs at 75000 miles sooo >.> and all the bfgs we ever had on our cars have all performed the same... even the bfgs on my dads truck have like 65k and my moms jetta got 80k so bfgs are boss

And he didn't say **** once!

 

[gk666]

I just say **** when I'm irate... if you ask me what the best tire on the market is I'm gonna say bfg straight up end of story.... you ask me why women suck at driving and why life sucks many ****s will be had

 

[mebe007]

well i put it like this: I've driven on both and the firestones are still on the car.

now the truck rode on BFG for a long long time until i got the mickey thompson mtz. the beat my old bfg mt hands down due to siping. but thats a different story. looks like bfg struck out twice for me.

wait no 3 times, we just switched my girlfriends car to Michelin hydro edges from her wore out bfg. the ride better, are better in the rain and come with a 90,000 mile warranty or 6 years whatever comes first. cant beat that. so bfg might be done in my book now. but if they would get there head in the game we might get something good out of them again. (besides the bfg AT longest lasting all terrain tire)

but long story short for these cars i much prefer the firestone.