Firestone Firehawk Indy 500
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Scottsdale, Az
lol, its so true about tire street cred. the second you see mpss or ad08 or re71r you automatically think wow awesome tires.
but after reading i've decided to go with the firehawks, we'll bring these tires some street cred if we all start rocking them :P
putting them on early june once my wheels come back from powdercoating, but reviews have been stellar. from websites and forum members.
heard they run a bit narrow though.
but after reading i've decided to go with the firehawks, we'll bring these tires some street cred if we all start rocking them :P
putting them on early june once my wheels come back from powdercoating, but reviews have been stellar. from websites and forum members.
heard they run a bit narrow though.
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From: Cali
Yeah, the word "Firestone" on the sidewall def lacks street cred lol. But, its' shape, the very rounded-off shoulders, and the big blocky tread pattern makes up for it.. looks way more aggressive than say PSS, S04, DW etc. Looks very similar to Ext Perf tires, than UHP or MP tires..that is street cred enough. The people behind you at a stoplight can def see those big tread blocks 
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Yeah, the word "Firestone" on the sidewall def lacks street cred lol. But, its' shape, the very rounded-off shoulders, and the big blocky tread pattern makes up for it.. looks way more aggressive than say PSS, S04, DW etc. Looks very similar to Ext Perf tires, than UHP or MP tires..that is street cred enough. The people behind you at a stoplight can def see those big tread blocks
Very excited to get them on the s2k
The s2k definitely has street cred. I have a mk7 golf r as well, and no one cares about it when I drive around lol
But with the s2k, without fail you get people asking you questions and giving you thumbs up all the time!
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From: Charlottesville
www.simpletire.com looks to have them instock with free shipping and a 60 dollar rebate. A little hard to find but search for them individually by size.
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From: Central Texas
Nexen tires make more noise than traction.
I've had the FHI500 on the front of my daily for about 600 miles. they are very nice. they shed water like no other. I think this tire is nearly MPSS quality in the rain.
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From: DFW
I've had these tires since March, they are my daily/wet track day tires. I've used them for one track day (was cold but ended up not raining) and they held up great, doesn't have the ultimate traction of the top tier EHP 200TW tires, but they were'nt far off. They handle perfectly in the rain, and for daily driving duties. They are not overly loud (my Z2SS are much louder) and they performed great on a recent group drive in the twisties. Can't comment on longevity as I have approx 500 miles on them.
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Scottsdale, Az
Here, have a tirerack review.
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests...y.jsp?ttid=219
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Just wanted to chime in, i actually tracked firestone's all season tires on the stock ap1 wheels and they actually held up pretty well LOL. Anyways those died recently so I got a pair of these just on the rear for the moment and wow do they grip really well on the street at least. I would say they have a pretty similar feel to my old star spec v2's. And yes who cares about the brand when the tires look great and perform well at their price point. The ap1 stocks actually look nice and aggressive with its beefy sidewall