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Old Aug 27, 2006
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Gforce KDW's = Loud tire.....

Just a heads up to anyone considering the BFgoodrich Gforce KDW's (stock srt tires), they are loud as hell! So much road noise. Also at higher speeds the steering wheel shakes. Some might say my balance or something is out but this is talked about a lot on the srt forums. Not a bad tire in dry traction and wet is alright as well. They have great steering response as well. Needless to say i'm looking for a replacment.
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well...i mean theyre not louder than my stereo, so they're not a loud tire for me. unless im taking turns at high speeds, but i love the tires and the performance. but what does a little or some raod noise matter. you dont have a Ferrari or Lambo. G-Force...i'd buy again!
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Originally Posted by kornsined
Just a heads up to anyone considering the BFgoodrich Gforce KDW's (stock srt tires), they are loud as hell! So much road noise. Also at higher speeds the steering wheel shakes. Some might say my balance or something is out but this is talked about a lot on the srt forums. Not a bad tire in dry traction and wet is alright as well. They have great steering response as well. Needless to say i'm looking for a replacment.
Lol sure the shakeing in the steering wheel aint from you k-swap ;-) mine does it no matter what tire i put on. lol.

But they are a little loud, but its no biggie, i just turn the radio up and loose control! Granted mine kind of suck cause i dont have the right size rim or tire for my car. Sooo i have traction issues, as seen last weekend when i swapped my tries out and went from running 15's to 14.1... could have been a 13 had i worked at it a little more, but it was starting to get crowded.
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mine have some camber wear since i bought them used. i think that maybe adding some noise. It seriously overpowers my 3" exhaust. The shaking I thought was due to the swap until i hit up the srt forum and almost everyone complained of it. I think it's 50/50. Good preformance but us FI guys can make them spin no problem
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Originally Posted by kornsined
mine have some camber wear since i bought them used. i think that maybe adding some noise. It seriously overpowers my 3" exhaust. The shaking I thought was due to the swap until i hit up the srt forum and almost everyone complained of it. I think it's 50/50. Good preformance but us FI guys can make them spin no problem
didnt srts come stock with KDW version 1's?
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i've heard they changed them on newer models but I'm pretty sure they're kdw1's.
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SRTs came with the KDW NT...NT=New Tread. the flame design
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The flame design are the BFG g-Force T/A KDW. Those are the tires I put on my sister's 7thgen along with some Racing Hart c2s. They are the loudest street tires I have ever heard, but awesome tires none-the-less.
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haha you know then the torture. sorry i should have specified the flame tread.
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