Goodyear Eagle GTs

*durckelg* · 10-09-2009, 10:20 AM

Has anyone tried the Goodyear Eagle Gts? I have had them on my 03 SE (225-50-17) for ~4k miles. So far they have bested the previous Yokohama YK520s (which I never cared for) in wet and dry cornering straight line driving, and road noise.

apom · 11-16-2009, 01:08 PM

There ok. I believe the tread wear rating is only 460 so don't expect them to last too long.

PetitFrereMaxima · 11-19-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by apom

There ok. I believe the tread wear rating is only 460 so don't expect them to last too long.

WRONG!!!! Threadwear is 400!! And expect them to last 50,000miles. That is good life out of a tire that maintains good psi, is rotated and balanced religiously and the alignment is maintained too. Do all these and your GTs will last 50k without much problems. If you don't do burnouts too!

ChrisMan287 · 11-19-2009, 10:30 PM

400 tread wear is good compared to the 260 my next set of tires are going to have.

apom · Today, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by PetitFrereMaxima

WRONG!!!! Threadwear is 400!! And expect them to last 50,000miles. That is good life out of a tire that maintains good psi, is rotated and balanced religiously and the alignment is maintained too. Do all these and your GTs will last 50k without much problems. If you don't do burnouts too!

getting 50k out of these is wishful thinking. Once the tread wear wears down 50% the tires do not handle the same way. I give these tires 7/10

*crazy97* · Today, 02:30 PM

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...jsp?type=UHPAS

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...ay.jsp?type=AS

*BEJAY1* · Today, 06:50 PM

I got these in the same 225/50/17 size about a month after Goodyear released them last summer. This was my TR review.
Great combo performance and value. Sidewalls are only real downside-very mushy flex, and at least 1/2" rim protection - actually looks a bit silly they're so thick. Dry traction excellent both straightline and steady state cornering. Hard to break them loose in straightline similar to how a drag slick flexes. Transitional slaloms and lane change sluggish. Wet traction excellent-last 2 days were driving through remains of tropical storm Gustav; tires best I've had equal to S-03s. Been buying non Goodyear 12+ years, and was skeptical til now. Good product Goodyear!
It's now a year later and I still realy like these tires. Durometer rating is still around 70ish putting them on par with some of the Max performance summer tires.