From three of the world's best roads to your most important ones - the roads you experience them on! The Eagle F1 GS-D3 is Goodyear's Max Performance radial that was developed in Europe for driving enthusiasts around the world who want more performance from their factory stock or aftermarket tuned sports cars, sporty coupes and performance sedans.
On the outside, Eagle F1 tires feature Goodyear's AAtrax tread compound molded into a distinctive wet weather racing-derived OneTRED directional tread design. And while the AAtrax tread compound's name emphasizes the fact that the Eagle F1 GS-D3 earns the highest "AA" Uniform Tire Quality Grade wet traction rating, Goodyear's OneTRED design combines three distinct patterns in the tread design to enhance dry and wet performance. A solid and continuous center zone maintains constant road contact to enhance straight-line tracking and initial steering response. Next, sweeping intermediate power transfer bridges use "virtual rib" technology to emulate racing slicks by delivering shoulder-to-shoulder tread contact to further enhance steering response and dry road cornering traction. Then sweeping aquachannel grooves, which are three times longer than the tire's contact patch, angle forward and out to the edges of the tread to avoid trapping air and water between the tire and the road to reduce noise while enhancing wet traction and hydroplaning resistance. And finally, the virtual ribs flow into the shoulder area to form long, stable shoulder blocks to grip the road during cornering and help resist the wear associated with aggressive driving.
On the inside, twin high-tensile steel belts are reinforced with spirally wound nylon to distribute the vehicle's load across the tire's footprint to provide high-speed durability and uniform ride qualities. Slightly angled body ply construction with high ply turn ups enhance steering precision and high-speed stability while exterior sidewall rim flange protectors help guard wheels from curb damage.
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 tires feature subtle black letters reversed out of a stylized black sidewall, and are available in a wide range of V-, Z- or Y-speed rated sizes in 55-, 50-, 45-, 40-, 35- and 30-series sizes for 15" through 21" rim diameters.
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Review Date: Wed February 4, 2004
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $55.00
| Rating: 9
Pros:
Sticky as gum in a little girls hair
Cons:
Don't last all that long
I've not had these on a WRX, but I put a set on my 1980 Triumph TR8 and wow...these things are sticky as can be. They've only got a 220 treadwear, but man, who cares? I've had these on the track and despite really romping on them, I could not get them to break loose. These are about the next best thing to slicks if you ask me. I love 'em.
bakaivar Registered User
Registered: March 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 45
Review Date: Mon April 26, 2004
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $127.00
| Rating: 9
Pros:
Sticky. Z rated. Cheap. Interesting tread pattern.
Cons:
Jittery feel on the straight
Great tires, super sticky. The tread pattern looks great. Pretty cheap tire for a Z rated tire. Handles great on the bends. Not as noisy as the stock tires.
Only con is that they feel a bit jittery on the straights... due to the fact that they grip every little nick and crack in the road.
EricDaRed81 Dirty Redhead
Registered: September 2004 Location: Commuting? I don't know what that means anymore. Posts: 7204
Review Date: Wed August 3, 2005
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $650.00
| Rating: 10
Pros:
Awesome look, very sticky, quiet
Cons:
Find every groove on the road
Great tires that aren\'t wearing to fast. Have about 10k on them now and they still have a ton of life left. They find grooves in the road but that\'s mostly because of tire size.
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WRXed Registered User
Registered: March 2003 Location: Oahu Posts: 1350
Review Date: Sun October 1, 2006
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 7
Pros:
good wet traction
Cons:
get worse the hotter they get
the tires handle great in the rain, but i've had better all season tires. after the 2nd run at auto-x, i've found that they actually start performing worse than when cold.
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