Brand of tire for drifting

Does it matter what brand of tire you use to drift with? I mean I know Yokohama and Dunlope etc... are good for drifting, but can you use like some like cheap brand and get the same feel or performance from it? Or can you drift a used tire? And is there a cheaper way to drift?(I know weather is a cheaper way) I'm only asking this, because I love drifting and all, but I just don't have the money just to waste tires like nothing...

no money = no drift.

money is an integral component, especially since you eat through tires and break things alot.

doesn't matter what brand really. sometimes it's best to use good tires up front and shitty tires in back so you slide easier and don't waste a good set of tires.

use good tires on the back when you've got more money, are a better drifter and/or are sponsored.

Okay tires...

For beginners and low powered car, yes you can use shitty tires or used tires "in the back" with high-thread wear for the following reasons:

1. Easier to get the ass out, since you are practicing you will learn and get used to your car sliding. And if you have a low powered car like a corolla, it wont stress out your diff and you'll have fun with lower speed drifts.

2. It's cheaper to get used tires or high thread wear tires rather than performance tires. And since you'll be tearing it up anyway, no need to spend a lot of money on them.

Keep in mind that you want to balance your front and rear tire combinations. Use shitty tires in the back and medium grip tires on the front, not necessarily super grip or else you will loose balance.

Once you get better you can switch to having the same kind of good grip tires on front and back. This will allow you for more control and go at higher speed drifting. If you use shitty tires for higher speed drifting it will be difficult to control.

Keep in mind that your tires on the front also have to drift when your going sideways, so using super high grip in the front can make it difficult also.

You really have to play with your tire settings and see which fits your skills and your car.

Good luck, i hope this helps!

I think Falken is one of the cheapest and better tires out there... at least for my car. I use stretched Falken Ziex up front and shitty tires in the back or sometimes Falken Azenis front and Ziex in the back...

but a combination of ziex front and back is also good.

Also, for anyone running a "non-aligned" drift machine (like my B) look into Continental tires. They don't offer up much grip for recovery (learned that the hard way) but at around 30-60 bucks a pop they can be sacrificed to a few solid weekends of sliding around.

I've got Contis on Layla right now, and they're pretty decent for my purposes. Although Layla roached her starter long before I could get any significant wear on the tires. The fronts still have the fuzzies on 'em. :lol2:

buy 4 nice tires (falken is my preference) with whatever wheels you use, then either use the stock wheels or buy a cheap pair of 15's off another car like yours at a junkyard and go buy 1 or 2 pairs of used cheap tires... when you go drifting throw on the trash tires, then put your good ones back on when you get done.. best way I can think of... really is no cheap way about it, which is why my tires have no tread at all right now

How about weather drifting? You guys have any advice on that? And wheres a good place to drift in you live in a big city like OC (Orange County)?

back roads, any curved roads that aren't busy, set up cones in a parking lot with no houses or people around so you don't get the cops called on you

Falken Azenis, Is my preference as well.. Really great tires and here in the US their considered Budget tires.. But The compound of the tire are rated Semi-Racing.. The tire are really stick once their warmed up.. You can get Z rated Azenis for as low as 120/a tire and from there the lower the speed rating the cheaper....

Since you're driving an FF I'd say...

Studded snows in front and McDonald's trays in the back. Hold my jacket, I'm going to hell.

Hey, you know the Pyramid wheels from Celica Supras like mine, that they put on AE86s, well they are 4 lug and have the same bolt pattern as any 4 lug drift car. My point is that at tire rack they have some real real nice summer tires for it that are a real good deal. They are Sumitomos, heres the link http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Sumitomo&tireModel=HTR+200&vehicleSearch=true&partnum=06HR4HTR200&fromCompare1=yes

they are 205/60/14, the stock tires are the supra are actually 225/60/14, but these should fit because I have the 225s on my car and they bulge a good bit.

yeah, those Sumitomos are $42 a piece, and they are rated for 130. But I wouldent worry about the speed rating too much for drifting.

thx