GT Radial
In Japan you can get the SX2. You cannot get the SX2 RS — it has no Japanese product page and no Japanese listing at all.
Models and prices
Giti Tire, headquartered in Singapore; GT Radial’s consumer site states no country of origin. On Formula Drift PRO’s 2026 approved table — one of only four makers.
- Champiro SX2
- Champiro SX2 RS
Leads Formula Drift’s own manufacturer Tire Cup on 376 points after Round 6, ahead of Nitto on 280, Kenda on 237 and Kumho on 177. Also the counter-intuitive one: people call GT Radial Indonesian, and the tyre that actually runs in FD is American-made.
Official site · verified 2026-09-16 · Not from the maker’s own pages — GT Radial Commercial (Giti), 1 Feb 2022 — “Champiro SX2 RS, developed and manufactured in South Carolina”
What owners report
Every GT Radial tyre review on Minkara, Japan's largest car-owner community — 11 reviews read 14–16 September 2026, counted rather than picked. “Fitted to” counts only reviews that mention drifting and say which axle; “chunking” counts reviews that mention it at all, split by whether the owner says it happened. Stars are Minkara's own 0–5 rating. Owner reports, not tests.
CHAMPIRO SX2
- Fitted to (drift use): no drift reviews
- Chunking reported: not mentioned
- Tyre life: 3 praise · 0 complaints
Eleven reviews and not one from a drifter: Formula Drift’s leading tyre is bought in Japan as a road-and-track tyre.
Buying GT Radial from Japan
Tyres are heavy and the cheap lanes close to them, so we buy domestically and quote the freight as one total — and tell you when buying locally beats importing. Send us the size and compound you want.
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