Tires Options

[razor7]

Hey Guys,
As some of you may remember, I recently picked up racing hart M5s in 18x7.5 format. I'm still working on refurbing them, but when I'm through I'm going to be in the market for some new tires and wanted some recommendations.

I would like to stay at either a 40-45 thickness, mostly because that will still throw off my spedo by about 3mph at 60, and should keep the overall size closer to the GTS wheels I have on there currently. I've been using the Falken ZIEX ZE-912 tires for a while, and after warming them up they corner magnificently. However, with all of the choices out there, I'm not sure if I'll want to go with them again for 18s.

So let me know what you guys have used and enjoyed. I'd like to keep the cost per tire down below $150, but would still like to have nice, grippy tires. I'm also mostly interested in either summer or all weather tires (but probably more summer, I think I'll keep the GTS wheels for winter driving).

-TC

[95CelicaST]

No larger than a 40 aspect ratio, and 35 to play it safe.

So we're talking a 225/40R-18 tire?

BF Goodrich G-Force Sport is an excellent tire, and can be had for $134/tire at tirerack

A more aggressive tread, but good tire is a Yokohama Parada Spec-2, lower tread life, but a grippy tire. Yours for only $1 more per tire.

[razor7]

No larger than a 40 aspect ratio, and 35 to play it safe.

So we're talking a 225/40R-18 tire?

BF Goodrich G-Force Sport is an excellent tire, and can be had for $134/tire at tirerack

A more aggressive tread, but good tire is a Yokohama Parada Spec-2, lower tread life, but a grippy tire. Yours for only $1 more per tire.

Sweet, I will definitely look into both of those!

I was thinking of going for the 40 mostly because of ride quality. I'm on blown suspension right now (don't worry, next thing I'm doing will be instaling bilsteins on H&Rs). As for the tread life, well, even tires that are meant to last 40k I'm only getting 15 out of...

I run Falken 512s and have been quite happy with them in dry and wet conditions.

The falkens are definitely still in the race, I've been happy with my 912s, I wonder what the tread difference is between them and the 512s.

i have f1's on my gts rims now. they are 205's... $50 a pop from tirerack, what a steal. keep in mind tread wear... are you going for performance, or function? i always like goodyears, and michelins, i wanna try some yokahama's, tiga swears by them...

I'm in the market more for performance, we have a lot of windy mountain roads around here that I have a lot of fun on. I'd love to get my hands on super cheap/used tires though, just so I can figure out how this thing drifts (i drive more aggressively for speed rather than sliding).

-TC

This post has been edited by razor7: Aug 11, 2009 - 3:40 PM