Rubber Descision for my St204.5... Help!? Options

[Mstoochn]

Shortly my celi will be complete once I get going on converting to AWD, tranny installed and waiting for the rear subframe and diff. (hence st204.5)

I've already picked up a nice set of 16x7' of Lightweight Konig Rims:


but now im at a lost for what rubber I want to put on them, my existing rims for my pre-turbo'd/converted car were 15x7 with proxy 4 all seasons which i will use on this car in the winter.

For the rest of the year I want a reason tire but cant chose if I want a semislick or a road going tire thats decent in the rain...
Please don't turn my thread into a dick measurng competition about how traction is not an issue in an AWD car

My choices thus far: (size 225/50VR16 or 225/45R/16)

Potenza Re-11's
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?ti...l=Potenza+RE-11

Potenza SO-2's
http://www.tyretown.com/1100_bridgestone/potenzaso2.htm

Toyo R888's
http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?tirebran...del=Proxes+R888

[Stambo]

the so'2 look like they'd be pretty good in the rain. It's really what you wanna spend. I have falken azenis on my celica. After a summer of driving/autox they are pretty close to the wear marks. Maybe try to get a set of dd tires and than the set for weekend driving.