224/45/15 or 205/50/15?

[DaveG99]

Thanks [MENTION=1507]Waterfan[/MENTION]. I personally love the way it looks and feels on the road. It is not nearly as soft as I thought it would be (I'm glad it isn't by the way) but it is noticeably a better ride over bumps and expansion joints on the freeway. This set up removed so much weight I can actually feel it in the steering. I haven't ripped into a turn yet but the traction is way better than my stock tires ever were putting power down in 2nd gear. I only have 45 miles on them so far but I'm headed to the mountains This weekend so I'll report back soon!


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[92FOX]

^what he said...looks like a great setup.

 

[LILIKE16ST]

I have the same setup on matte black 15x8 pro race 1.2 and it's pretty awesome. Rides a lot better handles better looks awesome just overall great setup. It makes the braking and acceleration better too I just dropped 6 lbs per corner with this setup. These tires are fairly heavy at 21 lbs next time I'll probably go with the continental extreme in 205/50 or the star spec 2 same size not sure yet both of those tires are just 19 lbs so I can drop a couple more lbs from each corner making it 8 less than stock on each. I like the star specs I just can't make up my mind if I wanna try a 200 treadwear tire I may burn through them fast I rack my miles from time to time. The continentals have rave reviews and have a 340 treadwear rating just like the bfg and these seem to be lasting fairly well. I have around 13-14k on them thus far with one rotation and they have a pretty decent amount of life left I'd say at least half or more. I like that but part of me wants to step up and try the star specs if these grip this well I can't even imagine tires like that I wanna be lowered on spec r swift springs first though as super sticky tires with stock suspension isn't the greatest idea. I remember how much difference the 100 treadwear nitto 555r drag radials made on my old 97 cobra compared to basic street tires it was unreal I would imagine these would be close to that amount of change only in the corners instead of drag so that kind of makes me wanna try them. Tires make a world of difference

 

[doctorweird]

I feel like a keep cross posting this, but whatever I'll do it anyway. I put some 205/50 Yokohama AD08 R on my 15x8 1.2's and I love it

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[M-Sport fan]

^^^Pretty substantial stretch on those, but they probably stick better than super glue!!

(Looks badass as well! )

 

[doctorweird]

^^^Pretty substantial stretch on those, but they probably stick better than super glue!!

(Looks badass as well! )

I did a lot of checking with the miata guys (who seem to always be running 15x8's) before I did it. A lot of them run 205s on 8" wheels and none of them ever had a problem with it.

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[Goingnowherefast]

I did a lot of checking with the miata guys (who seem to always be running 15x8's) before I did it. A lot of them run 205s on 8" wheels and none of them ever had a problem with it.

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Miata guys have even ran 205's on 15x9 with no issues. To me that's too much, but it seems to at least be safe for use.

(I race a NA6 Miata in NASA TT + Gridlife TT)

As for the 225/45/15 205/50/15 debate, I still think that basically 205's is the most casual DD friendly setup while 225's are the more performance oriented setup. Assuming an 8 inch wheel, 225's will be significantly quicker than a 205 all else being equal.