Meaty Tires Thread

[Kip2MyLou]

16x7 Rota Slipstreams
Et 35 Front
Et 37 Rear
225/45/16 BFGoodrich KDW Tires

Where did you find those tires?

 

[Sourskittle]

It will be interesting to see how this looks... Since its a front drive car you'd typically want more tire up front. I think you should have gone with a 215/40-17 up front so the height difference front to rear was minimized. As is the rear will be 20mm taller!

This is actually my second run with these tires up front. They are def taller and def effects the way the car accelerates. It def takes the gear ratio down a peg, but with my power level and powerband, I'm happy with that. The traction is really nice with the wider tire, although, I have to admit, when I did these tires the first time on the stock turbo, it took some of the excitement out of exiting corners since it gripped instead of destroyed the inner tire and causing "drama". Just likr removing the prius tires from a BRZ in favor of real tires makes the car a little dull. But of course.... Adding 50whp fixed that, lol.

Up until last week, I was running my last two stock tires on the rear. And the car felt pretty balanced to me, although it did corner slightly less shapely.

Now with these tires on all 4 corners, I'm now keenly aware of how much the rear tires do, lol. Its much more squirrely under high speed braking ( which the tire tires are too, its just worse ). And the car now rotates like crazy now. I didn't think changing from a stock tire to a stock sized cheap tire would change much but it did. I'm not sure how big of a rear tire you can run on the rear, but for these tires, a 215 or 225 rear would be nice, I just didn't want the straight line rolling resistance if I didn't need it.

The 235 front are the shiz for me, and my car. Maybe not perfect for 96% road course type cars or autocross guys ( at which you can afford to use $270 a piece narrow awesome compound tires with ), but for my car that's a daily hooligan car, drag strip car, roll race car, and "budget intense" car, $76 a piece suits me pretty perfect, lol. $345 shipped for all 4 tires. $405 mounted and balanced. I used to pay $320 for ONE TIRE in my G35.

Understand I'm hard on the car and tires... But i felt for cheap/hard tires they did kinda wear out fast. But.... They did go 13.3@104.5mph, so I can't complain; lol.

 

[BostonDriver]

Ok didn't realize the 235's were going on the fronts! Makes sense for a drag car. How do they fit? Any rubbing? Are they mounted on the stock wheels?

 

[Sourskittle]

They fit great. They would just barely touch something plastic in the inner fender with the most aggressive handling while hitting a bump, lol.

They are mounted on stock wheels

 

[CanadianGuy]

Ok didn't realize the 235's were going on the fronts! Makes sense for a drag car. How do they fit? Any rubbing? Are they mounted on the stock wheels?

I had the same reaction. I now realize it is the order they are in the picture not where they go on the car.

[MENTION=688]Sourskittle[/MENTION] thanks for the information. Once i wear out the stock tire I do want wider tires on stock rim and suspension and seeing your 235 seem to not rub unless very aggressive I may try or at least I know 225 would be fine.

 

[Plainrt]

Meaty tires at work.

 

[Butterybunz]

Where did you find those tires?

You can get them at summit racing

 

[Kip2MyLou]

You can get them at summit racing

Oh okay. They don't have them on tirerack. I like BFGoodrich tires so I was just curious

 

[Sourskittle]

215 or 225 would be nice to save you some height while still adding a little wider patch.

 

[Sourskittle]

Ole yea... In one of the first 3'pages of this thread, i posted pics. I deleted all the pics off my phone a couple weeks ago, so I can't just re-upload them

 

[CSM]

Took better pics today.

16x7 Sparco Assetto Gara, 205/50/16 Dunlop DZII, Molten Orange FiST, Stock Suspension

 

[Kip2MyLou]

I would like to see the 205/50/16 set up beside the 225/45/16 set up.

Those two seem to the best the set up for 16s, at least in my eyes. Anybody willing to do that? Ha.

 

[no-pistons]

Meaty tires at work.

Great picture, Plainrt!

 

[stuntdoogie]

Took better pics today.

16x7 Sparco Assetto Gara, 205/50/16 Dunlop DZII, Molton Orange FiST

Much betterer!

 

[FistSt215]

That looks perfect !!! I want to pull the trigger so bad on the green assetto gara so bad lol

 

[FistSt215]

Stock suspension ?

 

[CSM]

Stock suspension ?

Yep my car is 100% stock suspension

 

[FistSt215]

Yep my car is 100% stock suspension

Sorry I didn't even see that you wrote you had stick suspension . 205/50/16 is nice tire . So what's meatier than that ? 225/50/16?

 

[CSM]

Sorry I didn't even see that you wrote you had stick suspension . 205/50/16 is nice tire . So what's meatier than that ? 225/50/16?

I don't think 225/50/16 would work on our cars. Would almost certainly rub

 

[FistSt215]

I don't think 225/50/16 would work on our cars. Would almost certainly rub

Good to know 205/50/16 will work for me .