The tire dilemma
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The tire dilemma
Well, I'm in the same predicament as many 8 owners, and that is....what type of tire configuration do I want to run with?
I get incliment weather here during the winter (Northern VA), so running with summer tires is trouble, especially in a RWD vehicle. I know from experience because I drive on the Potenza S03 Pole Positions on my MX6 M-edition (Which is for sale, btw...).
Anyway, I'm not exactly loaded, so going out and spending $2k on new rims and wheels isn't an option. However, I do love my performance tires.
I've got a few questions:
1) Anyone notice the speedometer error as a result of the switch to 245/40 18s away from stock? It's supposedly 4% or so, according to the miata.net tire calculator tool.
2) What is important when shopping for rims? I obviously want something strong, lightweight (for performance?), and not terribly expensive. Does such a good middle-of-the-road rim exist?
3) If you guys don't get a whole winter change-out, did you find some sweet-spot tire that fills all the roles you want it to?
Thanks
I get incliment weather here during the winter (Northern VA), so running with summer tires is trouble, especially in a RWD vehicle. I know from experience because I drive on the Potenza S03 Pole Positions on my MX6 M-edition (Which is for sale, btw...).
Anyway, I'm not exactly loaded, so going out and spending $2k on new rims and wheels isn't an option. However, I do love my performance tires.
I've got a few questions:
1) Anyone notice the speedometer error as a result of the switch to 245/40 18s away from stock? It's supposedly 4% or so, according to the miata.net tire calculator tool.
2) What is important when shopping for rims? I obviously want something strong, lightweight (for performance?), and not terribly expensive. Does such a good middle-of-the-road rim exist?
3) If you guys don't get a whole winter change-out, did you find some sweet-spot tire that fills all the roles you want it to?
Thanks
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Re: The tire dilemma
Hi Llathos,
This thread "First Snow= First test of my new Sumitomo HTR+'s!" will help you.
You don't say what size tires you compared the 245/40R18s to. Comparing them to the stock 225/45R18s using http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp shows 1%.
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This thread "First Snow= First test of my new Sumitomo HTR+'s!" will help you.
You don't say what size tires you compared the 245/40R18s to. Comparing them to the stock 225/45R18s using http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp shows 1%.
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"the switch to 245/40 18s away from stock"
The stock 225s are what he is referring to.
Edit: at least his grammar refers to it that way.
The stock 225s are what he is referring to.
Edit: at least his grammar refers to it that way.
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My combo from Tirerack of 17" Sport Fox2 wheels and Dunlop M3 run-flat snow tires was closer to $1500 than 2K as I recall. If you're looking for performance and money saving you may want to look at super-all season tires for the stock wheels, but 40 profile? (But look out for potholes -- I'm very glad I have higher profile 17" tires on relatively cheap rims -- driving around No. Va. this time of year is like threading a minefield -- despite their inferior dry grip, I'm gonna keep these snows on well into March or until they fix all the potholes -- one split a tire on my wife's 325xi and we were lucky it didn't put a pie-shaped dent in the wheel. That happened to our late, lamented 626 5-door Turbo.
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Llathos, if you can make it through this winter for another month, just wait and get some all-seasons next fall (so far, I don't think any have come out that have the exact stock tire size though).
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First off, there is a special now on those Sumis and it's only $454 shipped now
Secondly, if they are 1 inch wider, pardon my ignorance, but how does that fit the wheel?
Secondly, if they are 1 inch wider, pardon my ignorance, but how does that fit the wheel?
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Originally posted by Llathos
First off, there is a special now on those Sumis and it's only $454 shipped now
Secondly, if they are 1 inch wider, pardon my ignorance, but how does that fit the wheel?
First off, there is a special now on those Sumis and it's only $454 shipped now
Secondly, if they are 1 inch wider, pardon my ignorance, but how does that fit the wheel?
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