for my stock rims do u think r good cause its the first time i change rear tires

thanks for the help

MANUFACTURER/ MODEL: Nitto Neo Gen
CONDITION: New
QUANTITY OF 1 = 2 Tires
TIRE TYPE: Ultra High Performance All-Season Mud & Snow
SIZE: 225/40ZR-18XL
LOAD RATING/SPEED RATING: 92W

LOAD RANGE/ PLY RATING
(IF APPLICABLE): N/A

TREADWEAR/ TRACTION/ TEMPERATURE: 280/AA/A

 

its not the same size as stock.

 

In Japan, it's against the law to put all season tires on an RX-8.

 

than wish size and wish kind will u recoment?

 

Tell us more about your location and driving goals and we might be able to be more helpful. Tires are like sexual partners, you can try out as many as you like, but until you fall in love, you'll always want to try another.

 

i live in virginia and we hav 4 season thats why i was thinking all season tires

 

225/45/18

 

There are some pretty good 4 seasons tires out there these days, but they do not do justice to the capabilities of a car like the RX-8 for 3.5 seasons of the year. Summer tires are so much better for most of the year that many sports car owners get a 2nd, cheap set of steal rims with real winter tires for the winter time. Winter tires are much, much better than all-season tires in the winter. That's my recommendation, especially in Virginia where you'd probably only need winter tires for a couple of months. With all season tires, you'd have to suffer with substandard tires for a sports car for 10 months out of the year.

 

yeah ur right, i may go with the summer tires and i wana know what kind of tires will last a little bet more

 

I'm currently using Kumho Ecsta SPTs. The stock OE size is more comfortable and quiet compared with the Bridgestones and they are very inexpensive and should have very good tread life, actually too good for me. Personally, I'm a little disappointed with the SPTs but only because I miss the sharper dry performance of the stock Bridgestones.

Another similar (but more expensive) option that I'm considering are the Toyo T1Rs, which might be a little more comfortable since it's a lighter weight tire. This may also help it perform better on rougher back roads. Both good high performance summer tires, both good in the wet, but not maximum high performance tires.

Other tires in this general category include: BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2, Dunlop Direzza DZ101, Yokohama AVS ES100, Yokohama S.drive.

Currently, my first choice for my next summer tire are the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3s. Last time I checked they don't come in exact stock size but they tested extremely well by Car and Driver. Tire Rack has a PDF of the article.

There are better maximum performance summer tires out there but they won't really fit your criteria of lasting a little bit longer. You would also have to change them for your winter tires earlier as their performance will downgrade more steeply as it starts to get colder.

None of the tires mentioned here should ever be driven in snow. Good luck!

 

get a set of cheap 17" rims and 225/50/17 blizzak wd-50s to go with them.

 

Those are great snow tires, but I find that in New Jersey, and even more so in Virginia, we're typically only driving on actual snow maybe 2-5 days per winter. The other 97-99% of the winter, I much prefer to be driving on a winter tire that is optimized for wet and cold dry performance, eg, the Michelin WinterSport 3Ds. Not as good in snow but much better performance in the nonfreezing wet and cold dry.

 

245/40/18 - BF GOODRICH G-FORCE SUPER SPORT ALL SEASON!!!! Try them and you will fall in love with them!!! If you don't, I'll treat you some chicken noodle soup! :P

 

I've got Yokohama AVID W4S, in the stock size. Very happy. Sure, a bit less precision than the "summer only" tires, but more than enough performance for anything you need to do on the road that's not blatantly homicidal. And you get some actual traction when it's not hot and dry out. A nice bonus is that they seem to soak up some harshness too, and my tramlining woes are also gone. Pretty damn good tradeoff if you ask me.


Not sure about performance in snow, since we really don't get much here.