So I need new tires, I was waiting until winter was over because I don't drive the 8 much in the snow, but of course I took it out tonight. I blew up the driver's side rear and now new tires all around. I have the stock 18s and really know nothing about tires. The rears were 225/45/18 so I guess I need that size. I am buying them at Discount Tire too if that matters for branding and things like that. Also I live in Minnesota so they need to work well in most weather conditions. Thanks!

 

Read these reviews about the Conti ExtremeContact DWS

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/rea...=TNWINT&cs=245

Those prices seem really high for some reason...

Anyway, stock size is 225/45/18; but a popular replacement tire is 245/40/18.

 

I'd also look into the Yokahama S.Drive. Prices hover around $139 or so per tire, so quite a bit cheaper than most summer tires for our size, but they are really excellent tires. I did ~35,000 on a set of them up until the beginning of this winter, and was immensely pleased with them, both dry and wet. Incredibly good wet traction and hydroplane resistance actually.

 

AFAIK, 245/40/18 is the largest you can fit on stock wheels (18x8 dimension, +50 offset) without problems.

 

thanks for the input, now I am going to go pick some out.