Tyre Options

[Topaz]

I have ordered some new wheels, 18x9.5 and was wondering what my options for tyres are.

Are 235mm wide tyres too small for the 9.5 inch width rims?, if so what are my options in 245 or 255mm wide?

I'm guessing the price of wider tyres is much more as well....

cheers

Tom

[LBR33]

i have 18x9.5 on the rear and i use 265's

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Tom, I'd go for 255's.

[Topaz]

ok, thanks Paul. What are my options in 255mm wide tyres though?!

[GTS-t VSPEC]

There's plenty available, depends what sort of money your willing to spend, and what sort of performance you want from the tyre.

We're running Federal 595SS's on Niz's 350Z, and Federal 595RS's on my Skyline. The RS's are a hard R-comp tyre, so will give you plenty of km's on the street, but would get expensive if your car is a daily.

[Ant97GTR]

Hey tom....def go the 255 or 265. As for tyres get the best one you can afford....check the tyre recommend sticky thread for peoples opinions

[Beer Baron]

personally I'd go somewhere between 235 and 255. you can go 265 too if you really want. 245 or 255 would be best in my opinion, but 235 will be fine too.

[ferni]

Also depends on the offset with your 9.5" on the R32 GTR, the guards aren't that wide so you gotta be careful of rubbing, you may need a skinnier tyre 235/245 to prevent rubbing

[WRRR]

Tom

I have just put a set of 245/40/18 Federal 595 onto some 18x9.5 +21 offset rims.

From the look of them I wouldn't like to go any smaller (but I don't like the stretch look at all).

If you believe Federal the 235/40/18 recommended rim width is 7-9 so on a 9.5 there is a bit of stretch.

Again from Federal the tread width on the 245/40/18 and the 265/35/18 (595SS) is the same (220mm) but recommended rim widths are different 8-9.5 vs 9-10.5. The 265 are also a little smaller in dia.

If you are heading south anytime soon you can do a fit up if you really want to have a look as I won't be fitting them untill I move an oil cooler and fix a couple of other little things.

Hope it helps.

Cheers

[gun32gtr]

i had 255 all round on my 18 and they where good. now the tyres are forsale or trade

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/t189522.html

[Topaz]

My GTR is slightly lower with the Bilsteins so a 245 might be the best option and for semi-daily use. I use the GTR probably once a week to drive to work and then most of the weekends if i need to drive. R-comps would be great for Barbagallo but I probably won't get up there much in the next year.

What prices are Federal RS and SS's in 245/40?

Hey tom....def go the 255 or 265. As for tyres get the best one you can afford....check the tyre recommend sticky thread for peoples opinions

There are so many ion there though and I don't wanna look back through the pages...

How you been anyway Ant?

[nisskid]

id go with a 255, if not id go a 245.

[WRRR]

My GTR is slightly lower with the Bilsteins so a 245 might be the best option and for semi-daily use. I use the GTR probably once a week to drive to work and then most of the weekends if i need to drive. R-comps would be great for Barbagallo but I probably won't get up there much in the next year.

What prices are Federal RS and SS's in 245/40?

There are so many ion there though and I don't wanna look back through the pages...

How you been anyway Ant?

Tom

Picked up a set 245/40/18 ZR 595SS fitted and balanced for $240ea and they had to be delivered to Bunbury for that price. Up in the smoke I would expect to do better than that.

Jump onto Antilag there is/was a guy there doing cheap tyres that may be worth a look - various brands.

Cheers

Edited October 17, 2007 by WRRR

[Ant97GTR]

Yeah been good thanks mate.

Ok the Fed's make a good ROAD semi comp tyre much like the Falken Azenis tyre but they aren't the best for track use...probably only alittle btter than a good road tyre on the track. If you are going a road tyre look at something like bridgestone s03, dunlop sp9000 or michelin pilot sport.

[Topaz]

Well, my budget is around $250 per tyre so, I think the S03's and SP9000's are out

I won't get up to the track very much so the I am leaning towards the 595SS's's at the mo

Edited October 18, 2007 by Topaz

[Ronin 09]

just be aware that a semi is generally slightly wider than a road tyre - by approx 10-20mm

a RE55 245 that I'm running is about the same as a 265 road tyre, i think because of the squarer blocks and stiffer sidewalls

[Beer Baron]

yep, even different brand tyres are different to their stated widths. my 235 A048s are as wide as my 255 SP9000 sport maxx, and my 255 AD07s are somewhere in between those two.

[Topaz]

Geez, ya think tyre companies would get the measurements done by a guy who ISN'T crosseyed

So the 245 SS595's are really 10-20mm wider, hmm. I have got a contact through a guy I work with ringing back to confirm some prices on the Federals and Kumho KU31's. I will ask to get some exact measurements when he does...

Anyone got anything against the Kumho's for a similar price to the Federals?

Edited October 18, 2007 by Topaz

[sloutch]

i've got 18x9s and i'm already running 265s on them. I wouldn't want to stretch the rubber too much if i go smaller.

[blk180]

595SS are not semis RS are the semis. I have 255/17s on my GTR on 17*9 rims.