Tyre Recommendations For 370Gt?

[Alkatraz]

Hey guys and gals,

I have just purchased a 2008 370GT SP through Geoff at Prestige Motorsport (who has so far been extremely helpful and actually found me a better car, on paper, than I thought I would get for the money) and it should be on its way very soon. Does anyone have any advice as to what tyres I should go for, to get it past compliance?

Tyre sizes are: Front: 225/45R19

Rear: 245/40R19

The car is going to be a daily driver so i dont want anything over the top or that gives a harsher ride and dont want to spend a fortune, up to $1500 for the set, maximum. Does anyone know of a good spot to get them in Brisbane? The car will be complied in Brisbane and I am in WA so I want to make sure that the compliance place doesnt try to make any extra $$$ on the tyres.

On a different topic, I have been looking at some of the basic mods that people recommend and have read about the grounding kit that suuposedly improves throttle response etc. Does anyone have any experience with these and know if they actually make any difference?

Attached is the Auction Sheet for the car, from Japan.

Cheers

Al

[Ezy03]

hey mate not sure with tire sizes and all but just thought I'd add my 2c, I had stock 17" on v35 coupe and tires where Yokohama advan sports and they were very very good they had minimal noise and enormous grip and barely changed in wet conditions

[asitag]

Mate, I too just got a G37. And the dealer recommended that I source my tyres from the US.

Apparently the price difference plus postage is still MUCH cheaper than what you can get down here.

[mosoto]

like these guys:

http://www.performan...ction/tireBrand

http://www.tirerack....=5&sortValue=22

http://www.1010tires...ry=Summer+Tires

hey mate not sure with tire sizes and all but just thought I'd add my 2c, I had stock 17" on v35 coupe and tires where Yokohama advan sports and they were very very good they had minimal noise and enormous grip and barely changed in wet conditions

+1 on the Advans. I'm running 255/20 front & 285/20 rear and the grip in all conditions is pretty hard to beat.

For a daily I would look at these:

http://www.yokohama.com.au/ourtyres/tyre.aspx?tyreid=64

Edited April 24, 2011 by mosoto

[Alkatraz]

Do tyres from the US meet the Australian Standards criteria? this could cause issues for compliance.....

It would be f'ed up if they dont accept the Jap tyres that are on it but let you put other imported tyres on......but then again.....thats government for you....

[R6n350GT]

What sort of price do u pay for shipping? Looking at 245/40/19 and 285/35/19 and yeah since when can u use tyres from USA?

[Yo-Yo]

my car came with the factory jdm spec potenzas, so guess it depends on the compliancer?

no need to get tyres from the states fellas, buying tyres isn't a big problem if you know what you're looking for

wouldn't buy tyres unless I can see them first anyway, just find a tyre shop you trust

I have the 19" sport stockies & wanted to stay within factory spec,

so I run a 235/40/19 on the front which will still give an accurate speedo reading

running 245/40/19 on the rears

you can run a wider tyre on these wheels if you want, just google search a tyre size calculator so you stay within spec

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about mods I have a grounding kit, lowered springs,exhaust & eibach pro swaybars

grounding kit actually made the auto feel smoother to shift (useless if you buy a manual as the difference felt is in the auto gearchange response), small but noticable improvement to response

lowered springs were for getting rid of large front wheel gap, Pain in the ass for getting around sydney but not too bad if you angle your entry

swaybars are the best investment I made, improved the handling 100%

exhaust was just for the sound, not much of a performance improvement as the base level performance is good anyway

shied away from getting intakes etc as my car is a daily driver & don't want to go crazy, besides supposed to be saving up for other things

[Jacob.potaka]

my car came with the factory jdm spec potenzas, so guess it depends on the compliancer?

no need to get tyres from the states fellas, buying tyres isn't a big problem if you know what you're looking for

wouldn't buy tyres unless I can see them first anyway, just find a tyre shop you trust

I have the 19" sport stockies & wanted to stay within factory spec,

so I run a 235/40/19 on the front which will still give an accurate speedo reading

running 245/40/19 on the rears

you can run a wider tyre on these wheels if you want, just google search a tyre size calculator so you stay within spec

===================================

about mods I have a grounding kit, lowered springs,exhaust & eibach pro swaybars

grounding kit actually made the auto feel smoother to shift (useless if you buy a manual as the difference felt is in the auto gearchange response), small but noticable improvement to response

lowered springs were for getting rid of large front wheel gap, Pain in the ass for getting around sydney but not too bad if you angle your entry

swaybars are the best investment I made, improved the handling 100%

exhaust was just for the sound, not much of a performance improvement as the base level performance is good anyway

shied away from getting intakes etc as my car is a daily driver & don't want to go crazy, besides supposed to be saving up for other things

Hey YoYo,

Where did you get your springs and sway bars from. I really really want.

I live in Sydney

Any help cheers

[RichardT]

Tyres - it would be worth looking at www.online-tyres.com.au, just recently got a great deal on some Conti PremiumContact 2 from there. They're based in Melb but will ship to Bris.

[FlyingEL]

I also find that tyres in Melbourne are cheaper than Brisbane. How much did you get your tyres online?

Edited May 13, 2011 by FlyingEL

[RichardT]

I also find that tyres in Melbourne are cheaper than Brisbane. How much did you get your tyres online?

Mine were 215/55R17 for the 300GT stockies, paid $185 each fitted

[R6n350GT]

Mine were 215/55R17 for the 300GT stockies, paid $185 each fitted

When u get 245 or 255 front and 285 or 295 rear its cheap to get from usa so far. Postage about $350

Edited May 15, 2011 by R6n350GT