255/40/17 Tyre Options

[JimmyRickard]

I'm looking for a set of tyres for my GTR and having trouble finding tyres in the size I want. I decided on Kumho Ku36's after hearing and good things but I can't find them in 255/40/17. What are some other good sub-$200 high performance tyres and where can I get them from?

Cheers!

[binga85]

only thing i found is continental and dunlop in that size... then again i only checked out one place yesterday.

[JimmyRickard]

Also, what are other size tyres could possible fit on a 17x9 wheel?

[Wagonz]

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=255+40+17&_sacat=0

[34GeeTeeTee]

http://www.ebay.com....+40+17&_sacat=0

Going off that list the RS-R is probably the go, i had KU36 but will trying the RS-R next as people say plenty of good things about them

[JimmyRickard]

Cheers dudes, didn't even think to use eBay

[JimmyRickard]

Federal 595's are $130 a corner on eBay which seems pretty cheap. Are they a decent performance tyre? I run semi slicks for the track which I have an abundant supply of (not DOT approved unfortunately) so I just want a set of decent street tyres which are inexpensive. Any better options in that price range?

[Ph@t-G]

Another place that you can try is Tempe Tyres. They always have 'fresh' tyres in stock, so it hasn't been sitting on the racks for too long and I've heard they are pretty price competitive as well.

[JimmyRickard]

I tried tempe tyres but they didn't have much stock in for 255's. Are 245's more common & cheaper?

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

255/40/17 are actually more common, however 245/40/17 seems to be the recommend tyre size for GT-R wheels.

St George Tyres are pretty good, or even Taleb tyres.

I've used KU36 in the past and they are fantastic, but not so much in the wet & cold. The KU31 "seem" to be better for normal wet/cold days than the KU36s

[KiwiRS4T]

I use 255 40 17

Continental Contisport

Fulda (a few types)

Bridgestone Potenza - various.

[Mapps77]

Just did a track day on nitto nt05 $220 from st George tyres they grip well

[The Bogan]

Hankook Ventus RS3

[blue_vl_t]

Federal 595's cheap and perform fairly decent, is what I have.

595 evo's come in 255/40/17 ??

[Hank Scorpio]

Tirerack

Toyo Proxes R1R (my personal tyre of choice), Dunlop Direzza Z1 and Hankook Ventus RS3 can all be picked up <$200ea + shipping.

[RB2600]

255 is probably unnecessary on a 9" wide. I have 245/45/17 Dunlop z1 on my 33 gtr standard wheels (17x9 +30)

The cross section width of z1 is 9.7" and 9.6" for RE11 and AD08, don't recall what it is for KU36.

Oh and look at all the choices with 245/45/17!

[Hank Scorpio]

255 is probably unnecessary on a 9" wide. I have 245/45/17 Dunlop z1 on my 33 gtr standard wheels (17x9 +30)

The cross section width of z1 is 9.7" and 9.6" for RE11 and AD08, don't recall what it is for KU36.

Oh and look at all the choices with 245/45/17!

He has an R32 GT-R though, you'll find that 255/40R17 is a better diameter for his car then the taller 245/45R17 (comes out with 225/50R16 from memory).

[binga85]

Still tossing up also mate,

Never been a fan of federal, but they seem good enough to run based on a lot of peoples comments and reviews...

they do a 275-40-17 for $155 a tyre. might be overkill but on 9.75'' wide rim, it should be good.

they do 265 , 255 in this size as the other guys have mentioned.

i guess the only way to properly find out is to run them yourself.

[JimmyRickard]

Thanks guys, getting a shipping quote on the Hankook ventus rs-3's, $620 for 4 tyres is pretty cheap! Any personal experience with them?

[The Bogan]

My Hankooks RS3 255/40 17 are great, tread wear of 120, nice and grippy straight away, they are a high performance tyre, long lasting taxi tyres should stay on taxis.

After about 5000 road klm and 3 track days they are at about 40% left.

Will defiantly buy again from tire rack.

The Dunlop Direzza star specs I had prior to the Hankooks were good but took slightly longer to come on I felt, but they did have a tread wear of 200 I believe so if longevity is something your looking for I would go the Dunlop.