What Tyres Are You Using?

[spike47]

Nitti Invo's 245/40/18 on the rear and Advan A13 245/40/18 on the front. A good combo IMHO.

MJ

[RIP_HSV]

  On 28/01/2012 at 5:52 AM, Bomber said:

Can anyone confirm that you definately can get 275 30 19 in the 595 Evo. Federal's website says you can, but have had feedback from a couple of tyre shops that you can't get this size in oz?

yeah option1 garage do these cheap (QLD distributor)

[bjcrown]

  On 27/01/2012 at 8:51 AM, RIP_HSV said:

I used Maxxis MAZ's with stock wheels were good value for money, got plenty of km's out of them and cost $180 a tyre (245 40 17's) Now using Kumho KU31's good in wet and dry but last set only lasted approx 5000km's, they are soft and smoke up on the dyno

Really? Shouldn't the KU31's last longer as they have a treadware rating of 320 compared to 280 for the MAZ's?

[Never had any say Panda]

The stock dunlops on the FG have a treadwear rating of 240 or 260.. I wouldn't put too much in stock by that rating..

[arronm]

  On 27/01/2012 at 12:10 PM, Worm said:

I'd go Kuhmo...

Both get noisy eventually... But Kuhmo better $ for $...

I agree, 31s get noisy for the last 30% of tread.

  On 28/01/2012 at 12:56 AM, RynoF6 said:

The Achillies looked stretched on my 9.5" rims (275). Side by side un-mounted the evos are wider than both the Yoko advan and Achiilies. The 275 Achillies were almost the same size as a 245 advan.

275evo's sit nice on 9.5 with good bulge and rim protection.

I have 275 achilles on a 9.5 on my Late model camira and the tyre sits square with the rim. My son has them on a 10 and they look a little stretched, but most 275 do on a 10. Maybe you have a 10 inch rim.

[RIP_HSV]

  On 28/01/2012 at 10:10 PM, bjcrown said:

Really? Shouldn't the KU31's last longer as they have a treadware rating of 320 compared to 280 for the MAZ's?

not in my experience, maybe I do more powerskids these days...

[russxr6t]

  On 18/01/2012 at 2:22 AM, sexual harrassment panda said:

bobcats run em now - why not give em a shot

Fair call every car's different. I don't have enough power to need more than the maxxis! Who invented mortgages anyway....

[Goliath]

Got 595 EVO's (245/35/20) on the rear. Seem pretty slippery in the wet, even when taking it easy. Tyres have seen about 2000km.

Will give the KU31's a shot next time (got KU19's on the fronts atm). Not to concerned about the tyre noise issue, I'm sure the exhaust will help eliminate that haha.

[Barnesy]

  On 24/01/2012 at 9:06 AM, G6ET8U said:

Another +1 for Toyo T1 Sports, in the Toyo range they are the top of the tree in terms of their Ultra High Performance street tyres. Fitted them last Saturday and they are QUIET as a mouse and forward and lateral grip is outstanding. I compared them against Pilot Sport and P-Zero Rosso and was sold in to these after having Proxes 4 on the car previously. 245/35/19.

How would you compare the proxes 4 to the T1 Sport, in grip (wet & dry) and tread wear?

[G6ET8U]

The T1 just do everything better.

The Proxes 4 went off after a while but still had a fair amount of tread left. They were a nice tyre for a stock car. I wouldn't put them on my car now though.

Jack :spot on: