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Originally Posted by Onetruevu
That’s a good point. I guess I’m just looking for some good street tires that will give me some more grip. I’m not tracking my car or anything.
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Originally Posted by Jordanwolf
Any particular reason you want 17's over 18's? I understand you're not interested in track, so if look's is what your after and staying stock suspension, 18's might fill better.
If you were to drop it an inch on the other hand, 17's would do just fine.
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Yeah I’ve definitely thought about getting 18s to fill it. It’s been a constant internal battle on whether I wanted 17s or 18s. It mainly depended on the brand I wanted, but I think XXR does make the 530 in 18s, if memory serves.
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Originally Posted by reeves
Any good high performance all-season tire will give you more grip than the stock tires. If you're not tracking/racing, the 225 size will give you just about as much grip on the street as a 245 size, and cost less too. Grip depends more on the tire brand/compound anyway, not the size.
I haven't tried the Hankooks, but I didn't like my Continental DWS 06. Seems like it was made more for comfort, not performance. It changed the nature of the car too much for my liking (in addition to other issues I won't go into).. the steering felt a bit slower, a bit more numb on center, etc.. But they did handle road bumps a bit better than the Michelins.
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Hm that’s a good consideration then, to get 225s. I’ve read that getting a bit wider tires can help protect the rims a bit, that’s why I was looking at 245, but considering that I commute in my whip, probably not as wise to get fatty tires.
I threw Hankook into the mix because I’ve seen it being thrown around a lot. You have any experience with general G-max?
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Originally Posted by asdf
Consider the continental extremecontact sport instead of the dws.
The warranty is 30k miles rather than 50k but you should still get good life out of them and better performance. Price difference of +~$3/tire on tirerack for 225 size.
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Better performance how? I’m looking at the warranty because I drive a lot
