help with tire selection? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

bakerr6 · 01-28-2013, 05:09 PM

Ok guys, so I am going to be runnning motegi traklite wheels for autox this year, and was wondering what tires I should run (not going FI until after this season, so I saw no reason to go with a wider wheel).

The wheels are 16x7 and +40 offset.

I was thinking I should probably run a 225/50/16 in hankook ventus v12 or continental extremecontact dw?

any other suggestions will be taken into consideration. Looking for something I can use in wet traction also

enjoyminutemaid · 01-29-2013, 08:40 PM

FWIW, I ran the hankook v12s in that same tire size, same exact wheel (different bolt pattern) on my 08 VW GTI and was NOT impressed. They are fine for road use and relatively comfortable, but they certainly didn't feel very sporty or responsive. They heated up quickly, even in autox, and became useless pretty quickly... Are these exclusively autox/track tires or will you be dd'ing them too?

EDIT: If these are autox/track tires, I think you might be happy with these (I think the smaller size will be better, plus give you more aggressive final drive ratio for better acceleration)- http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...15&ar=45&rd=16
OR
these... http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

bakerr6 · 01-30-2013, 09:49 AM

thanks for the reply, these for now are dd wheels/tires for the summer. I have a set of dedicated winters, but we get a lot of rain around here, so something a little softer is needed. I went ahead and bought the continentals. I'll let you guys know how I like them in a couple months.

01-28-2013, 05:09 PM	#1
bakerr6 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 raven black fr-s Location: cincinnati, oh Posts: 1,447 Thanks: 503 Thanked 443 Times in 305 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	help with tire selection? Ok guys, so I am going to be runnning motegi traklite wheels for autox this year, and was wondering what tires I should run (not going FI until after this season, so I saw no reason to go with a wider wheel). The wheels are 16x7 and +40 offset. I was thinking I should probably run a 225/50/16 in hankook ventus v12 or continental extremecontact dw? any other suggestions will be taken into consideration. Looking for something I can use in wet traction also

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01-29-2013, 08:40 PM	#2
enjoyminutemaid Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited WRB Manual Location: RI/MA Posts: 212 Thanks: 185 Thanked 46 Times in 29 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	FWIW, I ran the hankook v12s in that same tire size, same exact wheel (different bolt pattern) on my 08 VW GTI and was NOT impressed. They are fine for road use and relatively comfortable, but they certainly didn't feel very sporty or responsive. They heated up quickly, even in autox, and became useless pretty quickly... Are these exclusively autox/track tires or will you be dd'ing them too? EDIT: If these are autox/track tires, I think you might be happy with these (I think the smaller size will be better, plus give you more aggressive final drive ratio for better acceleration)- http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...15&ar=45&rd=16 OR these... http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

01-30-2013, 09:49 AM	#3
bakerr6 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 raven black fr-s Location: cincinnati, oh Posts: 1,447 Thanks: 503 Thanked 443 Times in 305 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	thanks for the reply, these for now are dd wheels/tires for the summer. I have a set of dedicated winters, but we get a lot of rain around here, so something a little softer is needed. I went ahead and bought the continentals. I'll let you guys know how I like them in a couple months.

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