good looking tires??

[Tdurr]

pete, give us a price range. lol.

[Hauntd ca3]

A048's:

now THATS a hi po tire.
some places still list the a008r but apparently they arnt made anymore

[King Peetis]

You guys have some wicked examples. TDurr, price isnt a real concern yet. Im looking for a base line in appearance and handling--then I will start phase 2; narrowing my choices. Thanks for pics...

[Tdurr]

if price aint a thing then toyo proxe RA1, R1R, TR-1, and R888, Kumho Victorracer, Yokohama ADVAN A048, BFGoodrich g-Force T/A Drag Radial, and my choice would be Azenis RT-615

[King Peetis]

Hey they got the Azenis RT-615 @ tires-easy.com for $86.10--Thats a great looking tire and the price isnt that bad.

[King Peetis]

whats the big difference in 205/50/15 and lets say a 195/50/15. do they just have a bigger footprint?

[Tdurr]

bigger footprint. i would go as wide a tire i could fit on the rim.

[Rendon LX-i]

its wider thats it...195 is really narrow penn...205 50 would suit your great...Trust me youll feel the difference in handling

[markmdz89hatch]

its wider thats it...195 is really narrow penn...205 50 would suit your great...Trust me youll feel the difference in handling

he's right, I felt a definite difference between the 195/55 and 205/50. Unless it's for an unbelievable price I'm not going back to 195.

But Pete, the 195/50 and 205/50 have a different total diameter. The ideal wheel/tire upgrade will keep the total diameter as close to the stock diameter so it doesn't screw with your speedo and gearing. You have to think of your wheel/tire as the final 'gear' in the mix given that they all work together (gears of the tranny, and the wheel/tire diameter). The way all the numbers work (as I know it, and hopefully it's right) is the first number (205, 195, etc) is how many mm wide the tire is. Second (50, 55, etc) relates to the height of the sidewall in percentage of width. The last is the diameter of wheel the tire is made for (in inches obviously).

So....

205/50-15 = 586mm total diameter.
(205mm wide, 102.5mm tall sidewall (205/50=102.5), for a 15" wheel. 15 inches = 381 mm.)

195/50-15 = 576mm total diameter.
(195mm wide, 87.5mm tall sidewall, 15" wheel.)

195/55-15 = 595.5mm total diameter

Stock 13" tire size: 185/70-13 (589.2mm total diameter)
Stock 14" tire size: 195/60-14 (589.6mm total diameter)

Now if you REALLY wanted to piss off your tire installer, you can always go get yourself a set of 225/45-15's (583.5mm total diameter), but the options are very limited here. The installer would be PISSED because he'd have to wrestle with the tire to stuff it onto even a 7.5" width wheel (7.5" inches is 190.5mm wide, and trying to stuff a 225 on it is not easy).

[Rendon LX-i]

haha...mark is good with his math...OR should say he knows his shit

[MessyHonda]

i went for a daily driven tire on my other car ...its the falken 912 205/50/15 they were only 220 for all 4...so not a bad price...they dont look too fancy tho...handles very good...i still need an alignment to set my camber at -1

[King Peetis]

yea, I value the hell out of Marks opinion. He doesnt usually shoot from the hip. He comes correct with facts and experience to back up his thoughts...

[King Peetis]

All right--I just purchased the 205/50/15 BF Goodrich Drag T/A's. I was gonna get the Falkens but the T/A's were on sale for 60 bucks each and they only had 7 left. The Falkens were 86 each so I saved a bit. Thanks for your opinions fellas, it truly helped...

[mushroom_toy]

After driving a type r swapped delsol with bfs, im gonna tell you that you are going to LOVE them.

[Tdurr]

All right--I just purchased the 205/50/15 BF Goodrich Drag T/A's. I was gonna get the Falkens but the T/A's were on sale for 60 bucks each and they only had 7 left. The Falkens were 86 each so I saved a bit. Thanks for your opinions fellas, it truly helped...

nice. GL man! where u getting them mounted + balanced?