Help with tires

[babyprotege5]

I am planning to buy my rims soon but i'm not sure on what tires to get. I'm getting 18" for sure. I heard yokohama paradas are good. Coz I want something that will really stick to the road and I want wide ones to. I saw am mp5 last sunday with a 17" and his tires were 215/40 which I think is not wide enough for me. Will a 225 or 245 fit an mp5? Can you guys suggest on what brand of tires I should get =)

 

[SciFiMan]

Tires are one of the most discussed upgrade here. Do a search and you'll get tons of past opinions. If I was getting summer tires I'd get Toyo T1-S but probably because I'm very happy with my Proxes 4. There are half a dozen highly regarded summer tires, but you should search because only you can decide what trade offs you can accept for tread life, noise, etc.

 

[rustychops41]

Random thoughts (all highly subjective too): Once you go lower than 50-45 series ride quality deteriorates rapidly, and 40 or lower you need to look far ahead up the road for even minor hazards, but boy do they look sweet. Almost all "performance" tires aren't that quiet when new, and many get downright awfully loud when they wear down. Almost any tire will feel much better than the OEM's. They also won't last as long, but you'll have more fun so who cares. With 17 or 18" wheels you need to watch the offset, there's a super-terrific guide in here somewhere by Rishie. Enjoy.

 

[Matthew]

Will a 225 or 245 fit an mp5? Can you guys suggest on what brand of tires I should get =)

depends on the offset of the rims, but i highly doubt it...215 is pretty damn wide for our cars. youre trying to fit tires for a SVT mustang lol.

 

[CanMP5]

SciFiMan- How long have you had the Proxes4 for? When I checked toyo's website I noticed they were all-season so I am interested in replacing these Dunlops with them for year round use.

Thanks.

 

[CanMP5]

imjustagirl - I don't quite know why my tires (Dunlops) act really badly whenever I hit standing water on the road. It's especially bad during turns. I am already at 60000 KM on them but they're really wearing down. I am beginning to think this tire compound doesn't react well to extreme changes in temp. (Canadian weather and all). And frankly I don't like doing the whole snowtires thing, most of the time our roads get paved anyway. So I'd really like an all-season tire for light snow and great at chanelling water.

 

[protegeV]

I think its prety sad that 215s are SUPERwide for a P5. I used to have a saturn and I had 18x8s on it with 225/35/18s and it was beggin for wider tires. Being in a similar econo-box class(albeit much better than a saturn) I wished i could at least fit 225s on my P5 with reasonable peace of mind (shrug)

 

[bdg667]

I have Yokohama AVS. I was actually talked out of buying the Parada's simply because (and this is straight from Discount) they wear quicker than the AVS.

 

[elias1974]

what 205/?/16" is good for our stock rim?