new tires

[Mugens Modified]

i shreded a tire today so since i got my car with 3 different tires nows the time to find 4 that match. (argh)

the tires are 205/40r17 (ones a zr17)

where can i find some new ones and what kind should i get?

 

[TampaSport20]

www.tirerack.com

 

[nate0123]

how did you manage to shred a tire?

 

[Mugens Modified]

im not really sure. i was driving to work and my car started doing something f'ed up. i was only like a block an a half to work and when i got there i saw i had one messed up tire. i had to drive home on the spare.

 

[nate0123]

if I were you, I'd take this opportunity to (assuming you have high enough offset) upsize your tires to 205/45, 215/40, or 215/45

 

[DiS]

www.tirerack.com is definetly a place to get the tires from. I bought tires from them in the past and service was superb! If you are looking for all season tires, I have Sumitomo HTR+ tires (mine are 15s but they are available in 17 also) are great ultra high performance all season, I love them, but then again there are better tires than these out there.

 

[novAKs47]

http://www.tires.com

 

[Mugens Modified]

well apperently the rim was messed up so now i gotta get new ones
unfortunatly my dad found 16s not 17s and doesn't want me to get as small of tires again but it seems like a pretty good deal since they're 205/60/16 all-weather radials.

 

[nate0123]

205/60 might be too tall a sidewall

 

[mumshquat]

205 60 16 is too big for this car. what you need is a 205 45 16. that is roughly the same size as the original tires for the vehicle. it will be a bit wider but the same height. changing the height of the tire will affect your cars performance and engine life, as it has to work harder to turn the extra distance from the hub to the outside of the tire. width doesn't make much difference but make sure you get a tire that is the same height.

 

[dsr70]

205 60 16 is too big for this car. what you need is a 205 45 16. that is roughly the same size as the original tires for the vehicle.

Neither 205/45 nor 205/50-16 is perfect. Both introduce about a 1 mph error in the speedo at 65 mpg.

changing the height of the tire will affect your cars performance and engine life, as it has to work harder to turn the extra distance from the hub to the outside of the tire.

That's not relevant. The difference is much too small, about 0.4 inches in height. That's 1.5%. A perfect 16 inch tire match would be 215/45, which isn't possible on the narrow-ish 6 inch wide stock rim.

http://www.net-comber.com/tirecalc.html

Doug

 

[chaosProtege]

i just got the bfg g-force sport in a 205/50/16. they look way better than the 195s and also way stickier. got them from www.discounttiredirect.com $75 a piece.