18 inch all season tire recommendations

[Anonymous]

what about an 18 X 8.5 wheel?

[timot_one]

Well, I'd be running 255/35/18's because I'd want the widest tread possible and my speedo is already off enough because of the tranny swap.

[Abailey4]

If you rims are 8.5" width rim, I'd go with a 245/40 R18. I got Cham into a 245/35 R19, and he just had to raise his car a little. All and all, he doesn't rub.

well I"m planning to lower my car some more this weekend, so if I went with 245/40 R18, do you think that will rub?

Thank god! Your not doing your HFp kit, ssp's and rims any just by sitting up that high.

[Anonymous]

If you rims are 8.5" width rim, I'd go with a 245/40 R18. I got Cham into a 245/35 R19, and he just had to raise his car a little. All and all, he doesn't rub.

well I"m planning to lower my car some more this weekend, so if I went with 245/40 R18, do you think that will rub?

Thank god! Your not doing your HFp kit, ssp's and rims any just by sitting up that high.

well I figured that lowering a little more should be alright since we wont see snow again for awhile.

[timot_one]

You guys don't see snow like I see it, or worse, Thien!

[MyNameIsThien]

The snow here sucks major ass. It snowed like a couple of weeks ago. Snow In April!!!

[Abailey4]

Didnt it snow yesterday morning or somethin like that too.  I thought I heard em mention it during the Rockets/Jazz game last night.

[Anonymous]

any other type of tires, other than bridgestones?

[JohnnyG123]

+2 on potenza re960as pole positions. if youre not interested in those and are lookin for something else, just stay away from goodyear/dunlops. youre car will give you a massage every time you get on the highway , that is until a tire blows up. i worked for goodyear for almost 4 years and i will never buy one of their products again.

$.02

[timot_one]

I have a set of Michelin's (forgot what model) on my steelies.  They weren't too bad for what I got 'em for.  I'll try to find out what kind they are the next time I look at the wheels in my storage space.

[MyNameIsThien]

They are probaly the MXM4.

[timot_one]

I have no clue.  I got them back in December 2005.  I've probably put 5,000 miles on them since then.

[msedacca]

I know its late, but I've ran 235/45/17 on 17x7.5 since Labor Day with no problems.

[MyNameIsThien]

That is fine. The 235/45 R17 approved rim width is from 7.5 to 9.0.

[Blackhawk]

I had to go 265/35/18 so that the tire would not look stretched and for it to look flush with my fenders. I tried 235/40/18 and 255/35/18 and both of those looked stretched towards the car. This might be due to the 9" wide rims. Hopefully the new setup works, I will post pics when done. Ryan, any 235/40 tire should work well. Thien's recommendation is best as he is around tires all day and knows what's good and what's not.

-JT