'Summer' wheel quandary
 

Late April in Calgary. OE 19's with OE tires (Potenza RE050A) with mayyyybe a summer's worth of tread left.

Do I:

a) put them on now and take a chance it won't snow again :icon30:
b) keep burning up my Blizzaks until late May :dunno:
c) buy a new set of 3 season * tires ($$$), but with a view that they'd save my winters while I'm hot-dogging on the dry streets :coolio:

Fronts: 225/45R19
Rears: 245/40R19
(might want wider tread/lower profile so they have less of the poke/stretch look too)

I don't want pure summers again for a bunch of reasons, mostly their cost, noise, tendency to tram-line and short tread life plus the aforementioned shoulder season traction gambles for a daily driver.

The Yokohama AVID ENVigor high perf 3 seasons can be had for under $800 from Tire Rack. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...l&sortValue=22

Hmmm...



*no such thing as an all season tire for this climate

Man up and put on the summers!! I did. (though that's no guarantee of wisdom)

If I were buying new 3-season skins I'd look at those Potenza RE760 Sports. Do the Yokos have a rep for being noisy?

Sadly the Potenzas are summer tires and I want 3 season. I've had really good luck with Yokos in the past (Ono excepted :D ).

The only other A/S option in my size pairing is General G-MAX AS-03. Sounds too much like a pr0n title... :p

Daily driver + summer tires + Calgary in spring (or fall...) = :eek3:

I like 245/35 for the fronts, and have yet another set of 255/35s on the rear. I do like having a full 10" of rubber in the rear (snicker) but in all honesty could go with the tick more sidewall of a 245/40.

I had a tire on my previous car much like the 760s, Potenza RE910s; they were great in the dry and phenomenal in the wet. The closest I've seen in a BS tire is the RE960AS, I'd be tempted by those also. UHP, "all-season":

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires...pole_ci2_l.jpg

Buy winter meats for factory wheels, then buy ballin summer wheels plus summer tires. Ches?

Do you have pictures of your set-up? You have a diameter difference of 4.16% for front and 3.22% for rear. I'm going to go 255/40/19 in the fronts which is the same diameter and sidewall height as your fronts now. I just wanted to see how tall the tire looks. Going aftermarket wheels though. Also I run summer tires for all three seasons except winter, hell I even take my car out with summers when the trucks come and melt the snow.

I already have 18" ASWs with 225/50R18 for winter (Blizzak LM25/60), so I'm kinda stuck just putting tires on the OE wheels. That said, I'd like a set of 19" forged, light weight, deep dish wheels... :JAMIN:

These are the OE sizes for the G37S. I think I'd like something a bit wider.
Summers are going on today dammit.

>Research mode = on

^ Somebody on kijiji WTB OE coupe 19s...check it out.

^ Somebody on kijiji WTB OE G37 coupe 19s...check it out.

Right right right. Forgot you had multiple sets o wheels. Check out Forged Star.

Somebody in Tuscany is on a limited budget... :icon27:

Winters - 225/50R18:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...S/DSC_2081.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...S/DSC_2085.jpg

Summers - front 225/45R19, rear 245/40R19 (suspension not settled after jacking):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...S/DSC_2082.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...S/DSC_2084.jpg

I see the fronts are way too narrow, backs are close to the right look. Need some spacers...

:driving:

Hmmm:

Specification Sidewall Radius Diameter Circumference Revolutions Speedometer Odometer Difference
225/45-19 4.0" 13.5" 27.0" 84.7" 748/mi 60MPH 10000mi N/A (baseline front tire)
245/40-19 3.9" 13.4" 26.7" 83.9" 755/mi 61MPH 10096mi -0.9% (baseline rear, use as front)
245/35-19 3.4" 12.9" 25.8" 80.9" 783/mi 63MPH 10474mi -4.5%
255/35-19 3.5" 13.0" 26.0" 81.8" 775/mi 62MPH 10363mi -3.5%
265/35-19 3.7" 13.2" 26.3" 82.6" 767/mi 62MPH 10254mi -2.5%
275/35-19 3.8" 13.3" 26.6" 83.5" 759/mi 61MPH 10148mi -1.5% (new rear size)

225's will never ever ever turn that car properly. Ever. I don't know why datsun thought that was a good idea. I'm beginning to notice they think a lot of blatantly stupid things are good ideas.

What's the sizing on the factory wheels?