I had Kellys, they sucked in every way! Couple of my friends have had goodyears, neitherwere very impressed with them, one had a blowout for no reason!

 

You have settled on the stock size for cars with the sport package: 235/45/18.

Overall a decent choice but will leave a lot of wheel gap unless you're lowered.

Just an FYI.

BTW, I haven't heard of Kelly tires in years. Where did you find reviews of them? I had Kelly tires on my 442 in high school, but that was in the late 70's. Didn't even realize they were still being made.

 

Doing Z/G springs and D-Specs. I'm still searching through the forum looking for pics.

Only found a couple reviews by way of Google search.

 

I wouldn't buy those tires unless I had a rock solid review from car and driver or tirerack etc..

 

IMO, Hankook, Falkens, and Khumos are decent at best. They are great when they're new, but they get loud and start losing handling as the tread wears. Yokohamas wear too fast for how much they cost. I've been sticking to Bridgestone tires and they seem to be very good all around. For the rating they have, the tires last pretty long, and performance stays the same until there is no more tread left. RE050As might be a bit pricey, but RE760s are great all around tires at an affordable price.

 

The REo5os have a utog of 140 and are heavy as hell. They are also a ultra performance summer tire.

He's looking for an appropiate all season tire. And from the looks of it, he wants to stay under $90-$100 each.

 

Under $125 would be nice, but may not be realistic.

 

Out of the tire choices listed, I'd probably go with the Falkens. I'd steer clear of any high mileage tire because that means hard rubber and crappy performance. Just like brakes, you can't have high performance without high wear. While I don't have direct experience with the Falken 912s, I've been very pleased with the 329s I purchased last December as my winter tires. In warms temps (60 to 70 degrees), they've got great bite. Nothing like my 18" summer PZeros, but definitely the grippiest all-season performance tire I've owned. I've always had good luck with Falkens. They stick hard, remain relatively quiet, and are cheap to buy. They do wear quickly (~25K miles), but then again, they're cheap and I don't want high wearing tires.

In a perfect world, we'd all buy $1000+ sets of Bridgestones and Goodyears for our cars, but that's not happening for most of us.

 

A word about Falkens. I didn't mind the ones I had on my Trans-Am. I liked the Nitto 555 better, but that was more of a grip thing Both sets of Falkens I had, as well as the ones my friend had, would be square on cold mornings. We both live in North Florida, so I'm not talking snow, and these were probably what you would call summer tires, but still, if it was below mid-30's it would feel like you were out of ballance riding for the first few miles until the tires heated up. I would first think "I must have slung a weight..." then a bit later "...oh yeah, I forgot these tires do that in cold weather"
None of them were 912's though, so I don't know if that tire does that.

 

My Falkens do flat-spot when it's below 40 degrees.

 

I'm thinking of putting Michlen Pilot Sport A/S Plus on 18 inch Axis Circuit 16.7lb wheels for my 2004 g35X Sedan, which is in Massachusetts- meaning a lot of rain, snow, and ice. These tires seem to be a good balance of dry pavement performance, wet pavement, snow and ice, and good treadwear. They're also just a little lighter than some of the other similar tires. Unfortunately they're not cheap. Tire size will likely be 225/40/18 Also plan to buy BC coilovers, and do a rather modest drop something like maybe 1 inch all around. . . haven't quite figured that out yet. Any thoughts or comments from anyone are very welcome.

Tilf

 

The Michelin a/s look like great tires and have reviewed very well. Everything looks good but your choice for coilovers. I don't think they make them for the awd. Search flyinglumpia's threads for coilovers for the awd. He pioneered them for you guys

 

Apparently a few months ago BC coilovers came out with a kit for the G35awd and some people have gotten them and seem quite satisfied with them. Right now as far as I can tell in terms of shocks there's nothing but OEM shocks that fit the front of the AWD.

Tilf

 

I just realized I think it was BC that he was working with.

 

Flying Lumpia coilovers are BCs. Can't wait to get a set! I miss my lower center of gravity.