I ask to see if anyone has had experiance with this. Just looking at the tires on there now, I appears that I could get at least another inch to inch & a half of width on the factory rims. Right now the rims protrude past the sidewalls. I have niked one of them already

 

If it helps you any, I have done considerable research and will be upgrading my wheels to 18x8 (or 18x8.5) and plan to go with 235/45-18 (or 245/45-18). The 235's will give me .06% error the 245's will give me 1.4% error.

My preference is the 235's but only a select few tire manufacturers make this size, same goes for the rim sizes.

 

Thanks Guys for your input. I would be ordering 235/50/17 from tirerack.com pretty soon. I havent decided which brand to get yet. But i am down to two Michellin & Pirelli.

Thanks

 

The Misch Pilots look awesome! A really great looking tread design. I would have bought them if NTB had them in stock when I needed to replace my front 2 Kuhmo's. NTB had the Pirelli P Zeros in stock, so I bought two of those. The Pirellis are non-directional tires and ride quiet. All the directional tires I have had over the past several years handle great, but are somewhat noisey. I really like the quiet ride of the Pirelli.

 

Does anyone know hows the ride with the mich?

 

I'm sure they ride GREAT and sound good when new. It's when they are worn a bit that the directional tires start making noise. I am pretty sure the Pilots were about the same price as the P zeros as well.

 

Toyo has recently released their newest design -- Toyo Proxes T1-R
Good reviews so far.

 

Take a look at the attached picture. There are options in 225 and 245 that will keep the speedo within 2% of stock.

 

Many thanks, toddco13! This is the kind of info I was looking for. Now I think I need to burn a little of the stock tires