Ok so rims have been picked out. Now its choosing a tire. Need help with this part because i have 3 choices, all 3 seem to be highly ran tires. so my options are Falken FK452, Nitto NT 05, and Kumho Ecsta SPT. Tire sizes are 245/35/19 and 245/75/19.

 

Im certain you messed your numbers up....275/45 and 245/35.
As for tires, I roll either the RE050 pole positions or I also loved the BF goodrich KDWv2. Don't know much about the tires you selected...

 

i own kumo ecstas and they have loud road noise

 

Ha, typo, rear is 275/35. I think. Guy at topspeedautosports said thre nittos are for track basically and dunlops are soft. Not on the pole but asked later. Said the falkens are sold more then the kumho. My exhaust drowns out any road noise so idk if my kumhos even make a noise.

 

falken have lasted me for a while. except the rear camber lessens the life of the rear tire.

 

Here is the question..How are you going to run the tires? Street only? Autocross? In the summer only? A good tire recommendation takes into account how you are going to use them.

I did a quick search on those tires....The Falken and Kuhmo are both ultra high performance while the Nitto is definitely a step up from that (treadwear of 200 vs 320 and 300) . What made you pick from those three? The Hankook Ventus v12 has been a popular tire as well. I would recommend you look in to that one if you are considering the Falken or the Kumho.

 

Yeah my kuhmos were soooo loud. And I was not impressed on the tread wear on donlops..

 

Ive got a set of 245 40 19 Toyo T1s sitting in my basement . Ill gladly sell them if ya want them. T1s are a good tire as well. I owned FK452 for a short time and they seemed like good tires.

 

You have 2 apples and an orange there.
Kumho and Falken are comparable, Nitto NT05 is a step above those. As Joe said, figure out your needs. If you don't track, don't waste money on a more expensive and faster wearing performance tire. People on this board go on and on about sidewall stiffness and blah blah blah, and then have never actually tracked their cars once. People make too big a deal about running an amazing track/summer tire on a 99% daily driven car that I bet they would hardly push the limits of a lesser summer tire. Point is, if you don't need it, save your money.

If you don't track, then most summer performance tires are just fine for daily driving. Then you you also want to factor in rain handling ability and treadwear. Instead of the NT05s, consider the Invos. I run Hankook V12s because they are affordable and just fine for daily driving. If I actually tracked my G (which is silly because it's heavier than *****), I'd run Bridgestone RE11s or something equivalent.

Go to tirerack.com figure out your budget, compare with treadware and test ratings, then buy what fits your needs.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'll just be doing daily driving and occasional long trips. They offer hankook Ns ll I believe for 150 less I believe the options above are just because I've heard of these tires before. I'll ask about the v12s pricing

 

O yeah. I'm just usin this for the summer but no tracking. Occasional heavy footing but nothing more. May do a quarter mile once but I'm sure any tire will be fine for a one time use

 

which rims u finally decide on?

 

Rims are a secret. Nothing special but a secret. Neew tire option. Continental ExtremeContact DWS???

 

I've run Toyo Proxes T1R's since 2005 after my stock Pilot's started showing the actual wire in the treat from wearing them down, it originally was quite funny but kinda scary when I actually thought about it...lol.

Toyo's are definitely quiter than the stock Pilots although my HKS exhaust, Crawford HF Cats and DC Sports Headers have certainly compensated for the decrease in road noise from the tires...lol....

I've run the Toyos on the stock rims as well as now on my Work Wheels and with appropriate camber correction, I can squeeze about 15K miles out of them. After a drop on Hotchki Sport Coils in 2004 and before my camber correction and alignment in 2009 when I put the Work Wheels on, I was getting a pathetic 10K miles on them before having to change them out.

I've been getting my Toyos from tiresdirect.net (formerly td4l.com) out of Illinois b/c they have been the cheapest compared to all the other vendors including tirerack. I run 235&275 19's on my Works. They run like ~$239ea and ~$259ea respectively, price has gone up a little in the last couple years but still cheaper than anywhere else....

Hope this helps...
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