I've deleted my old thread about purchasing the proper tires. It seemed that the consensus all agreed that I should look into the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3's.. but these are Summer tires.. I've decided to go with an All Season set.. Here's what I currently have

Bridgestone RE040's on OEM coupe 18's
Front: 225/40/18
Rear : 255/45/18
They lasted me over 25k miles so far.. but they're balding.. I hate the noisiness of them..

I'm looking for:
Front: 235/40/18
Rear : 255/45/18
-or-
Front: 245/40/18
Rear : 245/45/18

I'm currently looking at Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....R8PSAS&place=4

BTW... I'm only looking at 255 rear for the looks of it' What's everyone opinion on going straight up non-staggered? 245/45/18 or 245/40/18 all arround?

 

Go Front 235/40/18 Rear 255/45/18 staggered....

 

Do you see sub 40 degree temperatures on a regular basis?

If not, get the GS-D3 or PS2's...

 

how's your camber?

why don't you want to try Vredestein?

 

But wouldnt All Seasons be better in the rain?? It does rain a lot over here..
I don't have camber issues yet.. I'm still not lowered I have the eibachs sitting in the garage right now and Tirerack does not carry them

 

Tirerack does not carry Vredestein?

WTF you need Tirerack for?

 

I get tires at a good rate through them till the end of the year

 

check out the Bridgestone RE960AS pole position if you're looking for an all-season.
-GP-

 

Yea' I had the S 03's before, and i'm not too pleased with the noise from bridgestone'

 

That's a super high performance tire... these are a high performance all season, they're not noisy at all. I had em on my 20's and they were excellent. Plus, they have a 40k mile tread wear warranty... something to think about.
-GP-

 

Ah very nice, just what i'm looking to hear

 

Summer tires will do just fine in WET conditions. It's the puddles that you have to worry about.

All-season tires are designed to resist hydroplaning better; you need to have standing water to hydroplane.

On just a wet surface, a high performance summer tire will easily outperform an all-weather tire.

Even with that being said, the GS-D3 and PS2's are exceptional in wet conditions for summer tires; enough so that they compromise dry performance to achieve their wet performance.

 

I like the sound of that haha

 

On my previous car, I had Bridgestone RE910s and was very happy with them. I think their successor is the G019. If I were putting A/S tires on my car, I'd probably go with those or the Pilot Sport A/S ones.

 

The G019 is actually the replacement to the G009. The RE960AS pp is the RE910 replacement and is an amazing tire. If i was still working at Bridgestone and got my tires 50% off, i'd get another set for my next wheels. But i'm planning on going super aggressive with stretched tires and i'd rather not stretch an expensive AS tire. So FK452's it is!
-GP-