Tire Recommendations Please

[mthomas58]

My Bridgestone Potenza RE11's are bald and NLA. I like an aggressive tread pattern but there are not many choices available. Have some Nitto NT450's on order but I'm not crazy about them and I'm not finding anything I like better. Suggestions?

225/50r16 - rear
205/55r16 - front

THANKS!!!!

[darrin]

there are a TON of threads on this -- what type of driving are you doing? Road, track, ax, rain, dry, warm, cold? All play into tire recommendations. I love the michelin pilot as-3+ tires I'm running, provide very good cold and warm weather grip (and never though I'd say that about all season tires), but suspect that won't be needed in hotlanta -- The other good all-around street tire for our cars is the Continental Extremecontact sport. Other options that are more ax or track focused abound. IMO, avoid getting hung up on looks and focus on more salient characteristics (grip, ride, etc.) --

[Sailkane]

They are still available. Just got mine delivered fro TIRERACK.

[mthomas58]

Originally Posted by Sailkane

They are still available. Just got mine delivered fro TIRERACK.

Tire Rack is giving me a NLA response for my size. Would love to replace with the same.

[WP0ZZZ]

Originally Posted by darrin

there are a TON of threads on this -- what type of driving are you doing? Road, track, ax, rain, dry, warm, cold? All play into tire recommendations. I love the michelin pilot as-3+ tires I'm running, provide very good cold and warm weather grip (and never though I'd say that about all season tires), but suspect that won't be needed in hotlanta -- The other good all-around street tire for our cars is the Continental Extremecontact sport. Other options that are more ax or track focused abound. IMO, avoid getting hung up on looks and focus on more salient characteristics (grip, ride, etc.) --

+1

It's very hard to give sensible tire recommendations without a clear idea about how the tires are going to be used.

[mthomas58]

Originally Posted by WP0ZZZ

+1

It's very hard to give sensible tire recommendations without a clear idea about how the tires are going to be used.

OK I get it. Garage queen weekend driver once or twice a month. Not tracked. I'm looking for an aggressive tread performance tire. Purchase criteria looks & high performance not that any of it is needed.

Thanks!

[mthomas58]

Prior to the RE11's I had the Goodyear F1's - very aggressive tread pattern

[Ctopher]

I’ve been running Bridgestone RE71Rs. They are great hot/dry weather with pretty decent in the wet. They are not cold weather tires, gets slippery as the temps move below the 50s.


CTopher

[WolfeMacleod]

Originally Posted by mthomas58

Prior to the RE11's I had the Goodyear F1's - very aggressive tread pattern

I have those. I hate them. Driving on them feels like walking around with a load in your shorts. Soft sidewalls give a "squoogy" feeling in the rear end.
One of our local AutoX instructors drove my car once with them, said he'd never felt a more loose-driving 911.

[OsoMoore]

I've been happy with my Hankook Evo's. Daily driver commuting in good weather for 2/3rd of the year.

[nbachman]

I love my Continental Extreme Contact SPORTs. Stick like glue. Had them on my last wheels, just got a new set of wheels and bought another set of the Conti's for them. Would buy them for my next set too.

[yeezus]

If aggressive looks and high performance are what you're after, the Toyo R888R may fit the bill. It's basically a DOT-legal track tire. They're pretty affordable too at ~$150/tire at tire rack. Tons of grip. Definitely not recommended for cold weather or rain, and you'd be lucky to get more than 8-10k miles out of them. If you're only driving 1-2x per month, that may be years of use for you though.

[Steam Driver]

OK, time for tires for the project SC. Thing is it has 15-inch rims and I’m not finding much in that size at all. Projected use for the car is street and occasional autocross.

Ideas?

[Sailkane]

Steam Driver just went withBFGoodrich Rival S 1.5 ( soft for Autocross ) 205/50 15 & 225 /45 15.

[Steam Driver]

Thanks, I will look into those.