Looking for tires for my 944 with 15'' Fuchs and i'm having a tough time finding tire choices in the stock tire size. I know the 205's are smaller and wanted to see possibly a side profile picture.

 

Those would be tiny. I ran 225/50 for a while and they were dwarfed by the wheel well

 

Is there another size with more choices?

 

205/60/15 is a little bit more popular, but the tire will be narrower and lower profile, so it won't look good and you'd be trading better rubber for less contact patch.

Try a tire calculator website, and just browse tirerack and discounttire until you find something you like, but I'd probably stay with 215/60/15 or find a set of 16" wheels.

 

you mean the tyre will be a higher profile, 60 is larger than 50.

I'd go for 17" wheels. 16" stock size wheels are also hard to find tyres for.

 

If you get 16x7 or 16x8 wheels, 205/55/16 and 225/50/16 tires will fit, and there are plenty of options in both sizes (or you could get a staggered setup, as was stock on the 951)

 

215/60 still has options.

 

It depends on what your doing, there are all season options out there but sadly the performance tire is dead in the 15" rim size for the 944 platform. The Miata and MR2 survive on the available small tires, but our cars are too heavy for the small direzzas and such. I run 16's but the reality is that they weigh more and it matters if you want your car to feel quick. On my 944S I run 195/65/15's for the winter and 225/50/16 for the summer. My car is noticeably faster on my winter setup due to the rotating weight, I gain 38lbs when I put the d90's on, and it sucks. I lose a bit of the punch my motor has in the top of its rev range. I find myself wishing Dunlop made a Direzza in 235/50/15, it would be perfect for the 15x7 phone dials that came on my car.

I ran 205/50/15 Direzzas on my 924S for a while and they were okish for autocross but rather narrow and overloaded. In addition to that they reduced my gear ratio 6.5% so they were not as fun on longer drives (50+ miles). Here are some pictures of the 205/50/15 tires on my 924. Pour a little bit of your 40oz out on the ground for the car, it was murdered by a texting teen.

 

Not really, no NA should be running anything bigger than a 225/50/16 (and i'd run a 205/55/16 on an 8v), anything more is unneeded. You can still get great tires in these sizes here in the states. 17's add even more rotating weight and as such slow down the car, on a turbo they are less of a hit as you have boost to help things out.

 

Our ChumpCar 944 has 205/50/15s on the cookie cutters, and the Direzzas are actually the best tire the previous owner found for it, but then again, it's been lightened up quite a bit from stock:



I think the black wheels probably help them not look as small, but eh. That's the size all the awesome tires come in. Meh about the looks.

 

There is a new R888 in 235/50/15 this year ninja.. treadwear rating is 100. Does chump let you run something like that?

 

The stock tire size is 215/60/15, so if he goes to a 205/60/15, it'll be lower profile.

The selection for the 16" wheels (205/55/16 and 225/50/16) isn't what it is for hondas or mustangs, but it's better than the selection in 215/60/15.

Sure, he can go with 17s, but the tires get more expensive, not to mention the wheels themselves.

 

Oh, and Arominus, your 924S was beautiful! Sorry man.

 

+1. Glad you're all okay though.

Take care,

 

Thanks Arominus and Ninja for the pics. I considered a different wheel but I love the way the Fuch's look. The 205's do look really small compared to stock.

Also I found tirerack.com has Ventus R-S3 in Size: 225/45ZR15 for $125.00 seems like a really nice tire. Any thoughts?