StoogeMoe

Hey, has anybody gone with the Bridgestone Fuzion Touring? Or are they more for a mommy in a mini-van?

Printer Mike

The Sumitomo tires are big improvement from the old Goodyear tires.

Drove to Tire Rack and had them installed - $333 total.

The ride is much, much smoother and quieter. Wow!!! What a difference. The GY's were rocks.

V2Rocket

Want to bump this up...
Don't need tires in a hurry but would like to get stickier ones for my 944 when the time comes.
Been running all-seasons since 2006 because it was my only car...nowadays I have another car for "winter" which just means rain here...so I can put better rubber on the toy car

What is out there aside from the crazy-priced Pirelli P6000? I have 15x7 and 15x8 wheels, don't really want to change wheels. Currently running Falken ZE912, they are good but I think could be stickier.

I see the Sumitomo tires recommended above but they have a really high treadwear rating, 600, which would mean they don't stick as well as something lower. How are you guys finding them?

What else is out there in the 215/60R15 size?

konakat

There are no summer tire options in the stock size except the P6000. Best option is to go to 205/55 and deal with the smaller diameter. There are even more options if you include 205/50, and there are track options at 225/50.

V2Rocket

Don't think I can jam a 205 onto an 8" rim though.
And 225/50 is a tiny, tiny little donut of a tire...used to have them on the front of my car, only really works if the car is lowered.
225/50 is 1.25" or so smaller in diameter than stock 215/60!

Now that I am back at stock ride height, there'd be a YUGE gap to the fender.

konakat

It is barely a stretch. 205s recommend a 6-7.5" wheel, and the section width is 8.4 generally, so it won't look stretched at all. https://www.google.com/search?q=205+...+wheel&imgrc=_

konakat

And 205/55 is exactly the same sidewall height as a 225/50, so if there is a tire available in both sizes you could stagger them front/rear.

924srr27l

It can depend on Tyre make but 205's fit ok on 8 " Rims


these are 8x 16" but a 215/60 or 205/60 15" should be ok on 8x15"

V2Rocket

If a 205/55 is the same diamater as a 225/50 it is still way to small of a tire for a stock-ride-height car made for 215/60.

924srr27l

???

V2Rocket

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225/50 is under 24" diameter.
A stock 215/60 is 25.2".
So the car would sit 0.6" (5/8") lower to the ground and have 0.6" more gap from fender to tire.

This looks fine on a lowered car but on a stock-ride-height car it would look like a 4x4..

924srr27l

I've never mentioned or referred to a 225/50 ?


I did illustrate and suggest a 215/60 or 205/60 would be ok on a 8x15"


I'm baffled where your 225/50 has come from? wasn't me........


R

V2Rocket

see the post above your photo of the wheels..

924srr27l

Not my post then!! in other words not something I said then!


Are you smoking something?


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V2Rocket

No..
Just because my post was the one after yours didn't mean I was responding to yours...