Jeff N.

255/50/16 is too big I think - 24.7 vs. 26.0 diameter diff, side walls are .7" bigger. Overall, tire is +5.5% bigger.

225/50/16 is much closer. Only .7% larger than the 245.

Idda know...you could make a case to run RA-1's all year. At full tread they are decent in the rain. Can't be any more slippery in the cold than my cheapo Hankook Ventus RS-2s. Of course, at $220 a pop or so, they ain't that cheap. I wish Hankook would decide to support the Ventus RS-3 in the 245 size. Decent, cheap dry tire.

Jeff N.

Not so sure about that. What other car do you know that runs the 245/45 tire? I sure don't know of anything.

We need something with a huge market...like a ford escort or something...that has the tire as a stock size.

brad@tirerack.com

The 245 Fuzion has been pretty much all that is available for some time now. Not much out there I'm afraid.

kinglenario

a 255/50 on the rear with a 245/55 on the front would be really nice too. that's what they ran on the 944 Turbo Cup cars.

kinglenario

not that this is a great selection but what about all these?

http://www.discountedwheelwarehouse.com/Discount_Tires.cfm?pa=List&zsb=0&psearch=&sc1=111&sc2=131&sc3=117&sc4=11 8&sc5=0

kinglenario

i think the old supras and z's use 245 16's too. i think there are some older american cars as well. firebird rings a bell for some reason but i could be wrong.

Jeff N.

Good find - looks like a closeout specialist that buys remaining stock. The Toyo and Hankook are are out of production.

Crackership

I wish I had the capital available to just buy up all of those! And, I suppose, somewhere to keep them would be good too..

SamGrant951

I just tried to order some 225/50/15 Hankook RS2's they had listed and they told me they had "0" in stock so who knows what is really available...

mikeyoman

A lot of the late 80's 911's use 245/45 x 16 as a factory option.
Whether or not these are still available I don't know but, according to manufactures websites, ContiSportContact, Bridgestone SO1 or Toyo still make ZR tyres in that size.

F18Rep

Ha...Yea, those big whitewalls would be phat...Bruce

Jeff N.

Good note. I tried to find those tires listed on their sites in those sizes - couldn't. Be interested in the links you are using.

I'm wondering if tire sizes are regionally released....I see you're in Oman - maybe you get different choices.

mikeyoman

Jeff,

not saying they are still available, just that there are several cars that used them. Certainly not here in Oman as we are currently trying to source some for 911's.
TireRack lists a couple of brands in that size but as closeout so they presumably won't be re-stocking.
Still checking in the UK for a source but no luck so far.
Rechecked the Conti website and although it initially finds the correct size in ContiSportContact, it then proceeds to tell you that that tyre doesn't exist anymore - typical
What about the Toyo T1R ?
http://toyotires.com/tire/pattern/pr...e-summer-tires
http://www.discountedwheelwarehouse...._T1R_Tires.cfm
http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...del=Proxes+T1R
http://www.treadepot.com/sizes/prt1r.html

Paulyy

anyone else with feedback for Toyo T1R tires?

Black51

Darn, I thought there was gonna be an awesome burnout vid or something.