MichaelofGF

Recently bought a 1994 with M030. Plan to do 3-4 DE's this year. Need to replace current 7 YO tires - tread good; just getting old. Want tires that offer good compromise between track and street. Any suggestions?

JDS968

Where do you live and how much rain driving do you do?

If you mostly drive in dry conditions, Yokohama Advan A048.

If you drive in wet conditions often, Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3.

7 years is quite old, but if the tread is still good (meaning enough depth AND not dry rotted or otherwise damaged) you don't necessarily need to buy new tires yet. I'm currently driving on Yokohama Advan A032Rs that are over 10 years old...they just don't have many miles on them, so they still have tread.

On the other hand, if you're going to run them at the track even 4 weekends a year, it might be a better investment to buy a set of cheap [maybe even ugly/beat up] lightweight track wheels to mount track tires on, leave the current tires on your current wheels, and then replace those tires with the street tires you prefer, when they do run out of tread.

Once you do have a set of wheels for the track, the A048s will work better for you (they're great daily drivers, in the dry, but they won't last as many miles as you'd really want). Or even better, you can use Hoosiers...so long as you're prepared to begin measuring your income in units of slicks.

PorscheG96

It's going to be difficult to recommend a tire for you without some constraints including budget, personal noise tolerance, personal wear tolerance, etc. Check out www.tirerack.com

Chaos

Sumitomo III

wiseman

Agreed...............Sumitomo ZIII's. By far the best tire you can buy for the money. It runs with all the big boys.

Highlander2

For dry and wet condition I would recommend to Goodyear F1 GS-D3, only tire to be better than the P-Zero in the wet. Have them on my M3 and just fitted them to my 968

H2

blue44

so far happy with my Kumho Ecsta XS's -

kumho ecsta xs

nice ratings at TireRack, I've had them out a few times, not exactly spring, though... Donn

odb812

I just picked up some hankook rs3s for my 951 for street/track. I have them on the 968 right now, but it's too cold to test them out. The tread pattern and compound seem similar to the bridgestone re-01r tires I had and those were excellent in good weather.

John Etnier

Extremely happy with my Goodyear F1 GS-D3, a tire I've run for several years now.

kwikt

+1 Sumitomo III's as well

dkdm

Can I ask those of you with Sumitomo III's a question -

What kind of (or how much) rim lip protection do these tires provide?

My Bridgestones (old and used up) have a nice lip to help protect from curb rash. Looking at the Sumitomo III's picture on Tire Rack it's hard to tell just how much protection there really is.

Could one of you post a close up picture? I had been wondering about these tires as I saw the price and the good reviews on Tire Rack.

Thanks!
Dave

rpm's S2

Don't have a picture, but the lip is fairly substantial.

I loved them on my 968 and will put them on my 996 when it comes time - and that comes much sooner now

dkdm

Ralph,
Thanks!
I spoke with Damon at Tire Rack and he said the picture they have on the web site is a tall skinny tire so it looks like there is much less lip than there really is.

I should be ordering a set once I get my wheels back from powder coating.
Cheers,
Dave

gorichville

Another cheap option is to use hankook...car and driver rated it 2nd to michelin ..value for money.

wiseman

This is as good a pic as I could find. The rim gaurd on the ZIII keeps the rim inside the sidewall.