Fracture

You can get 295 fitment for the Sumi's via Tire Rack thru eBay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sumitomo-HTR...5WjAVA&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sumitomo-HTR...=mtr#vi-ilComp

I have the 295's on the rear on 10.5" wheels and 235's on 8.5" wheels and it feels remarkably planted

Definitely double check what you are buying

03996

Based on the experiences for Sumi tires on this forum, I went searching for them at my local Discounted Tires. They don't carry that brand but told me they did carry Falcon and that this company makes Sumi tires. They looked up the Falcon tires for my car and the price was a little higher than on Tire Rack for Sumi's but I thought that for convenience I might try them. However, I left thinking the shop was giving me some BS and decided to do a little research, and saw this............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falken_Tire

Anyone know about these tires, anyone tried them? My son had some on a Cayman about 2 years ago and said they seemed fine to him, then he sold the car so not really anything to go on.

JayG

and Firestone makes Bridgestone.
Does that mean they are the same tires.........

Just get them from tirerack, have them delivered to one of their installers and off you go.
once delivered, make an appointment for mounting and balancing. Super easy and convenient

hint: search through the tire rack installers list and you may find a great deal. Here in San Diego, I found a firestone store that does mounting and road force balance for $14.50 a tire! That's 1/2 of what others charge

Alansglide

The only model Falken tire I'm familiar with is the 452 . I've been running them on my Esprit and find them to be a great tire. So much so that if they came in the right sizes for the 996 which they don't (no 285x30x18) I would have purchased them.

03996

Hmm, the Discounted Tire site says they're out of stock in that size but doesn't say they don't come in that size??

JayG

did you try Tirerack ?

Alansglide

I called Falken directly (they are in Southern Cal) and was told they no longer make a summer extreme tire in that size.

NYoutftr

How is road noise on Sumi?
I have 18x9 & 18x11,
I have Continental DW, now, but want to change if these tires wear out, front have 15k on them and still have great thread.
I want to go 295 X 30 in rear I want a front tire that will fit correctly on 9" front rim, any thoughts on a 35 or 30 series?

03996

No, I didn't. I went to Discounted Tire because my son uses them for all his cars and says he gets great service/price. However, looks like that wont work for me. They want $125 to install the Sumi's on my car, might as well use Tirerack and their installers.