Ok, have a new to me set of 18" bbs wheels coming to me. Have to make a tire decision.

Option #1.

Reuse the tires I currently have, which are stock sized htrz3's. Maybe 4000 miles on them but they're 7 years old.

Option #2.

Stock sized new tires. Choices are Michelin PS2, Potenza S02A or Yokohama AD08R

Option #3

245/315 sized tires. Only street tire option in that size are the Falken Azenis 615k+

Thoughts?

Or are the sizes 235/315 vs 245/315?

 

You can also get PS2s in 245/315. Those 245s are little big though, 25.7" tall.

I have the AD08Rs. Great tire, but loud after half life.

I'm most likely going with the Falken RTK 615+s soon.

The Falken 235 and 245 will work up front as they are both taller than the 315s.

There are tons of recent threads on this topic.

-Sean

 

Option #2 with Michelin PS2

 

 

i'd get all new tires and without knowing what offsets? i sure wouldn't put on 7 year old tires that had 4k miles? i only get 5k miles out of rears anyway..

assuming you went gt2 sizes, i'd stick with 235/40 X 315/30. also, the falkens have exceeded my expectations for this car as i swore i'd never try falken again after a disastrous "experiment" with them in 1996.

falken's have significantly improved in over 20 years lol. i run them in rear only as i prefer the michi ps3 in front. im RWD so mismatching is not an issue. new tires to go with new wheels. way to go.

 

Street use and some autox. I have track wheels/tires I use there.

Drive maybe 3-4000 miles a year.

 

Option #3

 

You never told us the specs of the new wheels. What are they?

 

 

18x8.5 front, 18x11 rear

 

I have tried them all and here are my top two.

1. Michelins PS2 are hands down the best tire for our cars
2. Falken RT615+ are amazing in every way
3. its all down here from here

For budget hankooks and sumi

 

The PS2 in the 245/40-18 is hard to source... Tire Rack is OOS. You might be able to scare up a pair but I wouldn't count on it. On-site tires said there were a few pairs left in the country that he could get, but that was maybe six months ago, and I don't think they are still in production?

It's also a "BMW Star" tire, not sure how much that differs from the standard PS2 rear.

You know my choice... The Azenis! I've only had a chance to run them on some canyon roads due to the season, but so far pleased. Can't beat the price either.

 

for a street tire - hard to beat the Michelins - but the PS2's are old tech - get greasy quickly on the track

I have the 245/315 version on E88's

 

When I put in the 245/315 sizes on Tire Racks website the only tire choice was the Azenis.

I think I'm just going to order them. It'll let me be lazy and not have to swap wheels/tires when I autox

 

I run MPSS in 245/315 on my e88s for extended street use.
Otherwise, same size NT-01 is great unless they are past half used and the road is wet/standing water.