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Old 02-18-2012, 03:41 PM
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Default Street Tire on 13" Wide Wheel?

I am looking to buy a set of tires that will be street use but need to be geared for high performance driving.

The tire must fit on a 18 x 13" wide wheel. I have been looking at 335/30/R18 but the two mfg's I found suggests using a rim width of no more than 12 or 12.5 inches. The two I have found are the:

BF Goodwrench G Force KDW2
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes


Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes


Does anyone have any experience with a tire that will fit a 13 inch width wheel? Is Low Profile? And is rated for high speed good grip and sheds water well for driving in unexpected rain storms and pooled city streets?

Please help a brother out as I need to purchase soon.
Old 02-18-2012, 04:32 PM
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Old 02-18-2012, 04:42 PM
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I have 13" rears on my Viper and I love the Toyo RA1 for the street, 335s I think. I used those for rain tires on my 911 and they were fine.
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Can you confirm the tire size? The 13 inch wheel width is right but are you running 18 or 19 in diameter wheels?

Thanks for the lead.
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Reason I ask about diameter is their website doesn't show a 335/30/18 but they show that size in 19 inch diameter.

Any help would be great.
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Originally Posted by analogmike
I have 13" rears on my Viper and I love the Toyo RA1 for the street, 335s I think. I used those for rain tires on my 911 and they were fine.
I too run the Toyos on the rear of my Viper. Toyo makes the RA-1 and R-888 for the 13" rim. Viper model years 99-2002 will use the 18" rim.
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I run the 335 PS2s on 18x13. Fits fine

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They are 18" rims, 335/30/18

There is a guy selling them on ebay cheap! I thought about getting a spare pair as the rears wear pretty fast on the Viper, maybe under 4K miles with 500 ft/lbs of torque.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-NEW-335-30...04fc6d&vxp=mtr
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Mike
Thank you for the link
I'll contact him



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