Need help selecting a tire
#1
Need help selecting a tire
Just got the car (86' 951) and it came with two sets of wheels. BBS E26 that will be run a majority of the time and a set of 996 stock wheels that I will most likely use for winter storage on the car. The car will be used for mostly weekend drives and maybe an occasional autocross or DE event. I'm looking for a good tire that will last, but also give me plenty of grip for track type stuff and back road driving. I need to replace the tires soon, so the ones available are as follows:
Bridgestone Potenza RE71RS
Continental Extreme Contact Force
Hancook Ventus R-S4
Toyo Proxes R1R
Falken Azenis rt615k+
Falken Azenis rt660
Kind of leaning towards the Hancooks at the moment because of the possibility of driving in wet conditions here in CT but any help would be greatly appreciated. Tire sizes are 225/45/17 on the fronts and 255/40/17 on the rears
Bridgestone Potenza RE71RS
Continental Extreme Contact Force
Hancook Ventus R-S4
Toyo Proxes R1R
Falken Azenis rt615k+
Falken Azenis rt660
Kind of leaning towards the Hancooks at the moment because of the possibility of driving in wet conditions here in CT but any help would be greatly appreciated. Tire sizes are 225/45/17 on the fronts and 255/40/17 on the rears
#2
Remember, there is no such thing as a perfectly balanced car tire! It is technically impossible.
For example, rain tires will be good during rainfall, but they will obviously lose in handling and braking characteristics to models designed for active use in conditions of high summer temperatures on dry and wet asphalt.
For example, rain tires will be good during rainfall, but they will obviously lose in handling and braking characteristics to models designed for active use in conditions of high summer temperatures on dry and wet asphalt.