[MAZOC] Official "Off-Topic" Discussion Thread

[MyKindaGuise]

Cool beans! im looking at moving my Vreds up front then temporarily for sure...Hate running different tires. Then getting PSS 305's for the rear. This is going to be one meaty setup holy crap.

[m4a1mustang]

I probably wouldn't try the PSS on a 10" rim. They run way wider than anything else.

Dai and I were looking up reference material yesterday and he found this: michelin pss lots of pics 305 30 19 and 265 35 18 weight and fit - Corvette Forum

It pretty much confirmed our suspicions that the PSS is super wide and is probably going to perform like poop when a 305 is mounted on a 10" rim. 10.5" would be in spec, but even on a 10.5 it's going to be super meat. 10"... no way.

The Re11s run narrower and will work, though.

[MyKindaGuise]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I probably wouldn't try the PSS on a 10" rim. They run way wider than anything else.

Dai and I were looking up reference material yesterday and he found this: michelin pss lots of pics 305 30 19 and 265 35 18 weight and fit - Corvette Forum

It pretty much confirmed our suspicions that the PSS is super wide and is probably going to perform like poop when a 305 is mounted on a 10" rim. 10.5" would be in spec, but even on a 10.5 it's going to be super meat. 10"... no way.

The Re11s run narrower and will work, though.

Whaaaaaa?

Maybe ill look at 295/285s. I really want PSS tires for the bump in treadwear over the RE11s.


Seriously good info. Glad I posted before I bought anything.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by MyKindaGuise

Whaaaaaa?

Maybe ill look at 295/285s. I really want PSS tires for the bump in treadwear over the RE11s.

I hear ya. If you are OK with running a shorter tire you can pull off a 295/30 on the rear. Since you are lowered it wouldn't look bad at all. Something like 265/35 and 295/30 would work with a front/rear diameter difference of -1.3% (stock is -.5%).

[MyKindaGuise]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I hear ya. If you are OK with running a shorter tire you can pull off a 295/30 on the rear. Since you are lowered it wouldn't look bad at all. Something like 265/35 and 295/30 would work with a front/rear diameter difference of -1.3% (stock is -.5%).

Yeah I would have preferred the 305 in the rear because of it being closer to the stock size.

This has been quite handy lately Tire size calculator

Any who that 265/295 setup would be quite nice I think.

[m4a1mustang]

For reference, this is a 275/35 on 19x9:



Meat.

I've found that with PSS, under 295 the sidewall is a little more rounded, but above 295 it *really* starts to square off. That's when you get the 295s fitting more like a 305 and the 305s more like a 315-320.

[m4a1mustang]

*Sigh* Looks like the 285/35/19 might not be available anymore for the PSS. Talking to Tire Rack now... may end up having to go with the RE11s.

[dmhenderson]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

*Sigh* Looks like the 285/35/19 might not be available anymore for the PSS. Talking to Tire Rack now... may end up having to go with the RE11s.

Err...I don't really want to run 2 kinds of tires if I can help it.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Err...I don't really want to run 2 kinds of tires if I can help it.

I would never do that.

If they aren't available I'd do RE11 front & rear.

[dmhenderson]

I'll just shelve the discussion until springtime. No sense in worrying about it now.

[m4a1mustang]

I *could* try the 295/30. This is what it looks like on a 10" rim at stock ride height:





That's KaienZ34's car.

Approximately 1/4" more fender gap than stock:

[MyKindaGuise]

Do it! 295s!!!!!!!!

[m4a1mustang]

Thing is, I don't really plan on lowering the car, so I'd have to live with the gap. I wish there were more people with pics of this setup... i know a few people have done it on the stock rays at stock height, but no pics!

[MyKindaGuise]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Thing is, I don't really plan on lowering the car, so I'd have to live with the gap. I wish there were more people with pics of this setup... i know a few people have done it on the stock rays at stock height, but no pics!

Not even some swifts? I know you have had way more cars then me and have been there done that but....I said that same thing about lowering. I really don't know how that is going to look. Could always wait for me to man up and get tires and drive down and we just throw my wheels on your car.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by MyKindaGuise

Not even some swifts? I know you have had way more cars then me and have been there done that but....I said that same thing about lowering. I really don't know how that is going to look. Could always wait for me to man up and get tires and drive down and we just throw my wheels on your car.

Yeah with where I drive I can't really afford to lower the car. It scrapes enough as is. I think if I can't get the 285/35 PSS I'll either go back to stock size on PSS or switch to 265/285 RE11.

Probably the RE11. Have always wanted to give them a try, anyway.