Need new tires input appreciated
 

Well my stock tires lasted just over 10,000 miles. So time for new ones. I have stock Rays sport wheels. I do not want to run spacers. I plan on going with Michelin super sports. I want to go wider front and back but don't want taller obviously. What can I go with without any rubbing, etc?

I tried searching but I did not find the answer.

You'll run out of rim before you start rubbing with the stock wheels. You can do 255/40 front with 285/35 rear no problem.

What about 305/30 in the back? Or 295/30

295 is short but will fit. You might have a hard time finding a shop willing to shoehorn a 305 on a 10" wide wheel.

My dad runs a shop. So I could get it done. But if it isn't right, I wouldn't do that. Hmmmm, not sure what to go with. They do make 295/35r19. (Kinda pricey though!) Thoughts?

Many people here run 265 35 19 | 305 30 19 on stock rays.

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Spoke to my dad and he thinks I should go with the stock Nismo sizes. Geez, in my 40s and I still ask dad for advice.

i'm running 265/305 on my stock rays, no spacers, no rubs, fit perfectly.

I ended up ordering spacers and ARP studs. 15mm front 20 rear. Saw it on a local Z and it looked good. Going with stock nismo size tires 255 front 285 rear pilot super sports.

Should go with stock size. I thought of going 305's on the back of my nismo until I drove a friends with the setup. Stock feels like it is on rails, oversize feels like marshmallows to me like the sidewalks are flexing exorbitantly.

As I said I wanted to do it and I know it can be done on the 19's of a Nismo, but if you are looking for a limited informed opinion, I'd say don't do it. It's only done for the look anyway, why not just get spacers?

my 305s feel much better than oem sizes. it depends on what tires your friend's Z had that makes the difference.

also spacers and wider tires are two different things. going with wider tires doesn't make the wheels stick out further as spacers would.

It is not just for looks. My car has a hard time hooking now with the super charger. I highly doubt using the same size tire as the nismo z will make it handle worse. Not only that but going from stock to super sports will help too.

run sticky 305 rear and you'll be fine with a SC. probably only around 400ft/lbs tq so that'll help.

maybe consider something like a toyo R888 if you're still spinning PSS's

I switched from PSS's to RE-11s and they are stickier. bumping to something like a R88 is even more sticky.

As I said my limited opinion. I can see it being more functional for anyone running more than bolt ons.

I wanted the 305 for the look myself, even researched it on here and got a wide variety of "yes it awesome" & "don't it messes up the car".

There's a pretty long thread on here somewhere where a member got them and then came to ask why his ride didn't feel right. I'll see if I can find it, a poster in there had the reason I just can't recall it off hand.

My post wasn't to start and argument though because I know for sure they will fit. My buddy had 285 up front 305 in back. I think that's about the limit you can go on the stock 19 rays though...maybe 295 on the front, 315 on back? But would be pushing it at that point.

op- just get the RE11's and be over with. do it right the first time.