Tire Recommendations Please
 

After measuring my tire tread depth my old tire set up for street duty is at 3/32” and I will be replacing front and tires. Current wheel sizes are 18X9.5 +22 front and 18X10.5 +12 rear widths and offsets are more of a “flush” set up. I’m looking for recommendations on tire brand model and/or sizes? Input? I would like a stickier tire with good dry traction. 255/40/18 or 265/40/18 front and 285/40/18 or 305/35/18 is what I’m considering?

I've been very pleased with the Firestone Firehawk Indy 500.

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I love my Michelin PS4’s. But you can probably find a recommendation for any tire you want on here. I suggest going to the Tirerack website, shop by tire size and read the reviews and tests. This site is very comprehensive. You can slice and dice the recommendations any way you want. You can even filter the reviews from 370z owners. Nice thing is that the tires today are good enough that it’s hard to screw it up. Just set your priorities and let ‘er rip.

These are a solid performing tire for a great price.

I have to second this.

Had nt555 for a while and switched to these and they are great.

Dry and wet you would be more than fine.

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The PS4s. :driving:

I’ll second this. I have just over 1000 miles on mine now. No issues. Maybe not quite as sticky as the stock Potenza’s or the PS4’s of course, but you can’t beat 4 tires for $800. Mounted and balanced. Oh, and road hazard from Tire Rack. Only driven once in heavy rain and had no issues, but YMMV.

All in all a great value for a daily driver. Definitely not made for tracking.

I’d buy another set no questions asked as long as they hold the price.

I would have been rolling around on a set of Indy 500s but they burned down in the trailer on the way to me lol Currently waiting on my new set to arrive!

Get yourself some Yokohama Advan A052's if you're looking for sticky.

OP said he is looking for street duty

Thanks for all your subjections. After seeing all the Ford Explorers flipping because of the Firestone/Bridgestone tires I will never purchase Firestone/Bridgestone tires ever no pun intended to those that run them. Out of the selections here I have tried the Michelin Pilot SuperSport tires before they were excellent tires. I decided to try the Yokohama tires this time around as I read the Yokohama Advan A052’s have superior dry traction and even do great in wet conditions as well. As these tires will be used for street duty only I’m going to try the 265/40/18 front and 285/40/18 rear Yokohama Advan A052’s from Discount Tire Direct and I have a place to get the hook up on mounting and balancing.

You might try Hankook Tires
 

I've been using Hankook Ventus V12 Evo2 tires for 3+ years, street duty. I have been happy with them. Just my view. I'll be back for more when I wear them out.

I've heard great things about that tire vis a vis the price. Definitely worth a look.

A052s are a bit overkill for the street, no? Just doesn't make sense for a purely street driven car.

I ran Ventus V12's on my MS3. They were okay. Great for the price.

the Yokohama A052 is a 200 treadwear tire . . . a track tire you can drive to the track.

for "street duty" that is a poor choice

OTOH, i've heard pretty good things about the Bridgestone S04

I’ve run the S04’s too. They are good tires as well.

Z enthusiasts how are interested in running Yokohama’s on their Z but more of a budget tire in mind. I have had experience with the Yokohama Advan Sport (superior dry traction), Advan Sport A/S, S-Drive (great bang for the buck) are overall great tires with a budget in mind. I used the Yokohama Ice Guard IG53 tires before for winter driving and were excellent for wet/cold conditions.

You want sticky,street,budget minded :wtf2:
Hard to get everything in one, along with the sizes you put out there :ugh2:
I see a 295/35 is probably the widest street oriented tire for the rear.....peeked around a couple sites.

I’ve never ran these tires before; was just looking for something in the description you gave :tup:

Guess I'm just crazy thinking a sports car should have actual sticky tires on it.

I personally run the Conti ECS's when I need to drive my car on the street. I've even done an autox event with them when I didn't feel like worrying about the threat of rain that day. I wouldn't consider them "stickier" tires which is what the OP asked for. "Stickier" tires are going to be your 200 TW tires that people are using for HPDE's and autox.

Guess the 370z community has just gone down market in the last few years.:shakes head:

The reality is that bumming around town really doesn't require sticky tires
If that's what the car is being asked to do, 200 to tires are counter productive in cost and life

If ur mixing in harder driving, then obviously stickier is better

Race compound would be overkill, sure.

For road use I value wet performance when half worn. That, to me, is the benchmark point where some tyres fall off a cliff and better tyres keep their mojo.

On previous cars, Bridgestone's RE001 went rock hard for me to the point where I felt unsafe taking gentle bends at the speed limit when it rained. They were extremely slippery and unpredictable in the wet - randomly. I subsequently swapped wheels, and took the RE001s on 3 drift days before I could get them to show canvas. Disgraceful.

The tyres I went to next, Dunlop Sport Maxx TT, were brilliant right down to the wear markers in both dry and wet weather. Complete confidence in the tyres and I had a few sets.

I later moved to Bridgestone RE003, and they weren't quite as grippy as the Sport Maxx TT, but they behaved respectably well until they wore out and were quite cheap so I've had a couple of sets of them too.

There's no point putting R compound on a daily driven car, but there's also no point buying a sports car and then putting **** tyres on it. The happy medium's in the middle somewhere. I want to know I have half a chance of braking in time when some dickhead pulls out in front of me in the wet. I also don't want to feel like the car is going to spit me into the bushes when it rains.

I hear AAM and EVO-R make really good tires. Why don't you check with one of them?