Tire Recomendations
 

Hi, I have a 2009 370 Z 18" wheels, time for new tires, looking for street performance and medium tread life. What have others replaced and are you happy with the selection? Stock tires seem very loud as others have mentionend. I do not know all of the acronyms so please spell it out manufacturer and model.

I have 15,000 miles on my 2009 and my rear tires (original Yokohama ADVAN sport) are totally bald. I am considering getting the same ones or Yokohama ADVAN S.4, which is a step down and less expensive. I don't want to get a different tire because the front tires still have maybe another 5,000 miles left on them and I don't want mismatching front and rear tires. Not sure if this helps but I figured I'd share my experience.

For street performance, I recommend the Continental ExtremeContact DWS. I bought the DWS recently to replace the stock tires. It is better, smoother, & much quieter than the stock tires. It is probably the best all-weather tire as it has some light snow capability. With treadwear rating 540, it lasts at least 50k miles. DWS is only slightly underperform against other high performance summer tires. But for non-extreme/track driving, DWS has high rating on all categories which are well suited for all road conditions.

I will probably go this route as well... got 16K on my rears and probably has another 4k left on it.

I just put Conti DWS 285/35R19 on the rears. Definitely less dry traction than the stockers, even at 80% wear. Wet traction is greatly improved though. And, probably more important than either, the characteristics of how the tire breaks loose is infinitely more predictable and controllable.

With the nearly dead stockers I tended to get great traction right up to the point it let go completely with little warning, leading to some exciting recoveries. The DWS trip the traction light a lot more often, but even in the middle of a turn are so much more predictable that I find it far easier to recover while maintaining speed and avoid the dreaded power cut from the traction control system.

Trying to find a size for them to go on the fronts now.