anyone running on Continental ExtremeContact DW?
 

hey what's up guys,
I was on Tire Rack to check out some tire for this summer and
found that Continental ExtremeContact DW is damn pretty cheap.
Continental ExtremeContact DW
however, 245/45/18 is more expensive somehow, idk y.
do you guys recommend 275/45/18 rear or 275/40/18 rear?
I currently own 18' base rims.
Thanks a lot:tiphat:

I have the DW's and i really like em. GReat grip, and even though ive had em for about 6k, its got ALOT of tread left. also in terms of road noise, much quiter than OEM.

wow. nice to hear from you my friend :) I really like it because of the price and performance. I really love the price! :) but i don't know why 245 is more expensive than 275

go with the 275/40/18 the overall diameter will be nearly identical to stock. Obviously just a wider tire.

I don't know why its more expensive. Overstock maybe? Still a lot cheaper than the Advans.

what about the front? should i go 245/45/18? or 245/40/18?

oh and what about Sumitomo? HTR Z III
Sumitomo HTR Z III
Versus Continental DW?

I have seen some decent reviews for the HTR Z III, but the DW will definitely perform better in everything but price.

I figured that too. I heard HTR Z III is loud when you drive, worn out fast, and not much of grip on the wet surface. I guess DW is the best for the price :happydance:

Yeah, I'd get the DW.

I was looking at Michelin PSS for the 5.0, but since I just bought an S2000 and it needs tires too I might just get DW for both cars... it will cost the same as PSS for the Mustang. :bowrofl:

The smaller tire size costs more because of demand. I'm sure they sell a ton more 245 wide tires vs 275.

woah woah, wait a minute. you bought a S2K?! no way, not fair. :mad: :icon17: congrats on the car. :tup:

http://www.the370z.com/other-vehicle...rs-thread.html

Thanks ken :icon17::tup::tiphat:

I'm with Dudesky ... I would like to have a little bigger tires without changing my rims right now. What would you guys suggest up front and in rear? I don't know much about tire size specs ... I would like to keep the height of the setup close to stock if possible. I do not want to change to a size that will be too stretched on the rim or cause trouble with sidewall flexing. I plan on this being my daily driver and weekend autocrosser. Thanks for any help guys!

There are tire size calculators, and there's a sticky thread that lists various combinations. I went from 245/40 & 275/35 to 255/35 & 285/35 to 275/35 & 305/30. What I really want is 265/35 & 305/30. With the DWs, my only choice is 265/35 & 285/35.

20k and still on my original tires

Do you have base 18' or sports 19' because I believe our 18' base rim can go up to 285, but 275 would be the safest. 245/45 and 275/40 would be perfect for my base 18' I guess :rofl2:

Yes I have the base w touring package which I think has same tires. 18 inch rims in standard base configuration.

Base can take 245 width up front and 275 width out back while staying within the tire manufacturer's specs.

Oops... yea mine are 19s, and they're a little wider than stock sport wheels.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I wish I had 19'!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

the thing is I really want fat side walls. I don't plan to drop my car, so maybe I was thinking that if my side walls are fat enough, it looks like that my car has been dropped.

You'll just end up raising the car as you go to a taller sidewall, and at some point it will start to look ridiculous.

Steve is right, I had a friend who had 40 series tires on 18" wheels for his 350Z. WOW it was weird looking.

wait a min, I was planning to get 245/45 and 275/40. so what you are saying is 40 and 45 is too tall? I mean I have stock tires and they are both 45s. I think they look just fine! :)

Use this tool Tire size calculator and come up with the aspect ratios for those tire widths that get as close to the stock height as possible.

Here's another tire/rim calculator you can play with.

Custom rims, wheel tire packages for your ride - RIMSnTIRES.com

Thanks a lot for using your time to kindly post up those calculating tools! :) would you prefer 20mm spacers all around or 20mm front or 15mm rear?

what about the side walls? do you know? Thanks :tiphat:

Stock fronts on the non-sport wheels are 225/50/18, which are 26.9" tall.

For 245, you'll want to run 245/45/18 which is 26.7" tall. The closest you will get to stock height.

For the rears, stock are 245/45/18, which are 26.7" tall.

For 275, you'll want to run 275/40/18 which is also 26.7" tall.

So your original specs were fine. These sizes will be perfect.

Yeah those sizes should be perfect. I switched to the Continental DWS (all season) and got 245/40/18 front and 275/35/18 rear. I think I will switch to the DW summer tires when I need new ones and go with 245/45/18 and 275/40/18. It will be cheaper to install (30 series tires cost a lot more to install than 40 series) and will help with my scraping issues on driveways since my car is lowered.

Blades ... How did continentals in that size stack up vs stocks? I am looking at those for autocross

Thank you SO MUCH bro! you are the best!:tiphat:

Hey how is DWS all season? I was going to get that last year but I didn't since so many people told me that DWS is useless to rear wheel Z. I mean rating was pretty high and I think DWS is a great tire!

I bought my car used and it's only ever had all season tires on It so I can't really compare the performance to summer tires. The DWS in these sizes have been amazing though way more grip than I expected. They also worked really well in the snow. I think these are probably the optimal tire sizes for the base 18" wheels. The only issue I've had is scraping on some driveways because I'm lowered, but that is partlly because of my inexperience with driving lowered cars. I've been getting better at it and just have to come in at a Sharp angle.

To summarize, I definitely recommend the DWS tires and the 245/40/18 and 275/35/18 tire sizes for the base wheels :tup:

I got the DW's and I definitely like them a lot. They ride a lot better and have a ton more grip than the Hankook V12's I had before them. I'm very happy with them, and I'll be sticking with them as my daily driver tires. I'm on 265/285's, stock sport wheels.

Nice! so jealous that you can go so fat!!! I wish I can go up to 305! :happydance:

Hello everyone! New here. Just purchased 2 of these for the rear 275/40/18's because the stock potenzas were bald. Problem is my fronts are still "OK" but are the stock 225 width. They are at about 5-6/32nds. Will that be too big of a stagger especially with 1/2 used tires? Not tracking the car, but it bothers me to have 2 different tires.

You should not run mis-matched sets. This can lead to all sorts of handling problems and can be dangerous. And yes, 225/275 is huge stagger.

I would put an order in for 245 width DWs right now so you can run a matching set.

Yeah my thoughts exactly, Thanks for the help! I never liked the stock potenzas anyway so it will be good to replace them.

No problem. :tup: