Tire Recommendation help

tnav

I got my RE11s today 275/35 and 305/30, on stock Sport Wheels. The tires are absolutely sick and insane, the performance is far beyond any tire I have tested in the past. I got them from Tires & Wheels | Car Tires & Wheels | SUV/Truck Tires & Wheels | Discount Tire you can have them shipped to you I am sure, I got them at the local "America's Tire Co" in Huntington Beach CA.

My preference would be

4- S04
3- Invo
2- PSS
1- RE11

Unless you are really getting a lot of out of the car, I would try to stick to a budget, otherwise you are wasting money on something you won't use

danegrey

I have the following
Michelin Super Sport
front 265/30 19 ZR
Rear 305/30 19 ZR
great grip, lots of comments from autocross instructors about grip, they are a summer tire...

They look great on the car, and I do not use wheel spacers

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Tadpole

I just put S-04's on my Z a few months back and they are probably your best bang for your buck tire out of all choices stated above. Drag strip is no issue with less tire noise than my stock yokos. As far as a track day I would be iffy tho. Softer quieter ride thus a little floaty feeling up front. This has gotten better over time tho and sticking pretty good. I also drive a base with 18's so this could be a difference somewhat compared to the 19's. Change all four tires too. Trust me on this

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Spooler

I am just doing SO4's for the rear. Half tread on the OEM front and no reason to replace them. Guess we will see how it does. It can't be any worse than driving on onion grips on the back in the rain. LOL, that's been fun. Driving with your car on it's limits always is a challenge. Keeps you on your toes.

Tadpole

I did the same thing too at first and immediately had the front two installed. My car had a mind of its own steering handling wise. Hope this isn't the case for you

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Spooler

It will be a handful for 500-1000 miles while the sealer wears off the rears. It will be loose as a goose in the backend. If I put it in the weeds, you can laugh at me then.

Spooler

Well, new rears are on. I got the opposite of what I expected. I have much more traction in the rear now. Have to wait for the fronts to heat up a bit and then it is not too bad. Guess I will see what happens when they break in good. It is a little twitchy at the moment. Nismo bump steer sucks. These springs have got to go. Will have to wait until next year at bonus time.

Tadpole

They will get better over time and miles.

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tnav

I think RE11s are too much tire for what you need, you are not taking your car to a road course. I run huge RE11s because I like the grip when taking hard corners, car turns like it is on rails, no push and coming out of the turns, the Z feels like Hamilton's F1 car.
I run 15mm on my 275 in front, fits perfect on stock Rays. I am running 20mm on my 305 in rear, I think 15mm would have been better, still the tire fits great on the stock Rays. In fact I just ordered a pair of 15mm for the rear, so I will be running 15mm f/r

MEZZZER

pics pleaz

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kenchan

s04's are not at the same level as the re11's. i know cause i have them both. go with the re11's for your hobby car.

for a dd, s04's will do more than fine, and then some.

Rocket

Thanks for all the help guys. Gonna go with 285 and 255 RE11's.

FPenvy

boooooooooo!

go 265/305 like me so meaty!

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Shawa

Envy did you upgrade the tire size before or after doing some mods to your car? I'm curious that going with bigger heavier tires slows down the acceleration? Or maybe it's not enough to notice?

FPenvy

mods were first with the OEM size tires.

havent really modded anything since my intakes/tune.

i did add my straight pipe set-up with the wider tires and no performance distance on the tire side of things.

the weight isnt really a issue. the 275 RE-11s are 29lbs per rear and the 305s are 32 a rear. the fronts are both 29lbs 245/265. so all i added were 6lbs total in the rear tires.

no where near enough to make a difference in my opinion. at least none that i can tell.

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