I have only 8,000 miles on my car as of now. I want to get new ones because the traction sucks. Anyway laugh at me whatever how do u read these numbers 195/55/15?
I wanna pay $600 on all season high performance tires for road racing, drag racing etc. I searched this whole forum and i didnt get the info i needed anyway please throw out some companys that have always made great tires.

thanks

 

Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position....$110 a tire at Tirerack.com.....Thats for 205/50/15

 

195/55/15

195 = the tire width.

55 = the height from the rim in relation to the width (ex: 255/55/15 would be taller than 195/55/15) EDIT: aka tire wall... i forgot the word...

15 = the rim size


[Modified by HoL Lee SHieT, 11:41 PM 7/23/2002]


[Modified by HoL Lee SHieT, 11:48 PM 7/23/2002]

 

thanks

 

Better get some Falken Azenis suckaa....

David

 

he said all weather playa.... azenis is a dry tire

 

'55' is the height of the sidewall as a percentage of the width of the tire. The sidewall height of a 195/55 tire is 55% of 195mm, or about 107mm

 

man u better et the azenis
they r realively cheap and great handeling tires I haven't had them on my car but I have seen them on 2 of my neighbors cars and they look sweet and they say they handle awesome. The only bad thing I heard was they suck in rain but its all good just drive slow then

 

only 600 for a good set of all weather performance tire? that's a tall order to fill. Try the BFG G-force KDWS. I have a couple friends running the KD, and they love them, and the KDW and KDWS have had rave reviews. If you want to know what all those abbreviations stand for:

KD= condition, dry
KDW= condition, dry, wet
KDWS= condition, dry, wet, snow

I forgot, are you staying with stock wheel? if so, scratch what I just said, G-force tires don't come any smaller than 15s....sorry


[Modified by carl_aka_carlos, 2:05 AM 7/25/2002]

 

You can get the BFG KD in 15" sizes... but they are about $150 a tire and not really designed for wet grip. The Falken Azenis is rated as one of the best performance tires available, if all out traction is what you are after. 215/45-16 Azenis is probably what I'll mount on my special project racecar whenever she's built up. Check out the autocross/roadrace forum for posts on tire choices too...lots of people with experience on many different tires.


[Modified by Vracer111, 12:40 AM 7/25/2002]

 

Yeah he did say that but he also said he wanted a good roadracing tire and drag tire. They're pretty cheap too.... I got my set for $216 shipped to my door from discount tire. All I have to say is that before I got these tires I didn't think they were going to be that good but now that I have those suckers on... well, they're just badass

David


[Modified by Oki_Doki, 10:09 AM 7/25/2002]


[Modified by Oki_Doki, 10:10 AM 7/25/2002]

 

I have been thoroughly enjoying my Dunlop SP Sport 8000's, 205/50/15's, approx $90ea at various places, enjoy

 

rollin them right now awesome traction