Will they fit without rubbing?

I'm using a 16x7 wheel with a 42mm offset.

I want a really good tire and this is the closest size I could find to my current 205/45/16 in a summer only tire.

 

I have the 205/45/16 Yokohama A520's and they are really sticky. 180 tread wear. $100 each

 

214/45R16 Azenis


yshi - who misses his JDM wheels

 

How to those Azenis compare to the stock tires? I had some other Falkenz on my last car (93 Prelude VTEC) and was less than thrilled with them. Those are the same size as the RE-010's I'm looking at so fitment on either shouldn't be a problem. Mainly I'm looking for a really good tire and don't care if it costs some dough (although $250 for Michelin Pilot Sports is too much ).

I'm using Paradas right now and they generally suck, plus the rears are showing cord...

 

newt:
azenis are WAY better than RE010s. Better grip, no chunking, lasts longer

yoshi - who waits for George K to chime in ....

 

Thanks Yoshi, I think I'll give them a try. I was going to go with the RE-010's because they are a known good tire. The stock tires were almost as good as my V700's around an autox course.

I was one of the first people to use Paradas and I kind of got burnt on a tire marketed to the sports car crowd, but is actually more suitable to Suzy soccer moms minivan. That's why I was hesitant to go and buy a tire that's somewhat new again.

Edit: The RE-010s did have a chunking problem if I remember correctly. Of course that could have been caused by my heavy right foot too (everyone in the region says I love hp too much).


[Modified by newt2, 11:13 AM 1/29/2002]

 

I'll take George's place for the moment.
And I'm sure these are going to be much cheaper!

 

I was under the assumption that the 16" RE-010s tread compound was developed for the NSX only.

I would go with P-Zeros or S-03s myself.

 

The S03's dont come in a 215 series, only a 225. I'm pretty sure they would rub, if not they would look like a 70's car with the bulging tire.

I'm not sure the Pirrelis come in a size under 225 for a 16 inch rim either.

 

The RE010 tire in the 215/45-16 size is designed ONLY to be used on the front of a specific car (the NSX). It has special biasing of the belts, that's different from the sizes (e.g. 245/40-17) that are designed to be used on the rear. It is designed ONLY to be used as a FRONT tire. In fact, you have to buy a front left tire or a front right tire; the tires are designed to be used at a specific corner of the car. They designed the bias in the belts to be used with the toe out of the NSX's alignment. Similarly, the rear size tires (245/40-17) are designed to be used with the toe in of the NSX's alignment, and even to add a "toe in" effect and to generate more grip than in the front, to create some understeer.

You can check out comments from R748 about his experience with corner-specific NSX tires here, where he said:

"I had these tires on the ITR, they made the car behave in a less than confident manner. The biasing on the tire is equivalent to about 1mm (I think) toe out every revolution. These tires were SPECIFICALLY designed for the NSX front. If you want I'll gladly sell you mine, which are now sitting in the basement, but it's not the tire you want.

The symptoms was high speed instability. Constant steering correction and lack of steering feel made me take them out after a few moths and go back to 195/55."



[Modified by nsxtcjr, 3:47 PM 1/29/2002]

 

214? is the a miss-print?

 

Yup. It's 215/45/16

 

lol!

yshi - whose suprised that it took 5hrs for someone to finally notice it

 

I noticed, but being the king of typos myself, I thought it would be bad form to mention it.

 

thanks for being nice to me

yshi - who tried to cover up his typo

 

Yes. It's 214/44R16.

 

How would Azenis compare to R-compound tires in grip, such as Kumho Victoracers or Toyo RA-1's. Better/Worse?

 

no comparisons since you're comparing apples to oranges.......Azenis is mostly for street and R-compounds mostly for track use. Of course the R-compound would grip better.

 

Well its not like anyone is preventing me and since they are DOT approved....muhahaha.