After SEARCHing for hours, I've come to a dead end. What is the most popular tire, and the largest size that will fit our cars (safely) on stock wheels?

 

After careful consideration, I went with the S03's on OEM rims, see signature for details.....NO problems so far !! !!!!

S03's R U L E !

 

 

225/45/18 SO3's....LOVE 'EM!!!!

 

Bridgestone Potenza 225/ 40/ ZR 18

 

I accidentally picked “Stock tires until I die, man!!!” instead of “OTHER” so wipe off one of those votes.

It’s Falken Azenis 225/40-18” rubber for me.

Shawn S

 

I had the Dunlop SP9000's on my CLS wheels at the time, 225/45/17, I LOVED them...the only thing that bothered me was that is was a Summer tire. The wheels/tires have been sold, I've got on order for my new wheels, 225/50/17, Michelin pilot Sport A/S...It's a rare size....you won't find many in that size, but it's all season, so I'm happy..
Ed

 

225-50 ???
Isn’t that size going to have a HUGE sidewall and affect the cornering performance?

Shawn S

 

Michelin Pilot Sport A/S

225/50/ZR17

BEST all-season tire out there...PERIOD!!!

Shawn, the sidewall is taller, but it makes the stock rims look bigger while making the wheel gap even nicer with springs

Springs/Sways/Tires/SS-Lines install @ PAA

 

The only other way to match my Overall Diameter of my stock 205/60/16 is to do either 245/45/17, or 225/50/17. I had 225/45 Dunlops, I loved them, but I hated the fact that they were summer tires only, so I had the CLS wheels off the car for the winter. In addition, my Speedometer was off by 5 mph. At 80mph, my car was really going 75. In addition, my fuel mileage went to the $hit..I could barely get 200 miles of city driving on a full tank. Observe:

Specification Sidewall Radius Diameter Circumference Revolutions Difference
Specification Sidewall Radius Diameter Circumference Revolutions Difference
205/60-16---- 4.8 in--- 12.8 in-- 25.7 in-- 80.7 in-- 785 / mile 0.0%
225/50-17---- 4.4 in--- 12.9 in-- 25.9 in-- 81.2 in-- 780 / mile 0.7%
225/45-17---- 4.0 in--- 12.5 in-- 25.0 in-- 78.5 in-- 808 / mile -2.8%
235/45-17---- 4.2 in--- 12.7 in-- 25.3 in-- 79.6 in-- 796 / mile -1.4%
245/45-17---- 4.3 in--- 12.8 in-- 25.7 in-- 80.7 in-- 785 / mile -0.0%


This is a photoshopped pic of my car with the new wheel's I have on order right now..
Ed

 

Not to be a Jerk, but wasn't this poll for tires/sizes on STOCK rims??

Still is useful info though.....

 

Oops... wait, who still has stock rims ...
No wonder they're all 17's...

Sorry to intrude

 

Pirelli P-Zero Rosso. Can y'all hang?

 

pirelli p-zero's are overrated... treadwear sucks and they eat dick in the wet...

but if you're talking about money... i guess you can blow it on those tires

 

the Michelin's fit on stock rims...no issues since they're the 225-series...235 gets a bit fuzzy...the 225's are more than capable of handling any road conditions...in the rain, these tires grip so well, u can ALMOST drive normally...that's how scary it is!! dry weather handling is 2 very big

 

How do you like these... I saw a set on a Porsche and they look tight as hell