About to pull the trigger on tires

[Chubbs765]

Lately I've been looking at Pirelli P zero nero tires to wrap the Migs in. I've read nothing but good reviews on them. Tire size 245/45/18 should be good right? The wheels are 18x7.5. I've seen many tire size fails on here lately and I definitely don't want to be the next lol. Also, if anyone has owned these tires I'd like to hear your review on them as well.

 

[jmtiseo]

Per tirerack.com, that size should fit the wheel with 7.5" being the lower limit of rim width.

TireRack.com - Pirelli P Zero 245/45/18

 

[Chubbs765]

What would you recommend?

 

[T-Money]

I have Pirelli Pzero Nero. Love them. Quiet, smooth riding, grippy.. Highly recommend them.

Is your car lowered? What's the wheels offset?

With my 18"s the offset is 42 and I have 245/45/18 and I was told if I were to lower it I'd have rubbing issues.

 

[jmtiseo]

From his sig, he's not lowered. I've already told you my suggestion but Dunlop isn't a popular choice around here.

 

[T-Money]

I have Dunlop on my winter set. Love those also. I wouldn't recommend falken or is it falcon? Anyway yea those can be noisy. Or at least the set I had were. Smooth but after 3k miles were put on them they got noisy as all hell. :/

 

[Chubbs765]

My offset is 50 but no I am not lowered. But how wide are the wheels you have?

 

[T-Money]

They are 8" wide.

But yes I'd go with the pirellis. You won't regret it.

 

[BlackLS06]

Yokohama.

 

[mlara1129]

My offset is 50 but no I am not lowered. But how wide are the wheels you have?

Sweet that means you can fit some nice 10-12mm spacers under there

And i know they're expensive but michelin pilot sport A/S: best tires i have ever owned.

 

[T-Money]

Ok I re read some reviews on the pirellis and can't say I 100% recommend them anymore.
Majority of the reviews all say these tires get loud near the end of their tread life.

Mine only have 2k miles on them if that. So that's why mine are still quiet. But I don't put a lot of miles on them, they will probably start to dry rot before I get to the end of the life.

So I guess it depends on how much you drive. If you drive a lot maybe mlaras suggestion would be better.

 

[Telco]

Mine has Hankook Ventus tires with a ZR rating on it. Came on the car when I bought it, and they were pretty new tires. They work well enough, and when the one blew out in my accident the car still handled great even though the tire had two gashes in the outside sidewall. Each gash was 6-9 inches long. Before the accident they seemed to handle pretty well in rain and dry weather, rode well and were fairly quiet. No idea on longevity.

 

[NYC LS8]

Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas. Get 'em.