245 or 255 tire on a 9" wide wheel?

[Cholewa]

At a certain point cost should be the decider, if it's only 8 bucks more for a full 10mm added tread, you might as well. If it was 80 more, it might not be that big of a benefit.

[nicktcr]

At a certain point cost should be the decider, if it's only 8 bucks more for a full 10mm added tread, you might as well. If it was 80 more, it might not be that big of a benefit.

Well yeah I guess cost is another factor, but I had ignored that one for the slight difference that he had already mentioned.

[jledford]

I appreciate all of the input. I do believe I'll be ordering the 255's and doing what is necessary to make them fit on the car. I shouldn't have to do anything that isn't ST legal. I wanted to get 17x9.5's and try to squeeze 265's on it but from everything I researched I couldn't do that without pulling the fenders which isn't ST legal.

[rodhx]

I won't tell you if I have to do anything that isn't ST legal.

FTFY

[nicktcr]

^ truth!

[jledford]

The BFG Rivals are now showing estimated arrival of 3/29 and estimated delivery for my zip code of 4/4 on Tire Rack. It'd be one more event without good tires but I could go straight to the Rivals. It also looks like they went up in price from the previous estimate on tire rack, they're now the most expensive option in the 255/40R17 size of the three ST tires. So now I'm thinking I'll wait for the Rivals and just buy one set of tires this year since they're over $200 more per set than the RS3s.

Edit: I think it's because I'm looking at 255's now instead of 245's on the Rivals. The 245's still aren't available until middle of May and they're almost $150 cheaper per set than the 255's... decisions, decisions.

[nicktcr]

Save the money and go RS3

[HPEVOX]

Depends on how competitive you want to be if there is someone close in your class and how much money you want to spend in the end. It's not like we're winning anything big by being .1 seconds faster. I have to remind myself of that sometimes when I want to spend moneys on it.... I rarely listen though as you have noticed lolz

[jledford]

As of now there is no one in my class. I was just thinking the RS3s might not last the entire season with the auto-x and track days I want to do. Therefore I might have to buy two sets.

The Rivals are suppose to wear better from all the preliminary reports so I might be able to get my entire season on one set of tires. Plus I thought I might switch to the Rival if I bought the RS3 first. So I have some decisions to make.

[nicktcr]

As of now there is no one in my class. I was just thinking the RS3s might not last the entire season with the auto-x and track days I want to do. Therefore I might have to buy two sets.

The Rivals are suppose to wear better from all the preliminary reports so I might be able to get my entire season on one set of tires. Plus I thought I might switch to the Rival if I bought the RS3 first. So I have some decisions to make.

No tire will last a whole season of autox AND track days without being heat cycled beyond their max levels of adhesion. However, the RS-3's I got from C have had basically two autox seasons on them (with C and Sara co-driving) and a couple track days on that tire-eating monster of an Evo, and there's still a fair chunk of tread left. Granted, they don't grip like they should as they've been heat cycled thoroughly, but there is still "meat" on the tire.

I think you'll find it difficult to find a tire that wears much better than the RS-3 within the category of tires we all consider useful. If you're already considering buying two sets, and you aren't even worried about competition, that's all the more reason I'd go with the cheaper of the two!

[rodhx]

In tests so far even the RS3s wear much faster than the Rivals. That said, I think you'll be fine Jerry with either RS3s or maybe just jump to the Z2 Dunlops. I used RS3s for a 1.5 two driver seasons of autocross before they seemed to be "heat cycled out", and even then they were great at TGPR for two days before finally starting to get greasy at Barber. The only reason I have gone with the used Yokohamas is I want the Rivals for TT events. Otherwise I'd probably already have a set of RS3s and just been done with it for a while.