It the first time in looking to buy tires. I'm not raceing right now. I have 225/45 r18 91w right now I'm thinking of staying with the same size. Can anyone give me an idea of what tires do you guys recomend. I have Dunlop tires now they didn't last long I got maybe 8000 miles off them. If anyone has used a smaller tire that has worked on their rx8 please let me know. I'm just trying to find a good deal and like I said I don't race. Thank you

 

Where are you?

I ask because I recently discovered that that the summer performance tires do not like the cold, just like the label says. If you are just driving, and do not need snow tires, a good mud and snow all season from tire rack should be fine. I typically watch for sales and closeouts, buy, have them shipped to local Tire Kingdom, and go from there. The idea is to catch a closeout. You can get a good tire for less than the cheapies..

 

If you are in a climate that seems even a decent amount of rain, I would hands down go with the Yokohama S.Drives. Good dry grip, outstanding wet grip, outstanding hydroplane resistance, and they lasted me 35,000 miles on my 8 including 3 autocross sessions. They won't break the bank with cost either.

My 8 will get it's 2nd set come spring (on winters right now), I replaced the General UHPs on my Miata with the S.Drives a few weeks ago. It really is a fantastic tire for daily driving.

 

live in California it raining right now in nor cal. Maybe that helps ppl give me better info thatnk you again

 

look at some kumho ecsta STP tires. A few members here in SoCal have run them and liked them very much.

 

subscribed! Fist time tire-buyer here too and it's almost time... So thanks for the advice

 

I've had success with the Falken FK452's. These tires however will get you KILLED in the snow. Great Dry/Wet performance however.

I might try out Yokohama S.Drives though.

 

I just got some Hankook Ventus V12 and really like them. They've got some great reviews and I have to agree its a great tire for the price.

 

Yeah, these really transform the 8's handling, and give very good wet traction.

I did put on smaller size on purpose to gear down 3%: 225/40r18, and acceleration is that much better.

I have 07 6spd auto so I'm running about 2500 rpm @ 70mph.

In other words, I had room to lower gear 3%. IDK if I'd do it on a manual 6spd where you're already near 4k rpm @ 70 mph.

 

Falken 452. The best budget sport choice

 

If your main concern is just value, I think the General Exclaim UHP is a good choice. The're about as cheap as high performance tires get and my set lasted nearly 45K miles which I thought was ridiculous, I used to burn through Falken Azenis in about 15K. I have some Sumitomo HTRs on right now and the're close to gone at around 25K.

 

damn if you were getting 15K out of Azenis, you're super easy on tires!!! more than 12K on em is outstanding

 

Anyone have experience with the Firestone Firehawk Wide Oval Indy 500? It's currently the top-rated ultra high performance summer tire on TireRack but has fewer reviews than the Potenza RE760's I was originally considering. The $32/tire savings is making me want to look into the Firehawks more.

 

In my humble opinion you should do some damage to your wallet and your RX-8 a favor by buying Yokohama ADVAN neova AD08s.. best thing I ever did to my car.