Down to two tire choices...
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Down to two tire choices...
Its definately time for some new tires and i have narrowed it down to the Nitto Invo or the Falken RT-615's. It would be used for daily driving (mainly the weekends) and about three or four track days in the year. Which ones do you guys think would be the better choice? both are about the same price and just lookin to get a years worth out of them. Thanks for the help and let me know your thoughts.
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Why does two specifically? They're not comparable tires and have very different characteristics. The main question is, would you rather have a civil daily drive and sacrifice some trackday performance or have a louder daily drive and shorter tire life for a somewhat better trackday experience.
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Why does two specifically? They're not comparable tires and have very different characteristics. The main question is, would you rather have a civil daily drive and sacrifice some trackday performance or have a louder daily drive and shorter tire life for a somewhat better trackday experience.
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Its manily a question if the RT-615 would work well as a daily driver and if they would last a whole spring/summer/fall withought needing replaced. If not then i was thinking the invo for a better street tire that will still grip and last a little longer.
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I think the Nitto Invo may not be even close to the best tire in it's class your money can buy, and as others have said, better tires at a similar price can be had if that's the grade of tire you're looking for (low end street tire). And they won't hold a candle to the RT-615 for handling.
As a shameless plug, I'm going to have a set of 275/35/18 RT-615s with ~50% tread available shortly, pm me if you're interested for particulars.
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No, on Enkei 9.5"x18". I don't think I'd go over 235 on the 8" stockers. I'm a firm believer in giving a tire as wide a wheel support as is reasonably possible, better for the sidewalls to be like this \_/ or |_| rather than like this /__\ otherwise you're pinching the tire, and messing with the contact patch, making for sloppy handling response. For a 255 I'd go with a 9" min or 9.5" rim for sure.
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thanks for you input, the potential sloppy handling does bother me.
My reasoning for the 255's over 245's was even with the distortion the patch would (this is a guess though) be about the same and save 2lbs (ish) a corner - of course as a newb I probably won't notice the weight! I'll save the expreimentation for later!
My reasoning for the 255's over 245's was even with the distortion the patch would (this is a guess though) be about the same and save 2lbs (ish) a corner - of course as a newb I probably won't notice the weight! I'll save the expreimentation for later!
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