Replacement Tires... What are people buying?
08-04-2005, 01:49 AM
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read the whole tread.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=kuhmo
and they have been hurricane tested. they give good wet.
beers
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=kuhmo
and they have been hurricane tested. they give good wet.
beers
Originally Posted by BasenjiGuy
It's time to put a new set on. I got 27,000 out of the factory set... and then drove another 2,000 on them.
I'd like to avoid spending $800 bucks for new tires but I want a good set of rubber on the car. I found that the OEM Bridgestons got wobbly and hard before I had even 10,000 miles on them. Plus, they're pretty expensive to replace.
What are you folks putting on your 8's?
I'd like to avoid spending $800 bucks for new tires but I want a good set of rubber on the car. I found that the OEM Bridgestons got wobbly and hard before I had even 10,000 miles on them. Plus, they're pretty expensive to replace.
What are you folks putting on your 8's?
08-04-2005, 03:18 AM
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Check ebay for good deals on tires, I bid & won 4 brand new Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar EMT tires 245/45/18 shipped for $450 + $80 install (Tirerack sell them for $300+ each). It actually ride better for a runflat. Too early to tell if the handling will be better.
06-09-2006, 11:03 AM
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245/40/18 will this miss with your computer or have problems with your valvestems reading if your tires are flat?? Also would this change what the correct speed you are going over all?
Sorry resurrecting a old thread but figure it better then starting a new one on the same topic.
Sorry resurrecting a old thread but figure it better then starting a new one on the same topic.
06-09-2006, 11:26 AM
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The 245/40 fits the OEM (8.5 inch) rim just fine, and the TPMS works. There is no affect on the computer. The wider tire is 1% smaller in circumference, so the axle is spinning 1% faster at the same ground speed, and the odometer and speedometer read 1% high.
I'm using the 245/40x18 KUMHO SPT, and I'm very happy with them. $660 for the set from TireRack after local mount/balance.
I'm using the 245/40x18 KUMHO SPT, and I'm very happy with them. $660 for the set from TireRack after local mount/balance.
06-09-2006, 01:24 PM
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I put Kuhmo ASX 245/40/18's on my RX-8. So I am actually going just slightly slower than what my odometer reads?
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06-09-2006, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RotrDoc
the axle is spinning 1% faster at the same ground speed, and the odometer and speedometer read 1% high.
245/40x18 KUMHO SPT are tires i was planning to order very soon...im trying to learn a few things.
06-09-2006, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by captain mercury
^^^is that good? stupid question from a tire ignoramus.
245/40x18 KUMHO SPT are tires i was planning to order very soon...im trying to learn a few things.
245/40x18 KUMHO SPT are tires i was planning to order very soon...im trying to learn a few things.
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06-10-2006, 01:44 AM
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From an earlier post of mine re: Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
I replaced my OE Dunlops with the Goodyears last week and did my first Autocross on them this past weekend. I'm favorably impressed with these tires. I got the 225/40-18s, so they're just slightly smaller than the OE 45's. The tires have a slightly more "crisp" feel to them in cornering, they're about as sticky as the Dunlops were, and they're very well behaved when they start sliding - no sudden transitions or nasty surprises. The 225/40-18s were $182 US apiece from The Tire Rack.
The Goodyears got rave reviews from Car & Driver, and came in first out of a field of 11 performance tires. Tire Rack surveys score them pretty high too.
The Tire Rack has a pointer to the full report here: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y_f1_gs_d3.jsp
I replaced my OE Dunlops with the Goodyears last week and did my first Autocross on them this past weekend. I'm favorably impressed with these tires. I got the 225/40-18s, so they're just slightly smaller than the OE 45's. The tires have a slightly more "crisp" feel to them in cornering, they're about as sticky as the Dunlops were, and they're very well behaved when they start sliding - no sudden transitions or nasty surprises. The 225/40-18s were $182 US apiece from The Tire Rack.
The Goodyears got rave reviews from Car & Driver, and came in first out of a field of 11 performance tires. Tire Rack surveys score them pretty high too.
The Tire Rack has a pointer to the full report here: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y_f1_gs_d3.jsp
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