mmartahus

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I would like to upgrade my stock GTS tires (215/45/18) to something a little wider and hopefully a little better in terms of all season traction and ride quality. Does anyone have suggestions on which tires would be best for a reasonably priced upgrade? Should I go 225 width or 235?

Kurt

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Try a 225/40-18. The GTS has the same size tire as the MazdaSpeed 3. A lot of MS3 owners go up to that size or even a 225/45-18. How wide is the stock GTS wheel. If it isn't at least 7.5 inches, stay away from a 235. If it is, try a 235/40-18. All these sizes will keep your speedometer fairly accurate.

Karan

Stock GTS tires are 215/45/R18.

To keep your speedometer errors to a minimum, for a 225 wide tire you'd have to go 225/45/R18.

For a 235 wide tire, you'd have to go 235/40/R18.

Not sure which is a better size to go with personally, I'm still stuck on the same question myself.

As for the actual tire model itself, you can have a look at Tire Rack, they have a pretty good selection. Some of the popular models would be Pirelli PZero Nero M&S PINNA, and Bridgestone Potenza RE92A.

CrEsT

I run 18x8 +38 Rota Torque with Toyo proxes 4, 225/45/18 grip is great, but I had to roll my rear fenders.

DrivinMissDaisy

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225/45/18 would be the best replacement. 245/40/18 would be a good option if you can figure out how to fit it. 235/40/18 will through your speedo off by .5mph. When your speedo says 60 you will be going 59.5mph.


235/45 will not fit, so I read.

PGH Lancer Man

I will be buying the BF Goodrich KDW2's very shortly. Ran them on my last car for DD and auto crossing, and loved em.

PGH Lancer Man

Ill be going 235/40 on a 35 offset wheel as well

AhFuJai

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^ can you post pics when youre gonna have them installed? i wanna see how it looks =)

PGH Lancer Man

yeah it will be a couple of weeks though, gotta wait for my dealer to get thier hands on the TPMS sensors for the wheels

ambystom01

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Tires are like shoes, which ones are best depends entirely on the conditions and what you'll be using them for. I would stay away from RE92s though, they came stock on my car and I'm glad I got rid of them.

YeOldeLancer

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All-season tires are usually a compromise between wet/dry traction, tread life, ride comfort, snow traction, among other things. i find that All-seasons do none of those particularly well so i try to stay away from them. If you live in an area that gets little to no snow, I'd go with a summer-style tire that has excellent wet/dry traction. If you live in an area that gets plenty of snow (like myself) I would invest in a set of rims with Snow tires mounted on them. I will be getting a set this fall as there is no way in hell the stock dunlops will be touching the snow!

ambystom01

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^Agreed, all-seasons are no seasons.

mmartahus

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^^ I have to get all seasons because I dont have any room to store an extra set of wheels or tires. I work a lot and barely have time for oil changes and regular tire rotations.

So what would be the best all-seasons. I would just like to get something decent in snow and rain.

YeOldeLancer

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in secret, i've always wanted to try toyo proxes 4
http://www.toyo.com/docs/tires/tires...category=sport

ambystom01

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I had BFG Traction TAs and they were decent.