people with 17x8 wheels, what size tires are you running?

[ANVIL]

Shopping around for tires. want to see the different sizes people are running. right now im leaning towards 275/40's drag radials. most likely MT Street, but maybe BFG.

[94_240sx]

235/40 17It's perfectly squre. I think width is slightly different from company to company.

[nismofly]

if you get anything besides a drag radial, dont even consider something as wide as a 275

depending on how you want to fit your best bet is something between a 205 and 235

[ANVIL]

well, I am getting drag radials for sure

[adrianfromthecastle]

lol. I'm running 215/45's on my fronts, but I'm thinking about going 215/40 instead.

I guess this thread's focus is on the rears specifically?

[nismofly]

drag radials fit weird, no experience with them, tires that are soft on purpose is the devil

[ANVIL]

with some help of someone on zilvia (yeah someone actually helped me there) he found Nitto 555 comes in 245/45/ also found BFG has 225/45. proablly going to be getting one of those now

whats weird was that size wasnt on bf goodrich's website. it was listed on tire rack though.

where do you guys go shopping for tires online? id like to see if there are other sizes i havent seen yet
Modified by ANVIL at 10:07 AM 11/19/2008

[nismofly]

it may have been a size that was discontinued, so bfg didnt list it anymore, but tire rack still has some in stock

[94_240sx]

it may have been a size that was discontinued, so bfg didnt list it anymore, but tire rack still has some in stock

That's most likely it. I just go to Discount Tires. You can buy tires cheap online, but it's almost same after you pay for mounting and balancing.

[ANVIL]

That's most likely it. I just go to Discount Tires. You can buy tires cheap online, but it's almost same after you pay for mounting and balancing.

are you talking about going to a store as oppose to buying online? if so, we dont have very many choices up here, and i think only 1 or 2 will order drag radials for you but are really expensive. i get my tires m/b for free anyways.

after looking around, and reading reviews i think im going to try out the Nittos. 245/45/17

[Ohio_S13]

Tire rack or discount tires are your best bets for tires. A lot of dealers (like NTB) here in Cleveland order their tires from tire rack.

[goldfish]

I recently put some 350z wheels on my car. The regular 17x7.5 (front) and 17x8 (rear). I'm running 225/45/17 & 245/40/17. Works great Looks good too.

[ANVIL]

ok after doing a bunch of reading up on those nitto 555 drag radials, i saw a lot of mixed reviews. but quite a few saying they were hard to hook with so i might not be going with those after all. but im still undecided. i really want to go with those mickey thompson et streets, 275/40/17 but im not sure about the fitment on my 17x8

ideally i would like to run a 255, but i cant find any drag radials in that size... has anyone ever seen any in 255's for 17"?