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Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby red devil » Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:34 pm

Hi all

Iv bought a set of 15x8 6UL's and am having a hard time deciding on what size tire/brand to run :evil: three options im looking at are

The Hankook ventus Rs3 in a 225/45/15
or
Federal 595 RSR 205/50/15 (I have feddies on my car now and I love them)
or
Dunlop direzza sport Z1 starspec 205/50/15


I want to get decent (I know im not going to 25k out of them, 18-20 would be nice) life out of them, and I dont want to have to run a ridicules amount of camber also
Any suggestions would be really appreciated
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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby tobias » Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:46 pm

I'm in the same boat but for me it's the price, I need some decent rubber for my 15x8

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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby Lokiel » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:17 pm

Davex3 wrote:The Hankook ventus Rs3 in a 225/45/15


You will need to import these though, not available locally :(
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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby red devil » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:27 pm

Ok so i know i just posted this, then i looked up Ozzytires and found nitto's on special , so i just bit the bullet and bought a set of 205/50/15 nitto nt01's for $138 each, now that is not bad for price, n im sort of on a budget and the closest i was going to get would have been the feddies!

Ozzy tires if anyone is interested

Cheers for the help guys!
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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby rossint » Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:27 pm

red devil wrote:Ok so i know i just posted this, then i looked up Ozzytires and found nitto's on special , so i just bit the bullet and bought a set of 205/50/15 nitto nt01's for $138 each, now that is not bad for price, n im sort of on a budget and the closest i was going to get would have been the feddies!

Ozzy tires if anyone is interested

Cheers for the help guys!


Thanks for posting this, just ordered 4 as well. I've needed to replace my well used R888's for a little while now and wanted to try the Nitto's as they're suppose to be the same compound as the Toyo's. At that price it's a no brainer.

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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby 16bit » Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:21 pm

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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby Steampunk » Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:07 pm

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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby red devil » Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:17 pm

1red5 wrote:
with today modern advantage sending global country continental packing, it is happy and lucky to advantage exchange currency and patience waiting 4 to 6 week-long moons to buy sending from A-OK US of A.


Stuff waiting! I want it now! haha :wink:
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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby NitroDann » Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:27 pm

Red...

I dont know what to say, but I had to remember if im drunk or not after reading that. Im not, and still cannot make sense of that sentance.

Was it intended to sound like 'have you even gone as far as to etc' Or however that thing goes?

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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby Steampunk » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:24 pm

NitroDann wrote:Was it intended to sound like 'have you even gone as far as to etc' Or however that thing goes?


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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby username » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:48 pm

Pretty sure I was reading a thread on cr.net about how 225's aren't necessarily better than 205's on a 8" just because they are wider...can't remember what thread it was though :(

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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby PAU61L » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:06 pm

please give a report on the nittos, am looking at getting new tyres soon, thanks Paul
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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby project.r.racing » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:50 pm

red devil wrote:Ok so i know i just posted this, then i looked up Ozzytires and found nitto's on special , so i just bit the bullet and bought a set of 205/50/15 nitto nt01's for $138 each, now that is not bad for price, n im sort of on a budget and the closest i was going to get would have been the feddies!

Ozzy tires if anyone is interested

Cheers for the help guys!

With a wear rating only 100. Dunno if paying $20 more for KU36s might have been a better option.

I'm getting NT01s for my next tyres in 205/50R15 also, but I only drive the car 10-12,000km per year. That'll be their life I reckon.

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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby red devil » Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:50 pm

yeah will do im just waiting for the bastard things! they lost them in the mail how ever many weeks ago now :evil:

A new set should be in on thursday and hopefully on by Friday with a proper alignment :lol:
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Re: Help on tire size choice 205's or 225's

Postby Guran » Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:59 pm

These Nitto NT01s look like a nice & cheap option for supersprints. Shame they're not (yet) on the CAMS-approved Production Car Tyre List.
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