Mrbanados

I have the futura gls sport tires, 245/60/15 in the rear. They have no grip whatsoever!

Are there any good tires that I can get some good grip in? These slid all over the place

Mrbanados

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jwfirebird

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what sort of grip are you looking for, track, rain, snow?

396lsx

I run bfg gforce sport comp 2s, excellent summer tire

Mrbanados

Mainly street, occasional track hardly ever drive it in the rain. It's to the point where I'm not comfortable taking any corners while on the gas. From a dead stop I get no traction anywhere past 1/4 throttle, 1st or second gear roll wot it just burns the tires.

Don't get me wrong it's fun to be able to break the tires loose so easily but sometimes I feel like I'm losing so much acceleration because the tires suck.

Mrbanados

What size are you running?

paul_huryk

245-60-15 is not a size that is popular, nor is there any real choices for street tires - not much in 235-60-15 either.

Are you willing to move up to a 16" or 17" wheel and tire combo?

Mrbanados

Definitely!!! I do not want to keep these 15 inch rims on there, they came with the car, I'll keep them as a spare set.

I love the irocz 16 inch rims, torq thrust, corvette wheels are nice, either 16 or 17 inch rims are fine

1991sleeper

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I have 18" C6 wheels for OE wheels.com I coughs them on sale about this time last year for 358$ a set

Mrbanados

What tires do you have on those?

RaverRacerX

depends.. whts ur budget

Mrbanados

Not sure yet, just want to get an idea of tires/rims prices

Johnny Blaze

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Bfg sport comp g force here too. Great street tire.

paul_huryk

Good.

In that case, look at 17" due to the availability of tires in 245-45-17 and 275-40-17 sizes (245-50-16 is pretty much dead).

And if you buy new wheels (not 2nd hand), go for a 9.5" wheel that will allow you to run a 275-40 in all 4 corners - huge improvement in all around grip.

Johnny Blaze

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^ that's what's on mine now. 17x9.5 with 275/40/17 bfg g force sport comp II.
Haven't got to try them yet but looking forward to it.
I've ran the old version sport comp and liked them.

1991sleeper

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Way too small !!! They were only 200$ for all 4 tires thiugh ... goodyear eagles RS-A in a 225/45/18 is what on it right now all the way around .. The wheels are 9.5" wide at all 4 corners as well

blacksunshine'91

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Another vote for Bfg sport comp g force. Been running them for close to a decade now.

Mrbanados

That sounds like a pretty decent size, i was planning on doing the irocz 16" with 245/60/16, but going up to 275 sounds pretty good! Is that what you run?

Mrbanados

What's the bs on the rims?

Johnny Blaze

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5.25" bs on mine.

Mrbanados

K I'll keep that in mind when I get some new rims and tires

86iroct5

ill add that i like the bfg sport comp II they hold pretty well once they have some heat in them. reasonably priced as well

Mrbanados

How much do they run?

86iroct5

depends on the sizes

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e+Sport+COMP-2

paul_huryk

I am running the 275-40-17 tires on the CTW MS 9.5" wide wheels.

In 245-50-16, the only choice of tires for high performance use is the BFG G-Force Sports.

Huge difference in handling moving up from 16" to a wider 17" tire.

Mrbanados

275/40/17 for 548 isn't that bad