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se7enty7 · Mar 16th, 2003, 04:09 PM

I have decided to put nitto 450's on my 15 inch rota wheels.

I have generic 15 inch wheels (pep boy elcheapo's) that have 195/50/15's on them right now. They are 6.5inch wide wheels as are the rota's.

Would there be a straight line performance decrease in going to a 205 series tire? There only like $8 more expensive...

Tell me what you think.

Gimp · Mar 16th, 2003, 07:20 PM

I gotta tell ya. I had the Nitto 450's on my car. AND(this is just MY opinion) I thought they sucked!! You might want to try going with something else. If you want a decent tire CHEAP try the Sumitomo or Kuhmo's. Not bad tires for the price.

Just my .02

se7enty7 · Mar 16th, 2003, 08:41 PM

I have read almost nothing but good things about these tires!!

hrm

My main concern is 1) price 2) tread wear 3) performance.

I get no snow and next to no rain where I live. Based on these characteristic's: I get the nitto's for $69 a piece, and potenza re730's for $80ish..

I read bad things about potenza, and good things about nitto's,

I read good performance things about kuhmos but bad tread things.. same with falken..

Gimp · Mar 16th, 2003, 08:54 PM

Try the Sumitomo's. That's what I have right now. Heck of a lot better than the Nitto's I had. PLUS, they were around $50 a piece.

Try www.tirerack.com

se7enty7 · Mar 16th, 2003, 09:04 PM

everyone at tirerack says to run them at 48+psi... that worries me

sentrapower93 · Mar 16th, 2003, 10:10 PM

I have Falken ZE-502 tires, 195-50-15 which i use for the spring/summer season. They have a pretty good wet/dry grip and treadwear. I have about 10k miles of use on them with minimal signs of wear. Paid like $54 each @ tires.com, i like them good bang for your buck...

theimportscene · Mar 16th, 2003, 11:07 PM

lets recalll that these are the same tires on the "new" but not improved civic SI, yes the one that needs more room to 60-0 than a H2....