Are there any other tires besides Sumis (out of stock for another month "or 2" according to AM) that are < $200 each and good for daily driving on a 17x10.5 wheel?
I was looking at Nitto DR's but that would seem kind of weird on a stock v6, and wouldn't I get pretty bad wet traction with DRs?
I read this from another forum, is there any truth to this?
a 285/40/17 has a total diameter of 25.97 inches, so we can call that 26". The 315/35 has a diameter of 25.68". So you are looking at a difference of a little more then a 1/4 inch. Not too bad. The contact patch is right at 11 inches for the 285 and 12.4" for the 315. So there is a little difference in size, but not too much. Of course tires are all different from each manufacturer. So, you know a 275/40/17 is the same overall diameter and is rated for a 9 to 11 inch wide wheel. So you can run a 275/40/17 no problem on a 10.5" wide wheel. I have done it numerous times and they work just fine. Of course a 285 will give you a little more meat on the ground, but not too much.
Any ideas/thoughts?
00blkstanggt
01-14-2008 09:34 AM
I'm interested in this as well. I need a new set of rear tires for my 10.5 and I was counting on AM having the sumis in. I guess I'll wait another month or so and see what happens. I had to put my stock crappy V6 wheels back on because my tires were so bald. Hopefully someone can chime in with an idea.
spike_africa
01-14-2008 01:28 PM
Have you looked into tirerack.com and tires.com (aka discount tires)?
r3dn3ck
01-14-2008 01:48 PM
dude yeah... TIRERACK. You can get them for around 200. Plan on 250+ for anything else.
PColav6
01-14-2008 04:43 PM
Tire rack is out of Sumi 315s until late feb as well.
NoKturnaL
01-16-2008 01:43 AM
i must have been one of the last ones to take the final 2 sumis 315's.. hehehe I got them 2 weeks ago from tirerack.com
stanger00
01-16-2008 07:37 AM
nitto drag radials or you could look into the GS-D3's but those cost a lot.
HokieStang00
01-16-2008 09:03 AM
Yeah, Goodyear and there are some good BFG's or MT's, but I doubt they are under 200$. I'd like to see a picture from that guy with 275/40's on his 17x10.5's. Talk about being cheap.
