Best 225/50/15

[evangreen]

Time to get some new tires.
Ive been running 225/50/15 hankook rs2's, and i guess they don't make that size any more.

I know that this size is becoming phazed out by many manufacturers what are my best options now?

I want the best handling street tires, comfort and tread ware arent as important to me
thanks
Evan

[nrubenstein]

Toyo RA-1s. Depressingly, that's really about the only decent "street" tire in that size.

Otherwise, you need to suck it up and go 205/50. You can get lots of tires in that size.

[evangreen]

Do they not sell those on tire rack?
how do they compare to the yokohama avs es100, or the BFGoodrich G-Force Sport

Thanks

[evangreen]

also ive heard great things about the Z1 star specs that they have in 205/50/15 would it be better to run those in the smaller size,
or be any benefit to run a wider tire thats not quite as good?

[Burnera]

looking at the same size tire myself:

http://www.rimsntires.com/tires.jsp?req=find&startfrom=1&sectionwidth=225&aspectratio=50&biddiameter=15&brand=

[evangreen]

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[2002maniac]

ES100 is a terrible tire. G-force sport is a good all season, but if you're looking for a max performance summer tire, there really isn't anything around in this size anymore :(

[AlarmedBread]

205 re-11's are faster than 225/45 rs2's and cheaper with the $100 MIR.

[nando]

any ES100s you see for sale these days have been sitting in a warehouse for a couple years since they stopped production a while back. They weren't that good new, I don't want to know what they're like aged.

[Wh33lhop]

Before going 205/50, you might want to take a look at 225/45s.

[evangreen]

205 re-11's are faster than 225/45 rs2's and cheaper with the $100 MIR.

Do others agree that this tire will perform better than whats available in 225?

also can you get that mir from tire rack?

[evangreen]

also how do those compare to the Z1 star spec's?

thanks

[mammoth_e30]

Are you buying tires for 15x8 K1's that are on your car? I just got a set and am in a similar situation but looking for more track oriented tires. I was thinking BFG g-force sports for cost/benefit but i like those RA-1's too.

I would stick with 225/50 if you can as when you drop to 205/50 it puts you at a tire that is almost 4% smaller than stock.

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp

[mammoth_e30]

Take a peak here for some comparison info:

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=165337

[evangreen]

yeah they're going on my K1's. they are 15 x 7 though