Canuckican
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My 2016 Mustang GT (non-PP, stock 18" wheels) came with the following tires when I bought it from "Mint" Auto Sales in Orlando, Florida:
Front: New-ish Dunlop Conquest Sport A/S, 235/50/R18
Rear: Very worn Federal Super Steel 595, 255/45/ZR18
Last winter here in NE Wisconsin, I did drive it when it wasn't snowing and plan on doing the same next winter. Otherwise, my F150 is it. The worn rear tires made it quite interesting to drive.
I was hoping to make it until fall before replacing all four tires with a properly matched set of Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06+ sized 255/45/ZR18. I have these tires on another car and like them okay. However, a few days ago, the right rear tire picked up a nail and now has a leak of about 12 PSI per day. Since this tire is already worn out, I'm not going to bother taking the risk of patching it.
The specs for the 255/45/ZR18 Continental tires say they fit a rim width of 8-9.5" and I believe the stock 18" wheels I have are 8". Tire diameter is close with 27" for the 235/50/18 and 27.3" for the 255/45/18. Revolutions per mile is close too with 762 for the 235/50/18 and 768 for the 255/45/18. I think any difference this causes in indicated speed should be trivial.
The car does not do track days, just regular, sometimes spirited driving.
Anyone have any reasons I should stick with 235/50/18 instead of getting the 255/50/18 tires?
Front: New-ish Dunlop Conquest Sport A/S, 235/50/R18
Rear: Very worn Federal Super Steel 595, 255/45/ZR18
Last winter here in NE Wisconsin, I did drive it when it wasn't snowing and plan on doing the same next winter. Otherwise, my F150 is it. The worn rear tires made it quite interesting to drive.
I was hoping to make it until fall before replacing all four tires with a properly matched set of Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06+ sized 255/45/ZR18. I have these tires on another car and like them okay. However, a few days ago, the right rear tire picked up a nail and now has a leak of about 12 PSI per day. Since this tire is already worn out, I'm not going to bother taking the risk of patching it.
The specs for the 255/45/ZR18 Continental tires say they fit a rim width of 8-9.5" and I believe the stock 18" wheels I have are 8". Tire diameter is close with 27" for the 235/50/18 and 27.3" for the 255/45/18. Revolutions per mile is close too with 762 for the 235/50/18 and 768 for the 255/45/18. I think any difference this causes in indicated speed should be trivial.
The car does not do track days, just regular, sometimes spirited driving.
Anyone have any reasons I should stick with 235/50/18 instead of getting the 255/50/18 tires?
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