Here's the deal. I need new tires for my 17x8 nippon racing rim's and want to know what is the best overall street tire? I want atleast R45 or so because i had low profiles (Kumho Ecostas) and went through 3 because they couldn't handle the weight. Plus i don't need the wheel gap looking any bigger. But i want just a good sticky street tire for around $600. I live in the D.C Metro area so i do have to deal with some snow now and again but nothing to bad. Just looking for any opinions...
Thanks

 

Bridgestone Potenza S03. If you're concerned about snow, Pirelli P-Zero Nero.
I'm too poor to afford either so I'm running RE750s

 

Overall best tire? No such thing. Good winter tires suck in the dry and good summer tires suck in the snow. If you have stock brakes, get the winter tires on the stock wheels and put S03s or Falken Azenis on some 17s.

 

im getting my sumitomos mounted today... heard there great

we'll see i guess
edgar,

 

Bridgestone SO3, best street tire u can get, dont expect to drive with them in snow tho.

 

P zero Neros are a great tire for the price.

 

Isn't 17x8 kinda a wierd size. I can't seem to find many tires i think will fit. ANy advice? I wanna check out the bridgestones and P zero's. If i have to choose i want a good street tire not snow tire. I have another car i can drive when it does snow which isn't that often.

 

So you're looking for good all season tires... Might want to look into Falken Ziex's well at least that's what I have on my 17 Subzeros. Got them after reading Consumer reports and the testing they did for all season Tires. Falken Ziexs rated no.1 and for $89 I was sold :banana:. Got 235/45/17 and I only have one complaint on snow... It grips pretty darn good which makes drifts a little harder to do compared to having the stock tires. :

 

P zero neros have the same ratings as the Pilot sports that sell for twice the price. go to tirerack.com and look them up.

 

I like my PZero Neros

 

Any idea how the the Ziex's compare to the Falken FK451's? I'm curious...
hashirya: you know I'd help you with the Neova's if I could, but I can't so I wont' (Actually, I wanna know too so I'll get back to you on this thread if I can find'em)

 

Yep this is very true...don't expect to drive in the snow at all...you'll slip like there is no tomorrow...crashed my car on these tires in the snow...going 5 MILES PER HOUR! =(....but now i'm running on ContiExtreme....very good tires all season tires..

 

I haven't tried FK451s yet. They're basically a higher end performance tire compared to the Ziexs, tread patterns are also different. I was only recommending the Ziexs because it is the best all-season tire for your money. $89 for 17s, that price can't be beaten. If you want to check Consumer Reports, they tested a whole bunch of tires on dry and wet surfaces, this one came on top of all of em.