Pumped

235 in the front with 245 rear

or

245 front and rear?


how is the handling?
for stock FD wheels

maxcooper

Lots of people, including the top AutoXers, use 245/45-16 on all four.

-Max

SleepR1

We talking 17- or 16-inch diameters here? A little more info please...

Pumped

its for stock FD wheels = 16 inch

SleepR1

If you're running the stock FD wheels, either the 225/50- or 245/45- will work. It really depends on the tire manufacturer.

Some 245/45- tires are much too wide for the stock 8-inch width, and others are perfect fit, so I'd only go with the 245/45-16 in the latter case. Examples are BFG G-Force R1As or Yokohama A032R.

Tires that are too wide for the stock, 8-inch wheel widths are, Toyo RA-1, Kumho Victoracer V700, and Hooser R3S03. I have direct experience with Hoosier 245/45-16s with 3 sets of 245/45-16 Motorola Cup Hoosiers (similar compound to R3S03 compound but a bit harder to hold up under endurance racing conditions). These are very wide and require a MINIMUM of 8.5 inches of bead-to-bead width. Otherwise you're squashing the tire to a narrower size and not taking full advantage of the extra width! . I measured the bead-to-bead space of a loose (off-of-the-rim) 245/45-16 Hoosier, and that space is 9.25 inches. Ideally you'd like a 9-inch rim width to take full advantage of the Hoosier 245/45-16's wide contact patch. Obviously an 8-inch bead-to-bead is too narrow, so in this case you really need a 225/50-16 Hoosier for the stockers.