Nitto Invo tires- has anyone used them on an FD?
04-03-13, 08:21 AM
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Nitto Invo tires- has anyone used them on an FD?
Beginning to research tires since I started looking at them tonight.
I've been holding off because of what these things are going to cost me in 245/40/R18 fronts and 275/40/R18 rears...
I found a tire that matches what I want- the Nitto Invo. Anyone used them or got experience before I pull the trigger? Car is used as a fast daily driver, our climate is fair to wet about 75% of the year, cool temps. Car is stock in engine dept. Stock brakes. Has Tein coilovers.
Currently runs Bridgestone Potenza GIII (G3) in sizes mentioned above. Not bad, but getting older, and getting down in the tread depth now..
I like the extremely asymmetrical tread pattern of the Invo.
I've been holding off because of what these things are going to cost me in 245/40/R18 fronts and 275/40/R18 rears...
I found a tire that matches what I want- the Nitto Invo. Anyone used them or got experience before I pull the trigger? Car is used as a fast daily driver, our climate is fair to wet about 75% of the year, cool temps. Car is stock in engine dept. Stock brakes. Has Tein coilovers.
Currently runs Bridgestone Potenza GIII (G3) in sizes mentioned above. Not bad, but getting older, and getting down in the tread depth now..
I like the extremely asymmetrical tread pattern of the Invo.
Last edited by SA3R; 04-03-13 at 08:33 AM.
04-03-13, 12:13 PM
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I haven't used them on the FD, but I had them on my E46 M3 for a few years. For street tire, they are really good. Overall they are quiet, absorbing a lot of the road noise and roughness, and they perform extremely well in wet weather as well as cool weather.
As a performance tire, they suck. They are popular with the Vette and BMW crowds since they have a lot of options in the larger tire sizes (and one of the few manufacturers to offer Corvette sizes).
As a performance tire, they suck. They are popular with the Vette and BMW crowds since they have a lot of options in the larger tire sizes (and one of the few manufacturers to offer Corvette sizes).
04-04-13, 08:51 AM
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I have 275/40/R18 on the rears and 245/40/R18 on the fronts at the moment, and there is not much sidewall height at all.
Remember that sidewall height is expressed as a function of total width- 40% of width in millimetres
Mahjik, thanks for the feedback. I'm not looking at taking them to any track events, but purely as a daily driver tire that is good in the wet and cold and absorbs uneven road surfaces and has low road noise, and can cope with some performance road use in small amounts.
I was also a BMW owner until last December- E39 M5. Nowhere near as good as even a stock auto FD, and nowhere near as reliable, so it got sold
*I would say that being in Australia, where I live, our weather is mostly $%^&. Sort of like living in London/Ireland/Scotland full time. Cold, overcast and rainy, with 9-12 good hot days per year, and then back to rain and garbage again. Its a bit of a misconception that all of Australia is warm and sunny and desert and hot. We're as close as it gets to Antarctica, and we get the bitterly cold weather coming up from there, which sucks
04-04-13, 05:01 PM
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Sorry, I must be misreading this. Tall? I'm talking 35 to 40 profile tires at a maximum. 35/40 series sidewalls are considered low profile.
I have 275/40/R18 on the rears and 245/40/R18 on the fronts at the moment, and there is not much sidewall height at all.
Remember that sidewall height is expressed as a function of total width- 40% of width in millimetres
Mahjik, thanks for the feedback. I'm not looking at taking them to any track events, but purely as a daily driver tire that is good in the wet and cold and absorbs uneven road surfaces and has low road noise, and can cope with some performance road use in small amounts.
I was also a BMW owner until last December- E39 M5. Nowhere near as good as even a stock auto FD, and nowhere near as reliable, so it got sold
*I would say that being in Australia, where I live, our weather is mostly $%^&. Sort of like living in London/Ireland/Scotland full time. Cold, overcast and rainy, with 9-12 good hot days per year, and then back to rain and garbage again. Its a bit of a misconception that all of Australia is warm and sunny and desert and hot. We're as close as it gets to Antarctica, and we get the bitterly cold weather coming up from there, which sucks
I have 275/40/R18 on the rears and 245/40/R18 on the fronts at the moment, and there is not much sidewall height at all.
Remember that sidewall height is expressed as a function of total width- 40% of width in millimetres
Mahjik, thanks for the feedback. I'm not looking at taking them to any track events, but purely as a daily driver tire that is good in the wet and cold and absorbs uneven road surfaces and has low road noise, and can cope with some performance road use in small amounts.
I was also a BMW owner until last December- E39 M5. Nowhere near as good as even a stock auto FD, and nowhere near as reliable, so it got sold
*I would say that being in Australia, where I live, our weather is mostly $%^&. Sort of like living in London/Ireland/Scotland full time. Cold, overcast and rainy, with 9-12 good hot days per year, and then back to rain and garbage again. Its a bit of a misconception that all of Australia is warm and sunny and desert and hot. We're as close as it gets to Antarctica, and we get the bitterly cold weather coming up from there, which sucks
A stock FD has a 225/50/16 tire which has a tire diameter of 24.8"
A 245/40/18 tire is 25.7" tall. a 1" difference is HUGE (3% difference).
The 275/40/18 tire is 26.7" tall. Almost a 2" difference !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I suggest these tire sizes.
245/35/18 or 255/35/18 (24.7" and 25" overall diameter)
265/35/18 (25.3") or 285/30/18 (24.8" diameter)
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