Best Tires, '08 E-350 Sport, Daily Driver
01-13-2017, 10:44 AM
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245/40 in the front, 265/35 in the rear.
The tire in the rear is not smaller, the sidewall is not as tall as in the front, which is typical on staggered wheels.
I am running 235/40 R18 in the front, 255/35 R18 in the rear. Same on my wife's BMW.
Look above on "pinebarons" signature, same on his car, but as he is running 19" inch wheels, he has to go even smaller on his sidewall height:
245/35 R19 front
275/30 R19 rear
As far as I am concerned, your set up is all good and what it is suppose to be.
The tire in the rear is not smaller, the sidewall is not as tall as in the front, which is typical on staggered wheels.
I am running 235/40 R18 in the front, 255/35 R18 in the rear. Same on my wife's BMW.
Look above on "pinebarons" signature, same on his car, but as he is running 19" inch wheels, he has to go even smaller on his sidewall height:
245/35 R19 front
275/30 R19 rear
As far as I am concerned, your set up is all good and what it is suppose to be.
245/35 = 85.75mm, 275/30 = 82.5mm.
The objective is to have the sidewalls be the same height.
01-13-2017, 12:47 PM
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245/40 in the front, 265/35 in the rear.
The tire in the rear is not smaller, the sidewall is not as tall as in the front, which is typical on staggered wheels.
I am running 235/40 R18 in the front, 255/35 R18 in the rear. Same on my wife's BMW.
Look above on "pinebarons" signature, same on his car, but as he is running 19" inch wheels, he has to go even smaller on his sidewall height:
245/35 R19 front
275/30 R19 rear
As far as I am concerned, your set up is all good and what it is suppose to be.
The tire in the rear is not smaller, the sidewall is not as tall as in the front, which is typical on staggered wheels.
I am running 235/40 R18 in the front, 255/35 R18 in the rear. Same on my wife's BMW.
Look above on "pinebarons" signature, same on his car, but as he is running 19" inch wheels, he has to go even smaller on his sidewall height:
245/35 R19 front
275/30 R19 rear
As far as I am concerned, your set up is all good and what it is suppose to be.
01-13-2017, 01:24 PM
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The first number is the width of the tire in mm so that's why the back tire is wider. The second is the aspect ratio so the height of a 35 is 35% of the width of the tire. I think you have the correct size though, 265 was a standard size for the rear. Sometimes people like to go with wider tires thinking that it looks better, but all tires are a compromise so it's worse in the rain and snow.
01-13-2017, 10:56 PM
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The first number is the width of the tire in mm so that's why the back tire is wider. The second is the aspect ratio so the height of a 35 is 35% of the width of the tire. I think you have the correct size though, 265 was a standard size for the rear. Sometimes people like to go with wider tires thinking that it looks better, but all tires are a compromise so it's worse in the rain and snow.
01-21-2017, 09:30 AM
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My rear A/S 3 worn out at 18K miles and got prorate/refund from costco $117 out of $505 rear set. I'm ok with that and bought new set A/S 3 again for the rear, but the front it's just too noisy even though i think i can drive another 15k miles.
I spent a lot of time reading on tire rack.com and will definitely replace with Contis DW very soon if it's still available.
I spent a lot of time reading on tire rack.com and will definitely replace with Contis DW very soon if it's still available.
01-21-2017, 04:43 PM
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The Michelin A/S 3's are gone now, it's A/S 3 Plus now and they're supposed to be even better in the snow.
01-21-2017, 09:35 PM
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I never thought I'd say this but as much as I love Michelin, I have them on my SUVs but no more on my car, besides I've no interest in driving this car in snow; A/S 3+ are still reportedly squishy on turns.
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