63AMG4Life

Hey everyone, I have a 2012 Coupe. I need 4 new tires all around, right now I'm on 235 in the front and 255 in the back. I'm on continental tires right now, and honestly am clueless on what the best tires to get for this car are. Let me know what you guys think I should get! I heard Michelin is pretty good. Thanks!

Gerry_M

PSS 235 in the front and 265 in the back. Best tires for all around use.

ColoC63

Conti's 235 in front and 265 in the rear

datamg

If not lowering...275. If lowering then 265. 245's in front. I had both conti and Pss. The conti were almost just as sticky, but handled better in wet conditions. Can't go wrong with either unless you're tracking...then Pss marginally are better

chrisridebike8

PSS. 235/40 and 265/35 on stock 18s.

ek9beezler

My car came with a new set of Falken Azenis in factory specs. I remember in my Honda days these tires were the BOMB! Now, all they do is spin. Can't wait to burn them up so I have an excuse to get new wheels/tires.

yellows2k

falken and dunlop are some of the worst "brand" name tyres. stay away.
otherwise, michelin pilot super sports is the go to tyre. if ur on a budget, the the goodyear assymetirc 2 is good value

Rolf de Graaff

What is wrong with Dunlop tires?

JRHolt

In my opinion you cannot find a better tire than the Michelin Pilot Super Sport

Rolf de Graaff

I have 275-25-20 rear tires, as far as I know only Dunlop has this size

HBC350

I'm on Sumitomo HTR ZIII in 245 in front and 275 rear 19" and they look great, grip sufficiently, are quiet and were under $800 installed for the set.

1Lop2K5C

PSS 235/265

zcct04

Seems like this question gets asked weekly. As you can already tell here, there's pretty good consensus on the SIZE part of your question. Most people are bumping the width both front and rear by 10mm to 245 and 265. A few have left the original 235 width front tires and a few - almost all on stock ride height because of the risk of tires rubbing against body on cars that are lowered - have gone to a 275 rear.

As you can also tell here, there is huge diversity on the issue of tire brand. You've asked what is "best", and the answer really depends on what you want out of your tires. It's always a tradeoff between grip, tread life and cost, and you can never have all three. Tell us what is most important to you and you'll likely get much better answers.

LVSpeedemon

Im on 235/35 & 255/35 19" PSS. Grip very well.

yellows2k

ive only used dunlop tyres when they my cars came delivered with them. i never actively sought them out. the tyres that ive used have been recently the dunlop sport maxx. and in the past, they were the top spec dunlops, from a few years back, and my father had dunlops on his clk 320 also.
whats wrong with them? ive always found dunlops to be very high on the road noise scale compared to other comparable tyres. and especially towards the end of its tyre life, when camber wear becames an issue, ive gottten vibration and weird repetitve noises at certain speeds, all using dunlops. as soon as i change over to new tyres, all the noise and vibration, nvh issues all disappear. and when i wear the other brand tyres down, i have never gotten that same negative issues that plagued dunlops.

im sure some have found dunlops to be fine with their cars. but from experience using them, i can say that using another brand eliminates all the traits that dunlops seem to carry with them. im not the only one that says dunlops run loud as well

rentzington

michelin PSS, i'm just running the stock 18" size for now since it's all that was in stock.

buzzpop63

Contisport 5P all round 235 and 255. Mainly due to having a buy 3 get 1 free promotion here in Aus and reckon they are good - they did take out best tyre in a comparison in our major car magazine in Aus (MOTOR mag but on a A45amg which is AWD). But I don't track my car and would find it difficult to understand how much of a difference you could really feel for everyday driving and have read some members say just get the cheap stuff (at least on the rears) which does make sense.

Rolf de Graaff

And is there als big difference in grip with Dunlop compared toch otters?

zcct04

Some people are happy with cheap stuff. Some want a tire that'll last forever. Some want a tire they don't have to change in the winter. I want a tire with grip. My car came with Contisport 5P (and without limited slip). Grip was awful. Every time I tried to leave in a bit of a hurry I immediately got tire slip. This isn't about hooning and clouds of smoke, it's just trying to cross a busy street or pull out into traffic and merge into a small gap. ESP would kick in and back off the throttle just when I needed it most. It didn't feel safe and the only solution was to turn off traction control every time I started the car. If the Contis are this bad, I can't imagine what cheap tires must be like. I finally wore those tires out and moved to the Michelin PSS, and it made a world of difference.

m a x i m u s

Assuming you can even find them. I waited months for Michelin to pump out more stock and gave up. Got the A/S 3 instead, which was only marginally easier to find. Pretty good tire so far, and I am coming from multiple sets of Bridgestone RE11's.

akmatic63

stock rims, fully lowered on coilovers and I'm running michelin as3 245 in the front and 275 michelin super sports in the rear

JRHolt

Just had some installed on my 507 Coupe in 245/35ZR19 and 275/30ZR19. Didn't have any problem getting them

avery.whss

Everyone and their mom will give the Michelin Pilot Super Sport's a *******, but they are horrible street tires, they are harder then rocks and you have to drive forever to heat them up.

I've been usning falkens for over a year, no issues, hooks up way better and the tire actually lasts me around 10,000KM instead of barely 3,000 like Michelin Pilot Super Sport's ..infact I have 4 Michelin Pilot Super Sport's rotting on my deck because they started to fall apart while on my car (the rubber like dried up and started to crumble on all 4 tires - then one 1 tire the actual structure bar gave way)

thesaintusa

What model Falkens?

naptownmike

Could one of you guys please post a picture of your stock wheels with these larger size rear tires please. Either the 265 or 275 would be greatly appreciated.


thanks