348 Tires

I just put new 18 in. challenge rims with 225/40/18 F and 265/40/18 R.

 

360 o.e. rims and tires

 

235/35-19 front 285/30-19 rear. And if you mean what brand, Dunlop Sport Maxx.
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Samy

 

I think you mean what kind of brand on the OE wheels ?

I have the Pirelli P700 and I cannot say that I like them.
I had the same tires on my Boxster S 3.2, didn't like them there neither.
They simply don't offer enough grip in the fast corners, no matter hot or cold.
Sliding a lot of times..

I saw at a friends car that Continental Sport Contact also makes our terrible tire size of 255/45-17. Now that are awesome tires, believe me.
I had them on my Audi TT and A4 turbo, also just recently a new set mounted as Sport Contact 2.

Let me send you the German tests of all the big tires brands, they are the **** ! But... just my opinion. And I drive only 100.000 km's a year with a lot of it on the german Autobahn.

 

I dont know much about rims. What is the difference between 1 piece, 2 piece, 3 piece forged rims? I think I can figure out the forged part. Do Ferrari's have to have one piece forged rims? What is the benefit? I see sets of really nice rims for 1/2 the price of the rims that everyone seems to get for their cars. Am I missing something?

Refer to line 1; I DONT KNOW JACK SQUAT ABOUT RIMS.

 

18x8 front 235-40/18; rears 18x10 295-35/18 Bridgestone S-02's

Cheers
Kevin

 

Kumho Ecsta 712's, great tire, reasonable price. OE size on a t Coupe.

-Peter

 

My Sumitomo's are absolutely horrible on track. Impossible to build heat; very very hard compound.


-d

 

Do you have any problen with rubbing? What offsets are you running. Any pics

 

I run 355 rims with BFGoodrich KD's 225/40-18 275/40-18 on the street and on the wet track but am switching to Yokohama Advan A048's this year after I eat my current set.

 

TireRack is giving those Kumho's away at a mere $96 each: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=Kumho&model=ECSTA+Supra+712

The only complaint about them seems to be road noise.

 

Pirelli P Zero stock sizes. Can't say I really like them except that they make almost no noise when sliding (so as not to attract too much attention). I have heard good things about the Kumho and Michelin PS2.
BT

 

I got experience with many tires due to customer cars. And i got that conclusion :

Garbage or not worth the money:
Firestone
Barum
Nangkang
Khumo
Marshall
Avon
Semperit

Avarage :
Falken
Goodyear
Pirelli
Hankook Ventus Sport

Good:
Michelin SP
Dunlop Sportmaxx , not SP9000 to hard compound
Bridgestone Pole Position 02 + 03
Continental Sport Contact

Much traction for straights not for the track less durability :
Toyo (cheap)
Yokohama (cheap)
MickeyThompson (Drag)
Hoosier (Drag)

Superrior sommer street, track:
Bridgestone RE540 + RE55
Toyo 888
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Samy

 

You are right with that haha...
I did 70.000km with a set on my Audi TT quattro.

 

Yes but good for the allday car last longer then the most other tires.
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Samy

 

Wow... that's 2cm on the front and 4 cm on the rear tires extra...

Do you still feel the same performance ???
I mean, I upgraded my late Boxster S from the 17" 205 -255 to the 18" 225 - 265 size and my car felt like it had lost 20 hp due to the extra drag of the rubber on the street..

(OE Turbo rims with same % of hight)

 

Reviving this post to preserve the above. Does anyone have the latest and greatest in tires for the stock wheels of a 348 (mine's a spider) in 2020?

I would love to just close my eyes and buy the best Michelins but Michelin doesn't even have a tire for the rear; so they say.

This is the most important part of the whole car for me.

So with that, what do we like these days?

Thanks in advance.

BONUS- would anyone have the exact sizes with offsets of the Challenge wheels?

 

Continental I'd pick. Actually I did pick it.

https://tires.tirerack.com/tires/255 45 17

 

Running a 1995 348 Spider with OEM sized Continental Extreme Contact DW’s for the past eight years and love’em. Will be trying a set of Pirelli P zero’s when the current Conti’s die as i really dig them on my Audi RS3.

 

At 8 years; your tires are dead. 5 year life on tires.

for lates see this thread; discussed recently
https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/what-tires-tire-rack-has-limited-options.623610/

 

Meant to say I’m on my second set of Conti’s over the last 8 years....

 

I have Continental Extreme Contact DW’s on my stock wheels. But I have a set of 18" Competiziones that I am running BF Goodrich G-Force Sport Comp2, front 225/40-R18, rear 265/40-R18

 

Hi Chuck, I was looking at your car in another thread, is it stock height? I have 18s on mine and am considering the same size BF Goodrich tires.