So 16 inch tires are getting harder and harder to locate. A 245/45 is pretty common and readily available from a number of manufactures. It’s when you get into the wider tires like 265’s… Kumo makes a couple of 265/45 which are kind of expensive and both are considered Ultra performance tire. If I have to I will run these, but I am hoping that there are other alternatives for daily driving

let me if you know of any other manufactures that make 16 inch tires in a 265/45, 275/40???

 

closest i could find

255/50's

http://www.edgeracing.com/tires/2555016/

245/45's

http://www.edgeracing.com/tires/2454516/

245/50's

http://www.edgeracing.com/tires/2455016/

nothing in sizes you listed though. probably because there are not many 16inch wheels that are wide enough to handle those sizes.

 

i got some 15's of a convertable much lighter wheels and wheels are wider tyres are common and cheaper and best of all the smaller diameter make the gearing better. yey only down side is spedo is slightly out.

 

In a 16", you are probably only going to find R Compounds for those sizes (like the Kumho's). Goodyear used to have a 255 size in a 16" a while back, but I don't know if they sell it anymore.

 

how wide a wheel are you looking to run? I understand your problems and that is exactly why I choce to step up to 17" wheels on my FC because I wanted to run at least a 275 out back. you can still get many high quality street tires in 245 wide for 16" wheels and those can stretch minimally over a wheel up to 9" wide, even 10" wide if you want to for whatever reason. I do wish there was a lot of choices in 275, 295, 315 for low profile 16" wheels because you can still get CCW classics in 16" and a set of 16x11's all around would be ideal for my FC.

 

I would go up to 17's before going down to 15's


F#cking tell me about it ... I have a brand new set of 16x9,5 I want to run on all 4 corners and would love to run 275/40's , but it looks like I am going to have to settle for some pricey Kumo 265/45's, they just wont last since I want to drive on the street as well... guess I am gonna have to pay the piper