Tire Brands

[Ram5773]

I'm looking to put 275-40-17 on my stock bullit wheels, just on the back. Which tire brands tend to run on the smaller side? I heard Nittos do. Is there any others?

Thanks

Ram

 

[bdcardinal]

nittos run narrow. Michelin/BFG, Goodyear/Sumitomo/Falken/Dunlop, and Bridgestone/Firestone tend to run accurate or a little wider.

 

[LT.SAVAGE]

Dunlop run smaller side walls

 

[fiveoho]

+1 for sumitomos

 

[tomustang]

+1 for sumitomos

 

[01vertGT]

My friend just did general exclaim uhp's 275/40-17 on 8" wide wheel and they look good.

 

[Ram5773]

Thanks for all the replies, I looked up the Nitto's and wow they are expensive, I thinking that I might buy the Sumitomo's.

Thanks
Ram

 

[streethorse]

good bang for the buck= Kumho ecsta 712's
Tire rack has the 255/45/17's for less than $100 each

 

[FivePointStang]

I have Kumhos and they appear to run a little smaller

 

[langod]

Kumho's do run narrow. Plus they're the world's crappiest performance tire. The set I put on my old Probe GT were at least 10mm narrower than the Dunlops they replaced. Both were labeled 225 width, but the kumhos looked like 215 when installed. Plus, they had the traction properties of a wet bar of soap. My Blizzak winter tires performed better than those POS Kumhos.

 

[Dope 97GT]

Kumho's do run narrow. Plus they're the world's crappiest performance tire. The set I put on my old Probe GT were at least 10mm narrower than the Dunlops they replaced. Both were labeled 225 width, but the kumhos looked like 215 when installed. Plus, they had the traction properties of a wet bar of soap. My Blizzak winter tires performed better than those POS Kumhos.

+1 i had those kuhmos on my probe gt as well and they were pretty narrow had 225/40/18s for the kuhmos ecsta 712s and replaced them with yokohama parada spec 2s and the kuhmos looked way narrower.

Nittos also run narrow have them on my 17x9s in 275/40/17s and they look like a 255-265 BFG tire.

 

[merc123]

As the voice of reason, it is generally not a good idea to run a 275 tire on a 17x8 wheel. They are reserved for a larger width wheel such as a 17x9. Even though they may "look" good doesn't mean they are safe. I would do a search through stangnet for a 17x8 wheel size to show the posts about it.