Tire size: 255/45/18 vs 275/35/18 PICS

Just thought I'd put this out there for those who are thinking about going with a bigger/taller tire. 255/45's are Nexen s3000 $487 mounted and balanced. 275/35's were BFG KDW 2 were $700 something mounted and balanced. BFG's were awesome tires, good from a dig, good at high speed cornering, but got loud and lost traction after a while and by the end of there life the noise was driving me insane. Haven't had the Nexen's long enough to give much of a review but here goes. Looks- blah. Could be less round and more square like the BFG's. Ride- awesome. Part of the reason I went with a taller tire is that where I live, I drive down a road under construction for the past 6 months and going on for nearly another year. So it's bumpy as hell. The BFGs were harsh on that road. I couldn't take it so went with a taller tire. The nexens ride smoother. Much improved ride over rough roads and so so quiet. Now I havent' taken any high speed corners and I don't want to with these tires. I'm assuming they will feel sloshy due to the height of sidewall, rounded edges and cheapness in general. So I'm not losing my car on a high speed corner in some flaming barrel roll just to test out the sidewalls. Also, it's a 30 min drive before I ever see a road above 45 mph speed limit. So not much high speed driving going on. Price- unbeatable for the my particular application at this time. Now when the road is done and smooth, I will be ready to go back to a better more expensive low profile tire and I know most everybody will think these are cheap crap, and I do too, but they work for me for right now.
Oh and 255/45's are 1.5" taller in diameter, which puts the speedo about 4mph slower. I can change that with my programmer.
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SaleenGT2001 said:

your tires are on backwards.

you also got ripped a new one on those nexens. they cost around $60-70 each

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Wow. Usually you know your stuff. But your wrong on both accounts. The tires are not on backwards and no you can't get them for $60-70 a piece. Nice try.

Scupking - They do fill up the gap a little. It was wierd but on my way home I couldof sworn the car felt higher as I was driving it. I kept telling myself, "There is no way you can feel .75" difference."

Burningrubber - If they make it a year, I'll be happy. Cause after that I'm going back to a better tire. By then I should also have my built bottom end with P&P heads, blower cams, 12# pulley and that intake from MPH. Trying to max out my little 1.7 before I step up to a bigger blower. But right now my money has to go toward my engine so the cheap tires really couldn't have come at a better time.

Right. $110 ea x 4 equals $440. Then to mount and balance with stems, taxes, 1 year warranty that covers everything all for $487. And if you order from most tire places that $110 dollar tire has shipping, then taking it all somewhere to get mounted and balanced it comes out to more than what I paid. They are cheap tires and I didn't get ripped off. They are Nexen S3000. I read somewhere where the SRT4 drivers were complaining about too much tire spin. I'm not expecting much from them. The only place I'll need more/better tire will be when I take it to Seabring and by then I'll hopefully have CCW classiscs with the BFG KDW's on.
Oh and the coilovers are maxium motorsports 250's I think. I'm getting the matching rears for the IRS swap that I'm getting from a local guy here. I'm pumped.

For example, here is from the website you quoted.
Nexen N3000 255/45ZR18 4 110.00 440.00
Road Hazard Program for 326101114 4 19.80 79.20
Chrome Valve Stems 4 3.00 12.00
UPS Ground Shipping: 119.16
Road Hazard Plan: 79.20
Sales Tax: 0.00
Total: 650.36

That's way more than I paid and this is just the tires. Not yet mounted and balanced.