Any ultra high performance summer tires for 15"?

[Chris F.]

Hi,

I'm interested in getting a set of high performance summer tires for my 15x7 SSR's.

I have bilstein sport / H&R sport suspension setup and a set of blizzaks on stock wheels for winter. I would be using these for street driving and a few autocrosses per year.

It seems 205/60/15 is my only option, and even then I'm limited to BFG G-Sports or Yoko ES100. I had ES100's on an e36 M3 a few years ago and wasn't too happy with them (terrible hydroplane resistance, LOUD, and high wear)...not sure if I should expect better on the TI.

Anyone know of other options? Seems Nitto, Toyo, Falken, etc don't make anything in our size. Would be willing to use 205, 215 or 225's in the right aspect ratio. Not interested in buying new wheels (I have M Parallels and don't like the weight & performance in autocross).

Thanks,
Chris

[Mallard]

toyo´s mate.

they swear by them in the Uk for e30 use.
you can easily find a 205 50 15 in a toyo

an 60% profile tyre isnt exactly what you call performance anyway though

[Chris F.]

Yeah, but 205/50/15 is >1.5" shorter than stock. I want to stay close to factory diameter.

All things being equal, I'm certain I could get around an auto-x course quicker with 60 series tires on factory 15's than 45 series tires on factory 17's. (Engine is stock.)

[Mallard]

then get a 215 50 15 toyo proxes

[tiFreak]

have you checked tire rack yet?

[Chris F.]

Checked tire rack and there are no 215 55 15's. Toyo doesn't have them either.

Maybe 205 55 15. That opens up more options, including the Toyo T1R.

Anyone run that size on a slightly lowered car? Should I expect any issues? With the cross brace, I don't have a lot of ground clearance as it is.

[Mallard]

Runway
All season tires ENDURO 916
205/55 R15 88H BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 49.30

Nexen
Summer tires N 2000
205/55 R15 88V With tires-easy.com only $ 52.90

Hankook
All season tires RADIAL K106
205/55 R15 88V With tires-easy.com only $ 53.50

Nexen
Summer tires N 2000
205/55 R15 88V BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 56.80

Federal
Summer tires SS-535
205/55 R15 88V TW With tires-easy.com only $ 57.40

Runway
Summer tires Enduro 556
205/55 R15 88H With tires-easy.com only $ 58.10

GT Radial
Summer tires CHAMPIRO 328
205/55 R15 88H With tires-easy.com only $ 62.10

Dayton
All season tires DAYTONA SR
205/55 R15 87T BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 63.30

Falken
Summer tires Ziex ZE 512
205/55 R15 88V with rim protection With tires-easy.com only $ 64.30

Firestone
All season tires Firehawk INDY 500
205/55 R15 87T , BW With tires-easy.com only $ 65.40

Kumho
All season tires ECSTA ASX KU-21
205/55 R15 88V BSW asymmetric With tires-easy.com only $ 66.70

Falken
Summer tires ZIEX ZE-912
205/55 R15 88V NEW With tires-easy.com only $ 67.50

Fuzion
Summer tires ZRi
205/55 R15 88W BW With tires-easy.com only $ 69.50

Kumho
Summer tires ECSTA SPT KU31
205/55 R15 88V BSW RRP price*: $ 107.20

With tires-easy.com only $ 70.50

Dunlop
Summer tires Direzza DZ101
205/55 R15 88V BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 79.00

BF Goodrich
Summer tires g-Force Sport
205/55 R15 88V , RBL With tires-easy.com only $ 79.10

Cooper
All season tires Lifeliner Touring SLE
205/55 R15 88T BLK With tires-easy.com only $ 79.60

Cooper
All season tires Zeon 2XS
205/55 ZR15 88W BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 83.60

Bridgestone
All season tires Potenza G009
205/55 R15 91H BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 84.00

Yokohama
Summer tires AVS ES 100
205/55 R15 88V BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 84.60


BF Goodrich
All season tires Traction T/A
205/55 R15 88V RBL With tires-easy.com only $ 85.60

Yokohama
Summer tires AVID V4S
205/55 R15 87V , BW With tires-easy.com only $ 86.00

Toyo
All season tires PROXES 4
205/55 R15 88V With tires-easy.com only $ 88.00

Toyo
All season tires PROXES 4
205/55 R15 92V RFD With tires-easy.com only $ 88.90

Goodyear
Summer tires Eagle GT-HR
205/55 R15 87H , VSB With tires-easy.com only $ 90.40

Yokohama
Summer tires s.drive
205/55 R15 88W AS01,RPB RRP price*: $ 122.00

With tires-easy.com only $ 93.00

Continental
All season tires ContiExtremeContact
205/55 R15 87V BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 95.00

Bridgestone
Summer tires Potenza RE750
205/55 R15 88W BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 97.90

Pirelli
All season tires P 6 Four Seasons
205/55 R15 88V M+S marking RRP price*: $ 152.00

With tires-easy.com only $ 103.70

Toyo
Winter tires GARIT SNOW
205/55 R15 88H With tires-easy.com only $ 104.50

Toyo
Summer tires PROXES T1-R
205/55 R15 88V with rim protection ridge With tires-easy.com only $ 110.80

BF Goodrich
Summer tires g-Force T/A KDW
205/55 ZR15 88W BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 111.40

Michelin
Summer tires Pilot EXALTO PE2
205/55 ZR15 88W RRBL With tires-easy.com only $ 115.10

Dunlop
All season tires SP SPORT 5000
205/55 ZR15 87W BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 115.40

Bridgestone
All season tires Turanza Revo
205/55 R15 87V BSW With tires-easy.com only $ 125.40

Michelin
All season tires Pilot EXALTO A/S
205/55 R15 88V RRBL With tires-easy.com only $ 128.20

Bridgestone
All season tires Turanza LS-V
205/55 R15 87V BSW, RBT With tires-easy.com only $ 134.30

Bridgestone
Summer tires Potenza S-03 Pole Position
205/55 ZR15 88W BSW, double marking, 88ZR With tires-easy.com only $ 148.20

Bridgestone
All season tires Potenza RE 92
205/55 R15 87V BSW


dont test me man

[Mallard]

check the last line in the text...

Nankang
Summer tires XR611
205/60 R15 91H BSW, CN With tires-easy.com only $ 46.70

Asian manufacturer using innovative high performance technology
Kumho
All season tires ECSTA ASX KU-21
205/60 R15 91V BSW asymmetric With tires-easy.com only $ 50.00

Hankook
All season tires RADIAL H714
205/60 R15 90H 3 rib Profilee With tires-easy.com only $ 52.10

Cooper
Summer tires Cobra Radial G/T
205/60 R15 90T BSS, M+S marking RRP price*: $ 86.00

With tires-easy.com only $ 60.50

Goodyear
Summer tires Eagle GT-HR
205/60 R15 90H , VSB With tires-easy.com only $ 77.30

Strata
Summer tires ZENO PLUS
205/60 R15 91H With tires-easy.com only $ 43.30

Ultra-High-Performance, hi-tech Asian production
Strata
Summer tires Zeno
205/60 R15 91H With tires-easy.com only $ 43.60

Ultra-High-Performance, hi-tech Asian production
Achilles
Summer tires Platinum
205/60 R15 91H With tires-easy.com only $ 44.20

Runway
Summer tires Enduro 606
205/60 R15 91H With tires-easy.com only $ 45.40

GT Radial
Summer tires CHAMPIRO 60
205/60 R15 91H With tires-easy.com only $ 45.60


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[Chris F.]

Um, thank you.

Of those 142, I think it's fair to say anything with all-season, winter, Mud+Snow, UTQG > 400, price < $40/tire, or "ComforTread" might perform poorly at autocross. Which brings me back to about 5.


205/55/15 is the stock e30 m3 size, and I might have a set I can test fit. Seems too short, based on memory.

[Mallard]

only trying to help u mate.

if its not good enough then look for your self

for the 142 tyres over 60 % of them are performance tyres over the 150 dollar mark , and all of them are warm weather

and stock e30 M3 used a 16" tyre...

5 hole not 4

[Chris F.]

I'll check the NTSB site...forgot, I can view all tires approved by DOT there.

In the US, all e30 M3's came with 15x7 wheels. Both e30 m3 and 318ti were 5 lug, although offsets are different (m3 needs 10-12mm spacer to fit e36 wheels).

Thanks for the suggestions,
Chris

[Mallard]

e30 m3 had an offset of 27 for the 15 " and 30 for the 16 "

e30 wheel on the e36 miht have too low an ofset, so the wheel may poke out a bit. But the allow is only a 7" so it should fit flush

I wasn´t aware the E30 M3 was available on 15´s.