oh no.. not another tire stretch thread.. lol

[HighRolla]

Man, my heads about to explode from all the searching and reading.. Read all the way through on that other thread "best brands of tire for stretch"

I just want to start a thread from scratch, if that's okay. Since 512's are no longer available, I need some experienced opinions on tires that are available and stretch well.

What I really want to run are 205/40's on 18x 8.5's

I could do 215's if the tires run thin or narrow. Preferrably 205's.

From my search here's what's available in 205/40/18 :

Yokohama S.drive (I hear they stretch like shit)
Nitto NT NeoGen ZR
NANKANG AS-I (maybe? heard NS2's stretch fine)
Toyo Proxes 4 (so much mixed opinions on these)

Then there's a new brand in town achilles? any word on these?

I know this is pretty long, but I appreciate the help. Thanks.

[SeanDub]

Probably better off with a 215/35

[Jesus Christ]

Probably better off with a 215/35

i confirm this

[Dudermagee]

SW y u no have sticky for tire stretch?

[SeanDub]

SW y u no have sticky for tire stretch?

Oh wait...

[Dudermagee]

lol

[HighRolla]

Probably better off with a 215/35

i confirm this

hey, you guys are the boss..

any of these good?

Nankang NS-II
Achilles ATR Sport
Nexen N5000
Hankook Ventus V12

[SeanDub]

I've run federal 595 and didn't have any complaints.

[ATLAS]

What I really want to run are 205/40's on 18x 8.5's

From my search here's what's available in 205/40/18 :

NANKANG AS-I (maybe? heard NS2's stretch fine)

I know this is pretty long, but I appreciate the help. Thanks.

A friend of mine, has Nankang AS1 205/40/18 on 8.5J18:

[HighRolla]

I've run federal 595 and didn't have any complaints.

Yeah, they're a good price, any pics?

A friend of mine, has Nankang AS1 205/40/18 on 8.5J18:

damn that looks pretty good, thanks yo

[C.Johnston]

federal runs wide.. fuzion zri run super narrow

[SeanDub]

Yeah, they're a good price, any pics?




damn that looks pretty good, thanks yo

I ran em on a 9.5

[SeanDub]

I have also run many zri, they run about a size narrower than specified. Same as the 512.

[ATLAS]

I ran em on a 9.5

Can you show how it looks?

[HighRolla]

Okay, so I guess DiscountTireDirect has the Falken 512's in 215/40/18 still available for $488 (set of 4).

and cheapest I can find the Nankang AS-1 in 205/40/18 for $399.

I know this is probably the most stupid question, but when you're poor (or jew) every dollar counts

Is the $88 worth it? Or should I just go for the AS-1's?