225/35r18 recommendations

[J-Fly]

I trust you guys more than anyone else so maybe you can help me out. I'm going from the stock 17 in Denvers to 18 in Alzor 628s. I was hoping to get some recommendations for some 225/35/18 tires. I don't drive in snow so just dry & wet. So far the Yokohama S.Drive is the best bang for buck imo with Fallen FK-452 not too far behind. I'm hoping to get tires that will last at least 40k before I trade-in. Thanks!

 

[Rus.K]

Yoko's are definitely a good "budget" tire. They are cheaper but are great for just summer driving. Nitto's and Neo Gens are also good budget tires. What are the specs of the new Alzor's?

 

[dustinwark]

why 225/35?

 

[poonpower]

^ was wondering the same thing when I read the title

 

[JanK]

IMO 225/40 works just fine, I'm running the Dunlop Sportmaxx RT as do a lot of my friends and we're very satisfied.

 

[J-Fly]

The wheels are 18x8, 5x112 no modifications needed. I wanted a low profile look that's why I want 225/35r18 tires. I would have to see how a 225/40r18 tire would look but probably not low profile enough

 

[blkmaggtsp74]

How low is your car? You need to be rather low to use 225/35, will just look stupid (big wheel gap)otherwise.

 

[J-Fly]

How low is your car? You need to be rather low to use 225/35, will just look stupid (big wheel gap)otherwise.

I wasn't aware of that. My car is not lowered and I don't want it lowered. Maybe I should just return the wheels and forget about it.

 

[poonpower]

well 225/40 is pretty low profile. The stock GTI uses that size. It looks fine on the stock car, but then theres the wheel gap of course

 

[J-Fly]

Well, the bottom line is I should have done some more research before buying the wheels but I do appreciate the advice. The ECS website says that the wheels didn't need any mods as far as spacers goes so I assumed that I was good to go. 225/40 just looks the norm to me and not worth buying a new set of tires and wheels for that.

 

[J-Fly]

What would really help out is if I could find pics of 18 in wheels with 225/40r18 tires on stock suspension GTI. I could just be assuming that it won't look nice to me. I searched the forums but I couldn't find any.

 

[poonpower]

You couldnt find a stock GTI with stock tire size? and you've been a member since 09. Crazy

http://s293.photobucket.com/user/Knocka91/media/MAS_DSC_4695.jpg.html

 

[J-Fly]

Thanks! Stock is 17 unless you got the $750 option.

 

[RevoGLI]

215/40

 

[dasautochris]

245/35-18