255/45R18 Potenza S04 or 275/40R18 something else?
02-22-2013, 08:50 PM
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255/45R18 Potenza S04 or 275/40R18 something else? If I end up keeping the GXP (which it seems I may as there is zero interest on CL), it needs new tires before the rain starts coming down here in FL in the next two months. Definitely want a upper-end-ish summer tire. No snow and cold temps are rare down here.
Currently it has some 255/45R18 Continental DWS' that I was pretty unhappy with overall. So unhappy with the DWS that I really have no desire to even go to the DW.
Had my heart absolutely set on a pair of Bridgestone Potenza S04's (that's what one of the rears is that I replaced, and I'd likely replace the other with the same at the same time), but the more I read some of the posts on here from David, the more I want to go with a 275/40R18... which the S04's do not come in.
Really, how much better is the going the extra 20cm wider on these cars? The S04 is definitely a better tire than something like a Hankook Ventus V12, but it also won't be as wide. I don't want to go over the $225 pricepoint I was looking at for the 255/45R18 S04's.
We have Ventus HRII's on the front of our T/A in 275/40R17, and I hate them, though that is obviously a cheaper H-rated tire and probably isn't fair comparison to the V12s.
Currently it has some 255/45R18 Continental DWS' that I was pretty unhappy with overall. So unhappy with the DWS that I really have no desire to even go to the DW.
Had my heart absolutely set on a pair of Bridgestone Potenza S04's (that's what one of the rears is that I replaced, and I'd likely replace the other with the same at the same time), but the more I read some of the posts on here from David, the more I want to go with a 275/40R18... which the S04's do not come in.
Really, how much better is the going the extra 20cm wider on these cars? The S04 is definitely a better tire than something like a Hankook Ventus V12, but it also won't be as wide. I don't want to go over the $225 pricepoint I was looking at for the 255/45R18 S04's.
We have Ventus HRII's on the front of our T/A in 275/40R17, and I hate them, though that is obviously a cheaper H-rated tire and probably isn't fair comparison to the V12s.
02-24-2013, 03:57 PM
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I love the V12's as you already know. Keep it simple, and go with the 255/45/18 S04's.
If you plan on keeping the car, then go with V12's up front with S04's in the rear for pleasure
If you plan on keeping the car, then go with V12's up front with S04's in the rear for pleasure
