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    17 inch tire selction?

    Trying to find tires for a Daytona I am building. Seems like the recommended sizes by FFR leave little choice unless you go super high performance. Has anyone found a decent set of tires in these sizes?
    245/45/17
    315/35/17
    Thanks Mike

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    Nitto works the best for me. Shop around sometimes you can get a good buy on them.

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    Hi Mike!
    Check out Nitto 555-G2; decent street tire at a not too outrageous price. If you check around you might find some of the original Nitto 555 (which was superceeded by the G2 about a year ago) still in stock at a discounted price. On the roadsters I actually prefer to use 255/40-17 if they're available (better fit a 9" rim)---I'd expect that you could do the same on the Coupe.

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    Steve >> aka: GoDadGo
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    Mike,

    I've run NITTO's on my daily driver for years and have been happy with them and am on my 3rd or 4th set.
    My daily driver has 255/45-17's up front with 285/40-17's out back, which are the same height & stock sizes for the car.
    Our project has 245/45-17's with the same 285/40-17's on the MK-4.
    If you do 275/40-17's up front with 315/35-17's out back it would yield the same height, where the 255/40-17's would give you some rake.
    Also, my son's car has 255/40-17's up front with 275/40-17's out back, but those are Cooper's and I don't think they come in 315's.
    Anyway, I do like my NITTO's and intend to keep buying them as needed.

    Steve

    Vendor I've Used Most Often:
    https://www.discounttiredirect.com/

    MK-4:
    https://youtu.be/IGYtX-3p7xk

    My Daily & Son's Daily Driver:
    https://youtu.be/svZX2BMSDEs

    Where We Purchased Our Wheels For The MK-4, Camaro & Corvette:
    https://www.oewheelsllc.com/Wheel-Si...tang/year/2002
    Last edited by GoDadGo; 10-27-2017 at 02:42 PM.

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