275 tyres

[astroham]

I have 275's on the rear of my ve ... now beeing the excelent driver that i am (not) i have a very heavy foot, and need to replace my tyres (again) ... any suggestions ... i currently have toyos on there and they are excelent ... but i am looking for a harder compound ... i love the soft compound tyres cause of the way they perform but i need something that is going to last longer ... anybody got any suggestions for a tyre that is relatively well wearing and reasonably grippy???

[TinSnips]

Falken 452

excellent value, excellent grip.

[Troy711]

+1 for FK452s. Look up St. George Tyres on eBay, they have very reasonable prices.

[Calais57]

I too am interested in the Falkens but have heard that they appear narrower than some other 275s. A number of people say it's better to go with 285s if using Falkens - specially on 10" rims. Any comments/experience of this?

[tomholzy]

go 10mm bigger than what you would get normally and it will fill out nicely, so 285s if you normally have 275s

[astroham]

but do the 275's fit cause if they are narrower it might stop the rubbing of guard on tyre that i have to put up with at the moment

[StoneX]

275's fit but they taper in. I think there's a topic on LS1 forums comparing the Falken 275s to another brand 275 on 9.5" wide rims.

My local tyre guy also said the Falken 275s look funny on 9.5" rims.

Here's one topic

[davey g-force]

Thanks for the link StoneX.

Unbelievable! You learn something every day...