cpone

Ok so my camber has been SOOO OFF on my car that I now need some new tires. I have a bubble on the inside wall of 2 tires 1 in the front and one in the rear

Basically my two choices from tirerack.com (shameless plug ) are the Kumho Ecsta SPT, General Exclaim UHP, Dunlop Direzza DZ101 or the Yokohama AVS ES100 I have the Kumho's now and they are great tires but I think what killed them so quick is my horrible alignment and negative camber. These tires barely lasted a year. My drop on the Tein CS v.2 is as low as it can go.

My Current Sizes are:
235/35/19 front
265/30/19 rear

I want to step up to a thicker tire wall so I am going with.

245/35/19 front
275/30/19 rear

Anyone have any rubbing issues with those size tires?

And which of the two tires would you guys go with?
And any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I am not trying to spend 300 dollars per tire either.

Thanks in advance guys.

cpone

annnnnnnnnny opinions would be great fellas.

cpone

No one wants to help a guy out? Come on now.

Vlad_Stein

Hmmm...
No replies.

It may be too late, but I would recommend against the General Exclaim UHP.
I had a partial experience with them (new 275/40/17 tires in the rear and old Bridgestone Potenza RE750 245/45/17 in the front) and they did not impress me at all. The have quite a lot of empty space between the tread blocks and while that may be good for water evacuation, they don't have the grip for this category of tire. They are squishy because of grip issues and also because of soft sidewalls.

My mother's 2006 GS300 is running Kumho Ecsta SPTs in the rear (225/something/17) and they are fine - reasonable grip and quiet.

My Kumho Ecsta MX are quieter (new) than the Potenzas and stick better. Also, less expensive.

Out of the ones you listed, I would pick the Ecsta SPT, though.

Spyder78

iTrader: (7)

same here dont know if its too late but the front size might rub if you arent rolled. Since all that you are looking at are basically summer tires I wouldn't know I usually buy all season and I had good experience with Kumho ecsta asx and continetnals. If you are interested in finding more out about the general tires contact gsoup, he has those on his na-t gs3.

17gs400

i'll also go with ur new set up, i would recommened to get ur align fix 1st b4 you put the new tires on.

tmf2004

iTrader: (15)

Have you looked into the Toyos or Contisport 3 I beleive lexforlife is running those tires.. I've seen problems with the Kumho's such as bubbling etc.. I have Toyos on the GS and ran Nittos on my mustang and got over 30k miles on those tires..

Since the GS generates a lot of road noise you may have other choice but IMO the Toyos on the GS are pretty quiet..

ZippyGuy

iTrader: (9)

I'm running Michilen PS2 in the summer and Bridgestone RE960AS in the winter and have pretty good results. The Bridgestone's are a little loud but the PS2's......let just say is better than going to the amusement park for thrills. I'm running your preferred set up year around 245/40-18 and 275/35-18 with close to a zero gap and no rubbing.