you can prob get a set of alloy 16s that will fit for under $300 anyway. Steels don't save you that much unless you already got em lying around and if you do, I doubt they're +53 offset.
i live in san jose, california. mostly dry it's hot 80's-100's but winter it does get cold n at times it rains quite hard but that's not often at all there's a bit of rain though. anyways...i kno my tires like i kno my algebra...so...help?? thnx
I'd go with something like KDWs. You seem concened about more than just max dry grip. The KDWs are superb in the rain and the compound is good for a variety of >freezing temps.
I'm pretty sure I didn't see it in here, but lug nut size would be a good addition to this thread I think. 12X1.25 for wrx. But I wanted to verify that this size was the same for wrx and STi if someone could. You want to make sure you get the right size lug nuts or you could end up like this guy.
Please don't clutter this thread. There are several tire recommendations here as well as links to tire rack's surveys which give even more recommendations.
Maybe a little pointless, but I just thought I'd mention I have had 245's on a 7.5 rim for a quite a while. The tech at Discount Tire actually recommended them since they would fit without any problems.
That WAS with a Fuzion ZRi so it won't work with all other brands.
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...it's Jason ...it's not an STi, it's a WRX.
You didn't specify an offset or sidewall so it's impossible to discuss why that would or wouldn't fit. What I would mention though is your tire is 245mm but your rim is only 191mm. That means your tire is 29% wider than your rim. That's a fair bit of stretching but not too bad. Point is you may have gotten them to fit by stretching them over smaller rims and using too small an offset but that doesn't mean they would be handling better than 225 wides with appropriate offset.
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