[MRSPONZ]

I made up a small spreadsheet for Summer Tire availability and matching. This is for primarily for 2003-05 Spyders with stock OEM wheels and no crash bolts. I found these tires on TireRack and several other websites. No All-Season tires are included. I hope this helps some people.

		OEM	Alternative	OEM		Alternative	Alternative	OEM
		185/55R15	195/50R15	205/50R15		205/45R16	205/50R16	215/45R16
Yokohama	Fleva V701	X	O	A		O	B
Kumho	ECSTA PS31	X	O	A		O	B
Toyo	Proxes R1R		O	A		O	B
Dunlop	Direzza ZIII		O	A			B
Yokohama	Advan A052	O	A			B
Hankook	Ventus R-S4	O			O
Falken	RT 615K+			A				X
Federal	595 RS-R		O	A		O	B
Falken	RT660			A				X
BF Goodrich	Rival S1.5			A				X
Bridgestone	RE-71RS			A		O		X
X = OEM size
O = Alternative size
Ideal match	X + X
Alternative Match	O + O
Your On Your Own	All Others

 

[rmeller]

225/45-16. This is available in R1R, ZIII, and some other make that I can't remember.

The combination that I prefer is 195/55-15 and 225/45-16. OE + 1cm, and speedo is dead on.

 

[RedstoneGarage]

I have 225/50r16, but I don't recommend. The gearing is nice on the highway, but handling is very poor. My particular tires (Linglong Crosswind) cause a secondary yaw moment. For example, if turning left, the front with start to turn, the rear resists, chassis rotation happens, and then finally the rear almost bounces back out to the right. Not super easy to keep it steady on highway turns.

Also I had to remove the rear wheel arch "spats" or whatever the little plastic flaps are in front of the rear wheels.

 

[MRSPONZ]

OK RMeller. I will add the 225/45R16. The Yokohama A052 is the other tire. I was hesitant at first because 7.5" wheels are recommended but 7" will fit. Also I did not know how this fits on a purely stock, non-lowered car. Any rubbing? Any modifications or adjustments needed?

 

[rmeller]

Perfect fit, no issues. The 225 looks good on the 7" wheel. The +1cm width is just enough to put the speedo on true calibration.

 

[2zzmr2]

AVS ES100s went to S.drive and now Advan Fleva V701.. Anyone use the Advans yet? Are they all the same just rebranded?

- 2007 New Yokohama S.drive contains nanotechnology

 

[beachbum]

We have been running the Fleva V701 for awhile now, and like them better than the S.Drive we ran previously. We run 16x7 wheels all around and went from 195/46-16 F and 215/40-16 R in S.Drive to the same size front, but 205/45-16 R. The front tread width is less than the S.Drive in the same size and the 205 rear is advertised as having an almost 3/4" narrower tread than the 215, but has a more rounded profile which seems to work better with a strut suspension. They actually seem to have as much or more grip that the wider S.Drive and a better ride

The tread pattern is almost the same, and the tire is lighter than the S.Drive in the same size. We run the same tire pressures (28 psi F, 34 psi R) and alignment

 

[MRSPONZ]

"new and improved" data from my spreadsheet. I can't insert my spreadsheet so I needed to create a .txt file.