Bridgestone RE-11's mounted
 

A few people were asking for more pics of these mounted up. I did my best, it is really hard to photograph black tires on a white car outside :)

These are 275/35R19 front, 305/30R19 rear.
Tire rack for Bridgestone Potenza RE-11

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Close ups

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looks good

Aggressive looking tread!

I like them, but I dont know about going so wide on the stockers. How does turn in feel? Must be a little mush cause of the bulge..

There is slight bulge on the rear but really not so much on the front. Turn in is still very sharp, and there is no squirm in the rear. The 275's fit better on the 9" rims that the 305's do on the 10". That's a 1.5" difference in tire size front to rear but only a 1" difference in rim width. Unfortunately for this tire there are no sizes in between yet.

We'll see how it does weaving the cones this weekend.

Thanks for the full pics :tup: Looks good. Now just need to space the wheels out about 15mm and a 1" drop and it will look awesome :tup:

I would drop it but I've already been scraping that front air damn. Ironically one of the worst places is where you have to go to get into the Nissan dealer, did it on the test drive, LOL. They need a folding one like the Corvettes have. :)

As for the wheels, I think eventually I'm just going to move up a size, 9.5" front, 10.5" or 11" rear. With the correct offsets they should sit just right.

Thanks for the awesome pics. G'luck on the track.

If you got 305 for the rear how come you have the same rims? I thought the stock rims were 275? me confused here?
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305 and 275 refer to tire width not rim widths. A 10in wheel can accomodate a range of different tires.

Yep. 305 is technically a little too wide for a 10" rim so it's not optimal, it will still work though, it's just going to function more like a 295.

That's awesome! props to you for getting detail in the black tires on a white car.

Do us a BIG favor PLEASE!!!!

Take some pics of the rear of the car more straight-on from the rear so we can see how FAT those look from the back.

YES!!!

It would be awesome to get perspective on the the rear stance and the contact patch.

I tried but failed. I will try again under more controlled lighting.

Send them too me: thebandpetroleum@yahoo.com
I will fix the lighting in Photoshop and re-post :tup:

LOL... I was gonna say the same thing. We Photochop guys can pull the detail out of the shadows quite easily. Just over-expose it a bit and park the car so the sun or light-source is hitting the rear of the car. WE'll do the rest ;-)

Just post the pics you have here and we'll tweak and re-post...

Also, it seems these changes the ire diameters a bit - they are a bit shorter than stock so let us know if the traction control/VDC acts up - it would throw a slip light if anything. So you just scrapped the OEM tires for these?

I already tried the photoshop route, there wasn't enough detail to pull out unfortunately. I'm going to try with the car in the garage next.

The VDC traction control is working fine. Yes the tires are slightly smaller than stock but there are actually closer in size to each other than the OEM tires. I still have the OEM tires and may sell them because they are barely worn (400 miles highway driven).

If I had any doubts about buying this car now I have no doubts this car is a priority for me. Been able to fit a 305s in the back makes a world of sense to me.

I put some 275 BF goodrich DR on my BMW 335i and I droped my times 6 tenths of a second in the 1/4 mile and increased my speeds about 3 miles, I only went from 255s to 275's. Now knowing that you can fit nicely 305's on the Z rear rims it just opens a whole new world of possibilities for this car. What an awesome car!!

By the way, your car looks absolutely killer.

Are these tire sticky? How did you do at the auto-x?

At the last auto-x they killed everyone, but the weather was abnormally cold and a little damp. It's not everyday you get to beat everyone on R-compounds.

This Saturday I'll get to test them with a little heat. Weather forecast is for mid 80's.

Look forward to your results:tup:

Awesome tires! We run them on everything since the RE01R is no longer.

275-35-19? i can only find 265-25-19.....

I does have a folding one like the Corvette. It's just that each time I fold it, I have to go back to my tire store and have them drill out a couple of rivets and put new ones in for me. :eek:

LOL. Yes, a folding one that actually has hinges would be a good idea :)

So, without using spacers, is 11" the widest "wheel" we could use in the rear? :bowrofl:

You can theoretically go to 12" in the rear and 10" in the front with the correct offsets.

There's a new option for a285/35R19 tire. Would this option be better than the 305 for the rear?

A 255/35 front with a 285/35 rear could work nicely, but it will depend on them posting the exact specs.

However be warned that these tires are designed as a auto-cross competition tire, not necessarily the best street tire option.