Reply to "Where to find 15" tires for GT5 & GT5-S"

If you like your 15" wheels (and I like mine) then my advice would be to keep your eyes open and pick some up before you need them. They are darn hard to find, so you should take advantage of the opportunity.

Yokohama is the other major manufacturer who makes 345/35/15 tires. I bought a bunch of them a few years back when The Tire Rack was discontinuing them. The rear tires were easy to find for a while but the front tires were impossible. I bought a bunch anticipating the same problem down the road.

Last time I checked the Tire Rack had rear tires in stock. But I haven't checked for a while.

Front tires are tougher. Yokohama tooled up and made a batch of 1,000 tires last year. So they are out there, but they are kind of expensive. The only source I know of to purchase new front tires is the Swedish DeTomaso club, who purchased a bunch. They sell them at cost, but the dollar/euro exchange rate makes them kind of steep.

One last bit of advice - before purchasing any 15" tire, ask the seller for the date code off the tire. I bought some Pirelli P7R's for the rear of my 5-S that were brand new, as in never used. But they literally split down the middle 50 miles after being installed. I was going slow so nothing happened, but it scared the h*ll out of me. If it had split while cornering quickly it could have been ugly. I later looked at the date code and they were 9 years old. Rubber dries out, and old tires, even if never mounted, can be dangerous.