Tired of trying to find tires

Question 1: What is the difference between the heritage campy 17's at P.I. and the ones available at Pantera's East?

Marino at Pantera East had his clones made by Boyd Coddington Wheels. They are a correct style duplicate of the original wheels. By this, I mean the points of the center pentagram aim at the large single hole section, not the two-slot section. The second series of his wheels have forged centers. I have them on 2511 and have had zero regrets or problems with them. I do not know the source of the P.I. wheels.


Question 2: Does anybody know for sure if Michelin is going to discontinue the 335/35/17 PS tires or not?

If you are referring to the original Pilot Sport tires, they ARE already discontinued. Add to this they have also discontinued the 245/45x16 tires and I - along with a lot of other folks that went with the 16's up front with the 17's rear - will be searching for a good matched set in the near future.

Larry

And as for tires for your 15" wheels, go with the Toyo Proxes ST (295/50-HR15) in the rear and the Toyo Proxes 4 (245/50-VR15) in the front. Perfect sizes, and nice match visually.

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Originally posted by garth66:
And as for tires for your 15" wheels, go with the Toyo Proxes ST (295/50-HR15) in the rear and the Toyo Proxes 4 (245/50-VR15) in the front. Perfect sizes, and nice match visually.

I get more comments about the Toyos than I do about anything else on the car! People figure I spent $400 per tire and are shocked when I tell them the truth. I love them!

When was the last time you guys bought the Toyos in those sizes? I hope you bought extras because unless you have a special source, you may not find them anywhere. I certainly can't find them anywhere.

I'm not sure about this but you don't probably need to go as wide as 335 on 11" rears. 11 inches is (11 x 25.4mm) about 280mm, 315s should work fine and they are some nice high-performance tires in that size like the Goodyear Eagle GSD3. I have 285s on my 17 x10 inch rears and they look great (to me, come to think of it nobody else has said they like them yet so the jury is still out). 285/40 -17s will fit on 17 x 11 inch rim, obviously this is 2 inches narrower than a 335 but you are going to have less slop in the corners this way. Also, remember that the contact patch size is determined partly by the weight of the vehicle and so there are some diminishing returns with larger tires. All this being said, the 335s do look nice on the Campy clones. I recently purchased Kumho Ecsta SPTs because they were cheap, in-stock, and in the sizes I needed.