S2kGigolo

After countless hours of research about tires, I am 99.9% sure that I will replace my wearing OEM REO50's with the Bridgestone REO1r's. It is a completely stock 2006 S with stock 17in wheels. My question is, are there any pro's or con's with running 255/40/r17's in rear rather than OEM 245/40/r17's. I'll keep the fronts at 215/45/r17. I think this was answered a while back, but I don't remember. I've had a couple of people tell me to stay with the original size, but these are not exactly persons who know a lot about tires. I would like to run the 255's if there are no negatives about doing so. Any help would be great. Thank-you......S2kGigolo.

AP2

the stagger is bigger so you might get a little more understeer

fastgsx

Why not run 225 in the front, if you are going to run 255 in the rear?

Concerns over tread width?

Jim@tirerack

The 215 in the front and 255 in the rear will give you a closer match to the stagger that came on the car stock. Both sizes will work fine.
If I can help let me know.

S2kGigolo

Thank you all very much for your input. I can always use all the help I can get. I can see that I have some more decisions to make before getting new tires. I've still got a few good gripping miles left on these, that's why I'm trying to figure all this out now, so when it's time to buy new tires I will know what the heck I'm doing (maybe). Again, thank you for all the information......S2kGigolo.

CaptainMike

215/255 or 225/255 will both work fine. Those a really good tires, so are the RE050A Pole Position in the same sizes. Keep an eye out for sales and rebates.