Yokohama S.Drive

[Byron]

Anyone have any experience running these? I'm looking at a set of 195/40/17's. How wide do they run? Any good for stretching?

[the dingo]

I think they stretch nicely.
I've been running 195/45/16 on 9" wides....no issues.

not sure about 17s.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/3759624621_1125bb997a.jpg

[Byron]

Looks good! What are your thoughts on how wide they run? My wheels are only 7.5's so I'm looking for a pretty skinny tire.

[the dingo]

I took a look at their size sheet and it seems the smallest size is a 195/40. I don't think that will give you much of a stretched look.

here's the spec sheet.

http://www.yokohamatire.com/tires/spec.aspx?tire=S.Drive

[Byron]

Yeah I know :( I can't find any 185/17's though and these are 1 of 3 195/40's that I could find.

7.5's suck lol

[the dingo]

Nankang makes a 185/35 which would make for good stretch on a 7.5. I've never used them so not sure about quality.
Gotta be low to make these work too.

here's a 185/35 on 7.5


http://www.tyrestretch.com/albums/7.5_185_35_R17/7.5_185_35_R17_4.jpg

[Byron]

Haha yeah, those would make my car have 1/4" of ground clearance.

Thanks for looking around for me though

[mad325is]

i heard that Nankang quit production on these for some reason... not popular enough?

[Stephen]

Id say with that much stretch on a 185 youd get a little sidewall slant with a 195... Just tuck rim and you wont need much stretch :rofl

[Byron]

Close lol

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs092.snc3/15934_306943565233_699925233_9670988_4060338_n.jpg

[Byron]

Alright I searched around a bit more and see that the S.Drive's run wide, so I guess those are out of the picture.

I looked around some more and noticed that 205/40 has way more tire selections than the 195/40's. I see some Nitto NeoGen ZR's, some Falken ZE-512's and some ZE-912's, and I'm pretty sure I've read that all 3 of these run pretty narrow.

Which of those would you guys recommend?

[M.Burroughs]

S-Drives run big. a 205/40 is like a 225/40 in other tires.

[the dingo]

before I switched to the s-drives I had falken 512s and really liked how they stretched. They also seemed quieter than the s-drives. Several of my friends in the scion community also run them in various sizes and stretches with nice results.

I think the 912s are a little meatier than the 512s so I've always stayed away from them. Not sure about the nittos though.

[Byron]

S-Drives run big. a 205/40 is like a 225/40 in other tires.
Yeah that sucks because they were one of the few 195/40's out there.

Which of those last 3 do you like?
before I switched to the s-drives I had falken 512s and really liked how they stretched. They also seemed quieter than the s-drives. Several of my friends in the scion community also run them in various sizes and stretches with nice results.

I think the 912s are a little meatier than the 512s so I've always stayed away from them. Not sure about the nittos though.
Thats good to hear, I was leaning towards the 512's anyways just because of the price :)

[Oscar]

Everybody I know swears by 512's for stretching.

Also damn you and your lower rear arches!

[Njdub]

Everybody I know swears by 512's for stretching.

Also damn you and your lower rear arches!

This man speaks the truth. I have a 215/45 falen 512 on a 9.5" wheel and my friend has a 205/45 michelin pilot sport on his 9.5 and mine is pretty much the same stretch as he has.

Go with the 512s you won't be dissapointed.

[Byron]

Alright looks like I'm getting the 512's. Thanks everyone.
Everybody I know swears by 512's for stretching.

Also damn you and your lower rear arches!
I'm telling you I think you're lower, lol. I've got pretty much the same amount of tuck as you when I run 16's.

[Oscar]

Interesting...I would love to see what I could do with 17's then haha