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I'm looking for a set of tyres for my GTR and having trouble finding tyres in the size I want. I decided on Kumho Ku36's after hearing and good things but I can't find them in 255/40/17. What are some other good sub-$200 high performance tyres and where can I get them from?

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Going off that list the RS-R is probably the go, i had KU36 but will trying the RS-R next as people say plenty of good things about them :)

Federal 595's are $130 a corner on eBay which seems pretty cheap. Are they a decent performance tyre? I run semi slicks for the track which I have an abundant supply of (not DOT approved unfortunately) so I just want a set of decent street tyres which are inexpensive. Any better options in that price range?

255/40/17 are actually more common, however 245/40/17 seems to be the recommend tyre size for GT-R wheels.

St George Tyres are pretty good, or even Taleb tyres.

I've used KU36 in the past and they are fantastic, but not so much in the wet & cold. The KU31 "seem" to be better for normal wet/cold days than the KU36s

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255 is probably unnecessary on a 9" wide. I have 245/45/17 Dunlop z1 on my 33 gtr standard wheels (17x9 +30)

The cross section width of z1 is 9.7" and 9.6" for RE11 and AD08, don't recall what it is for KU36.

Oh and look at all the choices with 245/45/17!

255 is probably unnecessary on a 9" wide. I have 245/45/17 Dunlop z1 on my 33 gtr standard wheels (17x9 +30)

The cross section width of z1 is 9.7" and 9.6" for RE11 and AD08, don't recall what it is for KU36.

Oh and look at all the choices with 245/45/17!

He has an R32 GT-R though, you'll find that 255/40R17 is a better diameter for his car then the taller 245/45R17 (comes out with 225/50R16 from memory).

Still tossing up also mate,

Never been a fan of federal, but they seem good enough to run based on a lot of peoples comments and reviews...

they do a 275-40-17 for $155 a tyre. might be overkill but on 9.75'' wide rim, it should be good.

they do 265 , 255 in this size as the other guys have mentioned.

i guess the only way to properly find out is to run them yourself.

My Hankooks RS3 255/40 17 are great, tread wear of 120, nice and grippy straight away, they are a high performance tyre, long lasting taxi tyres should stay on taxis.

After about 5000 road klm and 3 track days they are at about 40% left.

Will defiantly buy again from tire rack.

The Dunlop Direzza star specs I had prior to the Hankooks were good but took slightly longer to come on I felt, but they did have a tread wear of 200 I believe so if longevity is something your looking for I would go the Dunlop.

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