Wow. After doing the whole babelfish thing on the website, I found a little bit of information that was interesting. Follow this link, and click "Translate" at the bottom.

http://babel.altavista.com/translate.dyn?l...kiou/s2000.html

Never thought I'd see Goodyear Eagle F1s on an S2000 for "High-speed stability and grip power."

Yep, straight from Honda Japan. It's funny that they made no mention of the SO2s.

 

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What is the "W" speed rating anyway?

 

There are various speed ratings for tires and I believe it's either 'W' or 'Y' that's the highest..used to be 'Z' but no longer!

 

Acutally Z is the highest!! Look closely and you'll see all the ratings EXCEPT Z are given as "up to XXX mph" whereas Z is given as "XXX mph and over". That's the difference between V and Z ratings (since the both use the 149mph figure). Checkout: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/speed.htm . I previously made the same mistake you did...

 

I have to say, those SO2's are the best "performance" tire I have driven on!

The tires say 225 on the rear, but they are wide as heck! My Proxes T1-S 245/35/18's (a good street tire*) have an 8 inch wide tread to surface stretch, and the S02 225's have an 8 1/2!

*Toyo Proxes T1-S is decent for performance, but excellent for wet weather and longevity.

 

SO..here

 

Gotta love that translation!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahhah!!!

 

BlueS2000,

Something like that bud. I'm probably going for 255/35/18's next.

The stock S02's have a wide a$$ tread width. Almost wish I kept my stock Wheel and Tire combo...but I'm going for the looks and a medium tire longevity (UTG > 200).