ok, so I ordered some Toyo Proxies 4's ( I heard they were good) and I ordered some
225/50R/16 92w's because that is what it says on my stock S-02 tires but after reading this thread I realised I might have ordered the wrong size tire https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=48572

so my question is what size should I have ordered, and are Toyo proxies 4's as good as my friends say? The person at the tire shop also told me that bridgestone discontinued the S-02's, and only had the S-03's but our cars didn't need them cause those tires were made for 600+ HP cars. I am thinking of getting my money back before they arrive and finding a new tire shop.

Thank you


Vince.

 

Tire shop guy = idiot

Get your money back and order S02's from Tire Rack.

 

Actually, since that guy made 2 REALLY STUPID remarks, this might be understated. It should read:

Tire shop guy = COMPLETE MORON!

Oh yeah, unless you get OEM SO2s, you need 245/45/16 for the rear. Fronts can stay 205/55/16.

 

If you drive your S in the winter and it can be snow in your area, and you do not have second set of wheels and snow tires for winter, then you should get all-season tires. According to TireRack, Avon Tech M550 A/S is the best all-season tire for the money.

 

so if I go with the s-02's I can use 225/50/16's?
and if I choose any other tire I would have to go with the 245's?

 

Yes. Don't mistake the SO2s that are for Porsches (and other cars). Those aren't the same. You must get the ones that are OEM for S2000. I believe ours have the "92W" and "89W" stamped on the sidewall.

 

OK, I just got back from Kal Tire, (defferent place then last time) and the s-02's are almost 1000$ Canadian installed (for just the rears) , the guy said that there are many other tires on the market equally as good and mentioned some cyclones or somthing? that are less then half the price of the S-02's. But he insisted that the tire sizes are all the same, and I would be making a big mistake going with a 245 over a 225, for a non OEM. He mentioned somthing about the ABS being "****ed up" if I ran a 245 ? At this point I am soo confused . I want a performing tire that are as good as my S-02's however I can not afford to pay 1000$ for 2 tires, and if I go with some other tire the "professionals" insist on me purchasing 225's . I need Help!

 

This is yet another candidate for the MORON award.

He knows nothing about the odd sizing in S2000 SO2s. ABS is ONLY affected if you change the overall diameter of the tire. This is why the aspect ratio is changed if you go with non-OEM tires (245/45/16). This keeps the diameter very close to the OEM SO2s.
Rear SO2s run about $350.00 Cdn each. Mounting and balancing another 20 bucks each. GST on top of this puts it around $800.00. Not only is that tire shop a bunch of morons, they're a bunch of thieving crooks.

Here ya go from TireRack:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?ti...ch=true&index=3
$177.00 US per tire and shipping by FedEx might be about another $50.00, convert to Cdn $$ and you get about $485.00 Cdn. Add 7% GST and brokerage of about $25.00 for a total of around $550.00. Then you just have to find a place to mount and balance them without hosing you too bad for not buying from them.

 

This sucks, I just moved to Victoria, it seems like it is impossible to find a competent tireshop, all the people I talk to act like they know everything under the sun, and won't look into anything I say. I would like to go with the tirerack ones but it is difficult cause I am going to school and I have no credit, card and I have to borrow money from my mom and she doesn't trust the "internet" . What do guys think of the Toyo Proxis? there quite a bit cheaper.

 

I think it's time for you to post something up in the Vancouver section of the Pacific NW forum and ask those guys where you should buy tires for your car. They've been around for a while and should know some decent tire shops. Worse comes to worse, you may just have to take a ride over to Van on the ferry and buy your tires over there.