Wheels and Tires Discussion about wheels and tires for the S2000.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

G-Max RS

Thread Tools
 
Old 10-03-2018, 08:33 AM
  #1  

Thread Starter
 
Emil St-Hilaire's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: St-Redempteur,Qc.
Posts: 21,848
Received 464 Likes on 396 Posts
Default G-Max RS

Any experience with General G-Max RS ?
Old 10-10-2018, 06:36 AM
  #2  
Registered User

 
CrimsonCore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Draper, UT
Posts: 65
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Ive got them now because I was on a budget at the time and i wanted to try something new. Id hardly classify them as an UHP summer tire. The dry grip is okay; not quite on par with the BFG sport comp 2. Responsiveness is poor; only slightly better than my snow tires. Feedback is also poor. if you don't push the car then they are satisfactory. But make sure you get your tire pressures dialed in! Slightly too low of pressure and the tires will scream at you even if you are only lightly pushing the car. Get them slightly too high and they wont communicate at all with you. On a positive note, I will have to say that the grip levels dont seem to drop off very much even in the heavy rain. But as any summer tire goes, watch out for standing water. Over all Id say the tires have decent traction when propelling the car forward but not so much when trying to get it around a corner. These tires are good for a tame driver, but not so much for the level of performance the s2000 has to offer. Hope this helped.

Ps. My setup is 235/45/R17 on 17X9 +45 squared.
Old 10-10-2018, 07:14 AM
  #3  

 
rip_ej1's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SoCal
Posts: 225
Received 7 Likes on 7 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by CrimsonCore
Ive got them now because I was on a budget at the time and i wanted to try something new. Id hardly classify them as an UHP summer tire. The dry grip is okay; not quite on par with the BFG sport comp 2. Responsiveness is poor; only slightly better than my snow tires. Feedback is also poor. if you don't push the car then they are satisfactory. But make sure you get your tire pressures dialed in! Slightly too low of pressure and the tires will scream at you even if you are only lightly pushing the car. Get them slightly too high and they wont communicate at all with you. On a positive note, I will have to say that the grip levels dont seem to drop off very much even in the heavy rain. But as any summer tire goes, watch out for standing water. Over all Id say the tires have decent traction when propelling the car forward but not so much when trying to get it around a corner. These tires are good for a tame driver, but not so much for the level of performance the s2000 has to offer. Hope this helped.

Ps. My setup is 235/45/R17 on 17X9 +45 squared.
Any reason why you went with 235/45 instead of 245/40?
Old 10-12-2018, 03:42 AM
  #4  

Thread Starter
 
Emil St-Hilaire's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: St-Redempteur,Qc.
Posts: 21,848
Received 464 Likes on 396 Posts
Default

Old 10-15-2018, 08:48 AM
  #5  
Registered User

 
CrimsonCore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Draper, UT
Posts: 65
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by rip_ej1
Any reason why you went with 235/45 instead of 245/40?
Wheel fitment issue. slightly stretching the 235 keeps the shoulder of the tire from extending wider than the fender.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
S2KNJ
New York - Metro New York S2000 Owners
14
03-29-2011 11:25 AM
DangerZone9K
Wheels and Tires
2
11-08-2009 11:53 AM
WahooJeff
S2000 Talk
11
02-13-2004 04:50 PM
Notion
S2000 Talk
13
03-29-2002 09:18 AM
s2kskibum
S2000 Under The Hood
2
12-30-2001 07:25 AM



Quick Reply: G-Max RS



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:56 AM.