New tires (almost)

[JayG]

Bought a set of used 17" wheels to use for AX and track.

They came with Sumitomo HTR ZIII 255/40's on the rears and 2 brand new unmounted 205/50's for the fronts. The tires mounted on the fronts are toast

I was able to get a local tire shop to swap out the front 205/50's for 225/45's, a better setup for the Boxster. It will reduce the under steer a little.

Yes, I know the HTR ZIII is not a track tire, I plan to replace them at some point with RS-3 or something similar that is stickier. Since the tires based on what I paid for the wheels were essentially free, I will run them for a while and probably trash them from hard use. From everything I have read, they are actually pretty good street tires

On the rears, they were driven from San Francisco to San Diego and have around 1000 miles on them . The problem I have is I don't know which rear was on which side of the car. The guy I bought them from did not mark them.

I guess its a 50/50 chance i get them on how they were. They don't have a rotation arrow, just OUTSIDE marked. I guess I should be OK no matter what side I put them on.

I will mark them for future reference

Gonna use them for an AX tomorrow, so I gotta drive them a bit today to break-in the fronts. Too bad for me