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[Topless]

Originally Posted by ekam

You got it. That's part of the reason why I went to 18"s...

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Essentially every tire is available in both 17 and 18.

[ryanwise]

Topless: Not really. Ive been in the Tire business for 40 years and am the Director of Sales for a large Tire Distributor. The 17" is going the way of the 16". 18's are now the standard for most performance cars with 19"-20" the options. Tire manufacturers want to build tires that people want and every 6 months, more and more 17" performance tires are eliminated.
BTW, don't you guys forget about the Yokohama Advan AD08. I run them Auto-crossing and I would put them against the Pilot Sport or RE11's any day of the week.

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Topless

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Essentially every tire is available in both 17 and 18.

Tirerack result for 205/50/17 & 255/40/17 = 30 results.
Result for 225/40/18 & 265/35/18 = 40 results.

More importantly Z1 Star spec is not available in 17"s for our fitment...

[Topless]

Originally Posted by ekam

Tirerack result for 205/50/17 & 255/40/17 = 30 results.
Result for 225/40/18 & 265/35/18 = 40 results.

More importantly Z1 Star spec is not available in 17"s for our fitment...

If you upsize the front to a 225/45/17 you will find nearly every tire including Star Specs. More selection, less understeer, shorter stopping distance... a win-win-win. A 205 up front is far less interesting to most Boxster drivers so don't let that size stop you.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=Direzza+Sport+Z1+Star+Spec