Dual Purpose Tires

[soloecho2]

I need to know what tires would be better for the street and lapping. Direzza Z101 at 195-50-15 or the Direzza Star Spec at 195-55-15. The concern is the 195 50 15 that are on the car do rub slightly in the front whan the suspesion is fully compressed. I know this has been posted before but I could not find it.

[Tamago]

in that size, the star spec is a better choice.

if you go up in size a bit, you can find offerings from many other companies (205 50 15 is the most common 15" tire as it's a good honda size)

i recommend looking at 205 50 or 205 55 if you care about overall diameter matching stock.

[Loren]

Depends on what your split in "dual purpose" is. The DZ101 is closer to an all season tire, though it is a very good one. My wife has those on her MINI Cooper. If you expect to drive in a great deal of rain, or ANY snow, they would be the better bet.

The Star Spec is by far the better performance tire. It's not bad in the rain, but I expect at about half-tread the DZ101 would be better. And the Star Spec should not even remotely be considered for "winter" use anywhere that actually has winter.

195/55-15's may rub slightly depending on wheel offset and alignment. Just barely, though. With 41 offset 15x7's, I didn't get any rubbing. With 38 offset 15x7's, I got a little. Not enough to worry about, though. Just the fender liner.