I just replaced my Yokohama 215/60/16 tires with the pirellis and DAMN what a difference. I still have the yokohomas in the front. I was amazed at the traction improvement. Alot of people have told me that wider tires for my v6 would hurt my performance but ive only noticed improvements. I was wondering what your guys input is.
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typo on topic tires are actually 245/50/16

 

i got 245/5016 fuzion zr1 on the rear and 225/55/16 nexen n2000 on the front and i love them. next set i am getting are corvette zr1 rims with 305's on the rear

 

i just replaced my nexen 225/45/17's with dean 235/50/17's
nexens had way better traction. notice very small decrease in torque off the line. when i switched from the stock 235/50/16's to the 225/45/17's there was a noticeable torque improvement

 

I don't understand how a wider tire would hurt performance at all lol...

 

they also said that because of my weak rear i could snap it with 245s

 

You can. You can blow your rear with any tires if you act like a moron. Btw you should match up the sizes front to rear. Better handling. And you should've got 245/50 rather than a 55 series =P

 

In the rain and snow it would, because there's more surface area to give lift. But not on dry pavement.

 

it was a typo they are the 245/50/16