285/50/18 tires - back in production

[a_d_a_m]

Back in the day, several of us ran 285/50/18 tires until the market dried up. I think I'd scored the last set of Nitto 404s in that size a few years back.

Didn't think anyone was going to make them anymore, but Continental appears to have just done a run on their CrossContact UHP tires. They're widely available on eBay and listed as new condition. An example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-New-Conti...s/362581879929

Anyway, some of us like them, some of you don't, YMMV. They fit fine on stock tires despite what the tire nerds say, and this has been the only size I've ever run since I bought the car in 2008. 51000 failure-free miles and counting.

[Agent2006]

Those are mean as hell never thought to look into wide tires Much Less! 285`s...


Those in the cheep bastahd category here's 275/55-18 for $154

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kumho-Ecs...55R18/19474286

[a_d_a_m]

Not sure I'd go with those 275/55s, they are almost an inch taller than the 285/50s.

[Agent2006]

Good point Adam, plus they are skinnier...

[03Merc]

Not sure I'd go with those 275/55s, they are almost an inch taller than the 285/50s.

Yeah those are like truck tires.


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[fastblackmerc]

I run these on widened rears wheels.

First pic is front (on the left) and rear (on the right).

Rears are 295/45-18.

Fronts are 245/45-18

[bryce_am]

Adam-what size are you running on the front ?

[a_d_a_m]

Bryce, I run 235/50/18 up front.

[bryce_am]

Any suspension mods needed to fit the 285?? Abs troubles? ..It's time for new tires thinking about giving this set up a shot

[Ken]

Any suspension mods needed to fit the 285?? Abs troubles? ..It's time for new tires thinking about giving this set up a shot

None, I been running that size since 2010. First on my 03, now on my 04, neither cars had problems with them. I have been running 295 Nittos since 2015 on the 03.