255/45-20 Seems perfect on inductions

[avs007]

I just got the Conti DWS-06 Plus installed on my inductions, in 255/45-20, and it seems like these wheels were meant to have this tire, lol... The sidewalls look much better, and the tires absorb the imperfections on the road way better. Tire setup is noticeably quieter than the OEM Goodyears. At first I was worried about my speedo being off, but my speedo was already off compared to my GPS with the OEM goodyears, and they actually seem more accurate with this setup...

With this setup, when the car says 50mph, my GPS said 50mph. When the car said 79mph, my GPS said 80mph. With the OEM tires, I know when my car said 80, I was actually only going 77 or 78 according to my GPS. (And same thing, when I drove past a radar speed sign)

I got about 27k miles out of the OEM Goodyears. I probably could have gone a thousand miles or more, as I still had some usable tread left, but I wanted to swap them out for my upcoming roadtrip, becuase the Goodyears have terrible wet traction. I noticed that a long time ago... I remember reading an article somewhere that also mentioned that tires with low rolling resistance tend to have bad hydroplaning resistance.... I run the DWS on all my other cars, and never had issue with that sort of thing...

 

[JonB65]

Looks great! I bought 255/45R20 in Vredstein Quatrac Pro. Going to install in October before winter arrives in November/December here in Maryland. I have 20k miles on my OEM Goodyears.

 

[samps]

I installed 255/45/20 Quatracs the day after I picked up my Y and sold the takeoffs. Run on 37psi cold so highest I’ve seen it go is 41/42psi. Checked wear after two months and so far has been even.

 

[Daekwan]

Looks awesome.. how much did you pay for the set if you don't mind sharing?

 

[avs007]

I paid $233/tire, which turned out to be pretty much the exact same price on tire rack. I know in the past, they would only do Tire Rack price + $20, since Tire Rack's price didn't include shipping...

 

[RayB]

The tires look great! How does the kWh/mile compare to the OEM tires? I have 26K on our Goodyears and am looking to replace them before the winter rains (if we get any!).

 

[avs007]

I'm going on a 1500k mile road trip next week, so I'll report back on the consumption from that. So far it looks like my consumption is about +5 to +10 whm compared to the Goodyear's

 

[RayB]

I'm going on a 1500k mile road trip next week, so I'll report back on the consumption from that. So far it looks like my consumption is about +5 to +10 whm compared to the Goodyear's

Great! Enjoy the road. We just finished a 3,300 mile road trip from California to Bryce Canyon and Denver and back. We averaged 307 wh/mile.

 

[avs007]

First leg of my 1500 mile road trip in the books. I averaged 299 whm for the first leg with the dws, averaging 75mph wheras on this same leg earlier in the summer, when I had the Goodyear's, I averaged 295 whm. So it's pretty close. It happens to be about 10 degrees cooler as well, as it's in the low 70s instead of the mid 80s

 

[fiehlsport]

The DWS is a more comfortable tire to begin with - you likely would have seen improvements in 255/40-20 as well.

Are you gonna remove the sticker on the wheel from when your car was delivered?!?

 

[iamnid]

To save everyone from googling (like it did) - the stock tire is a 255/40R20.

Just to give context to those (like me) who were reading this thread trying to figure out what was changed from the stock size (width, height)

 

[Rekognize]

275/40/20 is a better fit

 

[RayB]

To those that replaced the OEM 255/40/20 Goodyear tire with a 255/45/20 tire...did you make any other modifications to your car so that the tires don't rub against the wheel well? I'm trying to order the Conti DWS-06 Plus tires in this size via America's Tire (aka Discount Tire) and they tell me the tires won't fit. if they do in fact fit, with no mods, where did you order your tires and have them installed?
Thanks in advance!

 

[MyEarHurts]

There was no rubbing, the 45 is just a taller tire but a little. I think a 50 might even fit as there was still space.

I just went to a local tire shop and told them the size and to order 4.

 

[avs007]

To those that replaced the OEM 255/40/20 Goodyear tire with a 255/45/20 tire...did you make any other modifications to your car so that the tires don't rub against the wheel well? I'm trying to order the Conti DWS-06 Plus tires in this size via America's Tire (aka Discount Tire) and they tell me the tires won't fit. if they do in fact fit, with no mods, where did you order your tires and have them installed?
Thanks in advance!

I got mine at Discount Tire. The tires fit perfectly fine with zero rubbing. Try a different location if that one gives you issues.