Bought a wheel on ebay to replace the wheel I hit with a curb. I also ordered some new Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 tires yesterday. The current wheel looks bad but is still functional, so I intend to keep it, with the tire on it, as a spare. hopefully I can get a large wheel bag to put it in and keep it in the utility room, out of the heat, so it won’t get dry-rotted.

bought an extra set of wheels with factory bridgestone potenza RE040s. can’t decide if I just got some tires for cheap for the street, want to put race tires on the extra wheels, or if I should re-sell them and just get some nice tires to use for both street and autocross. I ended up selling the wheels and tires individually on ebay for a tidy profit, and using the proceeds to buy some Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 tires.

Got some Michelin Pilot tires installed for autocross

I put 32,111 miles on the tires which shipped with the car from the factory. They were Bridgestone Potenza A030s, the size was P225/45ZR18. These tires seemed to be too small for the wheels. The new tires are Kumho Ecsta SPTs, in size 245/40ZR18. These seem to fit much nicer, and look much better, plus I get an extra 20mm or so of tread width! The old tires had a treadwear rating of 140, the new ones have a treadwear rating of 320!

The stock tire seems to be too narrow for the stock wheel. The stock tires are Bridgestone Potenza A030 at P225/45ZR18. Once they are worn out, I plan to go to P245/40R18.