205/35/R16 Experience, opinions, & thoughts

Ive been using my 205/35/R16 Nankang Ultrasport 2 tires on Voxx rims for a while now with no complaints in terms of handling and comfort. However, 205 Sport tires seem to be a bit too much tire. I can just barely chirp the tires on smooth pavement on a hot day. I tried showing off for my buddy today in the rain (not raining but road was wet) and put it down a good half throttle from 0 and it gripped right up (I tried to do a burn out lol). Though I suppose it has its benefits, I challenged an integra in the rain to 50 kph and won because they just spun out haha.

Im thinking about trading my rims and tires for some 185/35/16s. I just wanna be able to do a little burn out here and there. and its time I switched up my rims, although the ones I have suite the car so well.

The car can't do a burnout because it's not powerful enough. It's a Corolla anyway. I would not sacrifice grip, cornering, and braking just for a little showing off.

Lol true, even with a header and short ram, I still have no power. I guess Ill just have to wait til the winter and Ill throw the ol 175s back on her and play in the snow.

but actually in all seriousness now, I missed another good point...Fuel economy, I noticed I burn more fuel with 205s. Anybody else notice if they burn more fuel with bigger tires?

I had 185/145/15's on my old car and every time i hit a pot hole i thought id hit a wall!! must be even worse on 35's as they would be like wafer thin tyres :S

I agree with chris I wouldnt sacrifice handling for a bit of fun cause you will gain so much more speed from out cornering a larger faster car :p in the uk you can only do 70mph top speed so I would say handling is far more important than speed

Do a J turn and floor it as soon as the car is whipped around! lol that's the only way our cars can do a half decent peel-out.

And I definitely do notice a decrease a slight decrease in mileage when using 205s compared to the original 185s.

Don't forget about speedometer error as well! I'm currently using 195/50/16. If I could do it again I'd go with 185/50/16. Wish I found this site when I picked my tires.:
http://www.willtheyfit.com/

I could probably do a tiny burn out if my car was a manual, but its an automatic and im too scared to do a j turn with my rusted stock suspension lol. Id probably bust a ball joint or break a wheel hub lol.. no its not that bad but no need to go testing it lol.

Ill just wait till it snows.

and my car came with 175s originally.

No burn outs in a corolla, Ishaq I thinks theres a challenge thrown down.

^^^ LOL, make a new thread with Corolla burnouts!

Yes, wider tires result in worse gasmileage. More surface area = more traction = more sticky

haha, i can do burnouts no problem but iv got falken tyres and they grip the floor so not as good, but if you guys want, i can put some crap tyres on and do burnouts for you (dont wanna wreck my falkens...) lol

do burnouts in my dads wagon quite abit lol... got 175/60/14 on there 1.3 manual ftw

and im pretty sure most of the turbo guys spin up quite easily toooo

Is there a vid or any pics of Pnkys 4A-FTE (the hulk) doing a burnout? I imagine that does a nice peel! I think it even has NOS?

Out of curiousity, why are you running 205/35/16s? Best-fit profile to match standard is 205/45/16 here, and they are hard enough to find in decent tyres and bloody expensive when you do, I would imagine 35s would be even more so.

In saying that I can break traction from a standing start in just about any weather if I want to (does involve some torture of the clutch though) and I'm running 205/40/17 Bridgestone RE050As, which were standard-fitment tyres for high-performance sports cars the world over (BMW, Nissan, Porsche, Mercedes etc).

im on 205 40/45 16s and i had to tear away from lights to get ahead of new shape mini and i dipped the clutch and to my suprise hardly any wheelspin was awesome

my point is i dont think mines that easy to spin the wheels :s

My buddy used to own a 93 Corolla (automatic) with just a SRI and a header. He had 215/35/R18s tires on it and really lightweight rims. He said he could light those tires up like he was on driving on butter!

Spinning tyres really isn't that hard in a FWD with an open diff....