About Performance summer tires
A summer performance tire runs a stiff, low void tread and a soft compound made for warm pavement, so it grips harder in a corner and stops shorter than any all season, wet or dry, above about 45 degrees. The trade off is cold weather. Below freezing the compound hardens and loses grip, and it must not see snow, so it is a warm season or a second set tire. Tread life is the shortest of any type, the price of the grip.
Michelin, Nitto, Continental Tire, Hankook and 8 more brands make the 45 performance summer lines here, 275 sizes between them, 22.7 to 34 inches tall. The sizes with the most performance summer lines are 235/35R19 (18), 245/35R19 (17) and 235/40R18 (16). The right pick for a WRX, GR86, Civic Type R, Mustang, M3 or Model 3 that is driven hard, and the tire every track day and autocross setup starts with. Pick a wheel set or tell us your car and the page keeps only the sizes that fit.
Common questions
- What are performance summer tires best for?
- A summer performance tire runs a stiff, low void tread and a soft compound made for warm pavement, so it grips harder in a corner and stops shorter than any all season, wet or dry, above about 45 degrees. The right pick for a WRX, GR86, Civic Type R, Mustang, M3 or Model 3 that is driven hard, and the tire every track day and autocross setup starts with.
- What is the trade off with performance summer tires?
- The trade off is cold weather. Below freezing the compound hardens and loses grip, and it must not see snow, so it is a warm season or a second set tire. Tread life is the shortest of any type, the price of the grip.
- Which brands make performance summer tires here?
- Michelin, Nitto, Continental Tire, Hankook, Pirelli, Yokohama and 6 more, 45 lines in all.
- Will these performance summer tires fit my wheels?
- Pick your wheel size or your car and the page keeps only the performance summer sizes that mount on the wheel width and stay near your stock height. Add tires to a wheel set and we mount and balance them before they ship.
