ashmostro

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I have dws in 245/45 18 on mine. Do a direct search instead of through the car type. For some reason it won't show up that way on Tire rack.

canucklehead

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you're right! I searched Contis website and even they didn't list 245/45s. OP just go with the OE sizes then! Tire rack, and I assume others, carry the correct sizes.

MalbecG37S

^^ what he said...

Not sure why Tirerack doesn't show the correct results when you search for OE size F/R tires - but when you search directly for 245/45-18, 10 various Continental tires show up - one of which is the DWS.

ashmostro

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I'm guessing the dws in question is an OEM size for another car (prob Mercedes) so they don't want you to know it exists unless you drive one of those.

RedDobe

"After further review" it seems the OEM tires are available on the Conti site. As others have stated they just don't show up as an option on some of the vendors websites. So now I know definitively what is available.
Thanks for all your help and input.

ZenZiglar

I recently bought these tires. I have the xS with 18" rim. I went with 245/45/18 all around.

These tires are very soft. I found more body roll on turns. Consider other options if this will bother you.

XCoop

I was considering the DWS, but am going to go with a the Bridgestone-Potenza RE970AS Pole Position. After reading a lot of reviews and tire tests on Tire Rack, the Conti's have very soft sidewalls that increase body roll. The Conti's will do better on snow, but the Bridgestone's are still a UHP A/S tire, that does ok in snow, but will be more of a performance option.

ashmostro

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Good choice!

blnewt

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OP, if you haven't purchased yet you might want to look at Toyo Proxes 4Plus
I really like mine, dry grip & wet performance are exceptional, very quiet too.
Vendor on the site Treadepot has nice deals on them, if you're interested ask for Andrew & tell him about myG37 for the best price. Here's a review and vendor link
:MoparMax: Product Review - Toyo Proxes 4 Plus Ultra-High Performance All-Season Tire - 8/2/2012

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oliveview

Again, has anyone had success running 245 all around, but on the staggered sport rims? Is that extra 20mm up front too much overhang? I'd love to be able to buy a matching set, so I could extend the life with actual rotations down the line.

Rochester

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Or... with a Sport-RWD car and staggered rims like the OP has, you could put UHP Summer-only tires on the car (like it came from the factory) and enjoy it much, much more than otherwise.

Déjà vu

dragion

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sniper27

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I guess I never understood this. So you have staggered wheels, but want to put a squared setup tires only, and rotate them? So you have 9in wheels up front and 8.5in wheels in the rear, but 245 all around?

Rochester

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By actual rotation, he must mean dismounting all four tires from the rims and re-mounting & balancing them front to back. Since few people have free access to such equipment, that seems counter-productive to the budget priority of maximizing tread life. But yes, if the tires were all the same size, you theoretically could rotate them, even on staggered rims. Not that I would do it.

And Sniper, the staggered OEM rims on oliveview's RWD-Sport Sedan are 7.5" wide in the front, 8.5" wide in the rear.

sniper27

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sorry, i was thinking of my own sedan with coupe wheels. so are there any negative effects of wider wheels in the front than the rear?