New these tires had exceptional grip but with a 500+ rear wheel horsepower vehicle they wore out fast.
However, the next set of tires didn't even last this long.
265/30 R18 Tires
Everything we know about the 265/30 R18 tire size: 4 owner reviews covering 34,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.
- 4owner reviews
- 34,000 milescovered on them
- 2tires made in this size
What does 265/30 R18 mean?
A 265/30 R18 tire is 265 mm wide, its sidewall is 30% of that width (80 mm) tall, and it fits a 18 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 616 mm.
| Section width | 265 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 80 mm |
| Rim diameter | 18" (457 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 616 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 1,936 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 517 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 831 |
Also written as
265/30R18 265/30 ZR18 265-30-18 265 30 18
Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tire runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.
What cars use 265/30 R18 tires?
The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tires for that exact car.
What drivers say about their 265/30 R18 tires
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
When warm these tires have excellent dry forwards grip (traction). By warm I mean 25C or higher ambient temperature in summer after a decent drive to warm them up. Otherwise they are terrible in colder temperatures and the traction is poor in the wet. I realise my car has a lot of torque (RWD) but trying to gently accelerate out of an intersection or a corner is a receipe for sliding in all but the best conditions, starting in second gear is the only option in the wet. Braking seems average unless it is hot. This might be a good tire for the tropics but for USA, New Zealand, UK and Europe I would avoid. Definitely won't be buying them again, next will be either pilot sport 4 or maybe the new bridgestone sport although I am worried this one might suffer in colder weather also. I have had RE002, RE003, RE050 before which were all better.
i run these as a daily on my car 265 rear and 235 front.
apart from the road noise, which is quite loud, the grip levels are awesome, relative to the price of these. i drove last year from Johannesburg, to Durban, 7 hours in heavy rain and had zero issues. on the track i enjoy them, very progressive, i find you need to run them very hard on the track, tire pressure wise. Way better feel than the TOYO i had on the car before.
apart from the road noise, which is quite loud, the grip levels are awesome, relative to the price of these. i drove last year from Johannesburg, to Durban, 7 hours in heavy rain and had zero issues. on the track i enjoy them, very progressive, i find you need to run them very hard on the track, tire pressure wise. Way better feel than the TOYO i had on the car before.
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Where this data comes from
Owner ratings are submitted through the review form on this site, naming the tire, the size and the distance covered, and are checked by hand before publication. Test results come from independent published tire tests indexed by size, and label values from the EU EPREL database.
About the TR Score
The Tire Reviews Score rates each tire out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.
Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.