Direzza star spec z1 quesrion

[shanem]

i bought some wheels that already had dunlop direzza z1 235/40-17 tires on them. one of them has a screw in the sidewall that cant be repaired. they stopped making the tire and i need a single, two questions, anyone know where i might find on in stock somewhere? ive searched online and no one ahs them in that size. that brings me to question two, i can get a Z2 in that size but i am wondering if they have enough differences that that will cause issues at the track?

[S2K_MoZo]

If someone on the forum has one, maybe they will sell it to you or let you have it. I ran Ecsta XS in the front and Direzza in the rear at autocross before in my S2000 when I was moving from XS to Direzza and it was okay other than the fact that tires had different operating temperatures and behaved differently. If you were to buy a tire, I'd say get two and use it to your advantage. Z2s are a little more sticky from what I've heard so put them in rear if your car oversteers naturally or put them in front if your car pushes. Just my .02 cents. I just went through the same thing with nail in a perfect tire on used wheels so I feel your pain. Hope it all works out for you.

[OZMDD]

They are similar, yet different. Prob ok in pairs, but not a single.