Tyre choice
- Thread starter fatalbert
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hi,,,
mine is a 2S and I have had P.Zero Rosso's...
225 front 285 rear,,,,, v good in the dry,,,,, not so good in the wet,, but I always put that down to the width at the rear,.,,,,
wear,,, after 5000miles,,, front about 40% wear,, and rears,,,,,,,, about 1mm off the wear indicators..... they are quite soft,,,, but soft gives you the grip.....
would buy again,,,,,, but bank on two sets of rears to one set of fronts,....
previous car had bridgestone SO2s, they were good also........
cheers
Scott..
mine is a 2S and I have had P.Zero Rosso's...
225 front 285 rear,,,,, v good in the dry,,,,, not so good in the wet,, but I always put that down to the width at the rear,.,,,,
wear,,, after 5000miles,,, front about 40% wear,, and rears,,,,,,,, about 1mm off the wear indicators..... they are quite soft,,,, but soft gives you the grip.....
would buy again,,,,,, but bank on two sets of rears to one set of fronts,....
previous car had bridgestone SO2s, they were good also........
cheers
Scott..
Thanks for your help, if i can find SO2's with rim protection I'll go for those in the 265/225 combination as advised.
Micheldever tyres seem to offer the best deals, any other ideas would be welcome.
cheers Chris.
Micheldever tyres seem to offer the best deals, any other ideas would be welcome.
cheers Chris.
batemmj
New member
What don't you like about the bridgestones?? I've been running SO2s for 5,000 miles (inc 3 trackdays) and am happy with performance in both dry and wet. Michelins have had good reports so I was thinking of trying those next. I was thinking of buying some lightweight wheels for my 4S, let me know how you get on (christmas is coming after all!!)
], there's not enough ranting in the world with political correctness strangling the life out of us all (ok off soap box now).
dave993cars
New member
Hi again
I wondered why the car was not well, I purchased the car from Autofarm two and a half years ago, it ran like a dream. Last year I discovered the rear tyre pressure was very low, beware, check on a regular basis, ( 18 psi) had the wheels and tyres checked and was told the tyres were damaged, wheels OK, when I inflated to the correct pressure (46 psi) I had a very bad vibration. This turned out to be tyre degregation from the inside, now the reason for SO3 tyres , my local tyre supplier advised that my type SO2s were no longer available hence SO3s
I never drove the car over the winter and when I did earlier this year it felt loose at the back end, although not that bad I just presumed the SO3s just didn't suit the car.
Anyhow consider me reprimanded Maurice, I will either try the Pirelli or find SO2s for the rear, I have not decided to keep or sell my solid spoke wheels yet.
I will let you know how the car drives Michael, but I presume anything will be better than mixed tyres ?
Thanks people
I wondered why the car was not well, I purchased the car from Autofarm two and a half years ago, it ran like a dream. Last year I discovered the rear tyre pressure was very low, beware, check on a regular basis, ( 18 psi) had the wheels and tyres checked and was told the tyres were damaged, wheels OK, when I inflated to the correct pressure (46 psi) I had a very bad vibration. This turned out to be tyre degregation from the inside, now the reason for SO3 tyres , my local tyre supplier advised that my type SO2s were no longer available hence SO3s
I never drove the car over the winter and when I did earlier this year it felt loose at the back end, although not that bad I just presumed the SO3s just didn't suit the car.
Anyhow consider me reprimanded Maurice, I will either try the Pirelli or find SO2s for the rear, I have not decided to keep or sell my solid spoke wheels yet.
I will let you know how the car drives Michael, but I presume anything will be better than mixed tyres ?
Thanks people
dave993cars
New member
Micheal
Try Jasmin Porsche Motor Sport they have a set of Twin Turbo wheels for £1275.00 + vat refurbished, the person in your life (is this politically correct) might just arrange with Santa to give you a happy Christmas.
Dave S
Try Jasmin Porsche Motor Sport they have a set of Twin Turbo wheels for £1275.00 + vat refurbished, the person in your life (is this politically correct) might just arrange with Santa to give you a happy Christmas.
Dave S
Just catching up on posts after being away for sometime and couldn't help but notice the number of "Conti's are horrible" comments. I've loved mine to bits, on track and off in cold damp weather!
So what's been your issues?
As an aside, have just got all 4 tyres changed from Conti N1's to N2's at Elite for an unbelieveable £499.
So what's been your issues?
As an aside, have just got all 4 tyres changed from Conti N1's to N2's at Elite for an unbelieveable £499.
Maurice, just out of interest, why 34F 36R?
Can't you "lower" the pressures in proportion to get the softer effect?
i.e. Recommended = 36F 44R (18s), therefore, say 32F 40R?
Sorry if this sounds pedantic, but from all the banter on this forum about how critical things like this are, I wondered what you thought...
PAUL
Can't you "lower" the pressures in proportion to get the softer effect?
i.e. Recommended = 36F 44R (18s), therefore, say 32F 40R?
Sorry if this sounds pedantic, but from all the banter on this forum about how critical things like this are, I wondered what you thought...
PAUL
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