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Originally Posted by boxstter
I assume you bought your 01 boxster used since these tires were new but I don't see them listed anywhere as an N spec tire. How is the tread wear? Noise? I keep teetering back and forth as to weather an N spec tire will make that much of a difference in ride and performance. None of my other vehicles are performance oriented and generally speaking I just get something middle of the road aka best value for the money for the particular car but with the Boxster I am enjoying the quality of driving so much I don't want to mess things up and at roughly $1000 - $1200 that could be a costly mistake.
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One advantage of sticking with the N-Spec tire is you get something that you can be confident will perform well in all respects, noise, ride, handling and wear (well, that last one is subjective).
For me the bottom line for someone who doesn't know a lot about tires is that sticking with the OEM versions prevents you from making a $1000 mistake.
Case in point, I am one of the handful of people who actually don't like non N-Spec PS2's on the 986. I know, they are standard on some 987's but they are also N-Spec which I can guarantee has a different construction than the non N-Spec PS2's. There is no N-Spec variant of the PS2 that fits the 986. On the other hand, the Bridgestone S-03's are great tires on the 986 and they aren't N-Spec. It all depends on what you want out of the tires and the car.