Recommendations for high mileage tires - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

FTD · 05-03-2008, 06:16 PM

While reserching, don't just look for the N rating. That is a marketing partnership with Porsche and somebody, like certain clothing manufacturers recommend Tide. I have been duped by that and have since learned that I can save 1/3 of the prirce with different tire options that also last longer. Do some search on this forum and others, not on the tire you want to find out about, but on tires generally. The Nexen 3000 and a Goodrich Fusion may be of interest to you, at a fraction of the price of N rated tires that don't last as long.

Sammy · 05-04-2008, 06:55 AM

Do a search on the forum for Nexxen tires. I don't have them personally but I know NickCats has been extremely happy with his and they lasted 20k miles with numerous autocrosses on them. In addition they were only $400 for all four.

eqs · 05-04-2008, 08:13 AM

Sammy, $400 for all four, now that's something to look into.

Cheers, and thanks

eqs · 05-04-2008, 09:57 AM

Looked into this a little bit and it appears that Nexen makes 17, 18, and 20s - no 19s from what I could find. Will call a dealer tomorrow to confirm though.

From what I could gather from scanning some users comments, the tires are ok for everyday driving, but not for auto-x, DE, or track.

For n rating, I understand that it's best to use what Porsche recommends, to stay within warranty parameters, especially while still under factory or extended warranties.

Anyways, that's all, cheers

Brucelee · 05-04-2008, 11:16 AM

I have Michelin Pilot Exactos on my Lexus. Nice tire, great wear.

Grizzly · 05-04-2008, 11:28 AM

I have a set of General Exclaim UHPs on mine. I bought them because they were recommended by Tirerack and wheeldynamics.net. We have 12,000 on them now and they look brand new; no discernable treadwear at all. As a bonus, I'm quite happy with their performancel. Oh yeah, they're inexspensive too.

Tool Pants · 05-04-2008, 12:49 PM

Here is some info from a while back.

Good Economic Tire?

20,000 miles is good. I see people who only get 8,000 miles.

My Sumitomo HTR ZII has a treadwear rating of 220. Not in the market for tires so I don't know if ZII is still on the market as someone mentioned a ZIII tire.