Cut on a tire - replace or wait

[n4ally2]

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The link takes you to the tires. They are almost $100 cheaper per tire than the PS2. Anyone has any feedback? Anyone ever had them?

Thanks!

BTW got it on the alignment.

[nola911]

Personally, without seeing them in person, I would let it ride.

It looks like the whack was just in the rubber ledge that sticks out further over the lip of the tire. The thickness of the tire sidewall still looks uniform and the little non-reinforced rubber ledge took the cut..

I would take it to a tire shop that you can trust isn't going to try to make a buck and ask an expert.

[Quickurt]

Originally Posted by n4ally2

Click Here

The link takes you to the tires. They are almost $100 cheaper per tire than the PS2. Anyone has any feedback? Anyone ever had them?

Thanks!

BTW got it on the alignment.

I don't know the Advan Sport - the other advans are very high performance track oriented tires with VERY low wear life.
These are definitely a different tire and are well rated on the survey.

Try a set and tell us how they worked out!
Another vote FOR alignment when you replace tires. All today's rubber is expensive and the alignment is cheap insurance for the best wear possible. By the time you notice you should have had an alignment, most of the damage is done.

[n4ally2]

I called tire rack and they told me the yokohama tires are mot N rated. So I am sticking with PS2.

[FTD]

Originally Posted by n4ally2

I called tire rack and they told me the yokohama tires are mot N rated. So I am sticking with PS2.

I think the N rating is a Porsche partnership / marketing thing. I thought I had to have N rated tires, but I no longer buy into that. Comments?

[eslai]

I hate the whole "N" rating thing. I hate being forced to buy tires based on some magic rating system. If Porsche and/or the tire manufacturers would release some specification telling us what the N rating means, I'd feel much less like I was getting suckered.

I've stuck with the stock PS2's this whole time. Burns my wallet in a very unsatisfying way.

[FTD]

I think N rating means 'Porsche approved'.
I had a friend that bought Tide laundry detergent because he said he was supposed to use it on his X brand shirts. That is bunk. So I figure the N thing is bunk too.

[eslai]

That's the problem--if it really does just mean that the tire passed some sort of certification with Porsche, then why do non-N-rated PS2s exist?

If there is no difference between the non-N and the N version of the tire, then Porsche is really bull****************ting us. Since they won't tell us what the actual difference is, it's impossible to tell and thus it is just frustrating "magic".