Michelin Pilot Sport for 05 Boxster S - need opinions - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

03-11-2009, 06:01 PM

Greg, I would also advise you to call PCNA (800-767-7243) and complain strongly & firmly for approving a tire that has been discontinued. Clearly state that you only need new tires in the rear, and that the fronts are fine.

If your are persistent, a good negotiator, and articulate, you may be pleasantly surprised by Porsche's response.

greg9ball · 03-12-2009, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by bmussatti

Greg, I would also advise you to call PCNA (800-767-7243) and complain strongly & firmly for approving a tire that has been discontinued. Clearly state that you only need new tires in the rear, and that the fronts are fine.

If your are persistent, a good negotiator, and articulate, you may be pleasantly surprised by Porsche's response.

Thank you for everyone's input. Fortunately, I do have the Pilot Sport PS2 tires on them, so I am going to just replace the back tires. I can not believe that I went through the rear tires in 7K miles! Imagine if I drove it hard!

roadracer311 · 03-13-2009, 08:43 PM

What was the wear pattern like?

If they were worn mostly on the inside edges, then you might want to reduce the amount of camber in the rear wheels.

If they were worn on the outside and the inside edges, then it might have been under-inflation. If worn more in the middle than the edges, then over inflation.

Were you keeping the tires inflated to spec?

03-14-2009, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by greg9ball

Fortunately, I do have the Pilot Sport PS2 tires on them,

Are you sure? PS2's were not put, as OEM, on the 2005 MY. Not until about the 2007 MY. Most of the 19" tires in 2005 and 2006 were Pilot Sports. And a few Conti's.

If you do have PS2's, then that's at lest the second set of rear tires. How many miles are on the car?

edevlin · 03-14-2009, 05:58 AM

5-7K is normal for me with PS2's on the rear. Alingment is fine, tread wear pattern is fine. I dont autocross the car, but do often drive it the way it was meant to be driven. I am on my thrid set of rear PS2's with probably 1-2K left on them, the fronts still look fine. I suspect I could get four sets of rears to one set of fronts, but next time the rears go, I will replace all four.

Ed

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Jaxonalden · 03-14-2009, 02:20 PM

I've got PS2's with about 1/4 life gone and the wear is fairly even. A little more on the inside of course. I actually was thinking of having the rear tires swapped for more even wear.

I was on TireRack.com and found a set of Sumitomo HTR Z II's. PS2's are $217/$303 and Sumitomo's $97/$141, with a $564 delta. You can get a two for one deal at that price. That's a savings I can live with.

kabel · 03-14-2009, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaxonalden

I was on TireRack.com and found a set of Sumitomo HTR Z II's. PS2's are $217/$303 and Sumitomo's $97/$141, with a $564 delta. You can get a two for one deal at that price. That's a savings I can live with.

true, but do they stick like a PS2. Me, I am addicted to the PS2's for sure.

Jaxonalden · 03-14-2009, 08:33 PM

A little correction to my post; I don't have PS2's, I have the Pilot Sports, duh. I did some more research and compared the Fuzion ZRi, Kumho Ecsta SPT and the Yokohama S Drive and they basically have all the same test results. The S Drives are about $100 more a set.

I guess the real question is what your going to do with the car. Track it, go sticky which means $$$ and frequent replacements. Joy rides with a few bursts up to a buck thirty plus, I think the tires above would be fine and you can pocket a few dollars.