Michelin Pilot Sport for 05 Boxster S - need opinions

[greg9ball]

I went through a rear set of Michelin Pilot Sport in only 7,000 miles with no burn outs or track time. Is that normal? The tire size is 265/35ZR19. Are there any other tires that anyone recommends. The front tires look like new. I would appreciate any opinions.

Thank you,

Greg

I had the same sized tires on my 2006. Great tires. I got right at 20,000 miles before replacing them last spring.

7,000 miles is pretty fast, but not unheard of.

Is your alignment good? Did you properly maintain tire pressure? Balanced?

You can try to replace the rears only, but it will be very difficult to find your tire and size again. Michellin replaced our tires with the PS2's.

Whatever you decide, don't mix tires on your car.

I now have the PS2's. Great tire. Very $$.

[kabel]

Greg, that is typical of our Boxsters. We've had many discussions on this subject.

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]

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]

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?

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]

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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[threpwood]

Talking about alignment, when I had the boxs aligned last month, the mechanics had some problem in aligning the rear tires because they never reached the 'proper' setting whatever they did. Ended up they picked the closest setting that they could get. Because of that the rear tires will go out faster than the front.

I have PS2 on the boxs.