New tyres

[geraintthomas]

They don't have to be N rated. Porsche will tell you yes, but in hindsight, just have a good trusted brand of tyre that's the same on all 4 wheels. As said, age matters as much as tread.

I've got Falken 453's on mine. Not N rated at all, but they're unbelievably good tyres.

[Fungirl]

i have just been offered Pirelli P Zero Nero GT what are your thoughts ?

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Fungirl

...at the moment they are Pirelli 225 40 ZR18 N4 ...

Originally Posted by Fungirl

i have just been offered Pirelli P Zero Nero GT what are your thoughts ?

What model of Pirelli are the original tires? We need to know that in order to compare the P Zero Nero GT with the original tires.

I would compare the category of the two tires (summer high performance, all-season, etc) along with the tread wear rating. If they are close, then it would be a fairly good match even though they might be be exactly the same model.

[pomerlo]

I'm about to go to the shop this afternoon installing 4 continental extreme contact dws 06 on my 2002 base. Will let you know how I like them... heard only good things about those.
Tomorrow morning is the alignment shop.

[Fungirl]

they are P zero rosso

[Disaster]

Originally Posted by geraintthomas

age matters as much as tread.

Definitely read the age code on your tires. Mine had 13 year old tires on the front, 9 year old on the rear, when I bought it. Scary! 6 years is the recommended age for replacing performance tires. 10 years is the absolute maximum for any tire.

[rexcramer]

I just put a set of Hankook EVO Ventus V12's on our 97. They are not N rated. I am very pleased with the way they perform. We have Pirelli P-zero's on my wife's 09. They are great. If you can afford the Pirelli's, do it. If you need to get some mileage out of the tires, then a quick search will offer up several lower priced options. IMHO, the N rating is another Porsche tax that you don't need to pay unless you want to.

Definitely check the age of the rears. If they are over half worn or really old, try to swing all four. Even if you need to choose a lesser tire.

I think it was $640 for the Hankook set in January.

[Disaster]

Originally Posted by rexcramer

I just put a set of Hankook EVO Ventus V12's on our 97. They are not N rated. I am very pleased with the way they perform. We have Pirelli P-zero's on my wife's 09. They are great. If you can afford the Pirelli's, do it. If you need to get some mileage out of the tires, then a quick search will offer up several lower priced options. IMHO, the N rating is another Porsche tax that you don't need to pay unless you want to.

Definitely check the age of the rears. If they are over half worn or really old, try to swing all four. Even if you need to choose a lesser tire.

I think it was $640 for the Hankook set in January.

I liked the performance/price ratio of the Hankook EVO Ventus V12's, but they wore much faster than the wear rating suggested on my Kia Soul which doesn't bode well for how they will do on a higher performance machine. I also thought their sidewall stiffness was not up to par with better performance tires.