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JTP · 12-30-2010, 09:47 PM

Pirelli PS2?

RandallNeighbour · 12-31-2010, 03:38 AM

You've taken great care to make that car look amazing. Congrats!

Dale_K · 12-31-2010, 03:43 AM

Nice looking car.

What size wheels are those? And what brand and size tires? The 2000 S I bought a couple weeks ago has 18" wheels and I'm considering going to a smaller size. Something with a taller sidewall and more compliance. Are you happy with the way your car steers and rides?

thstone · 01-12-2011, 01:17 PM

The tires in the pics are stock 17" Turbo II wheels with 205/50/17 front and 255/40/17 rear Pirelli P-Zero Rosso tires.

As I mentioned, they have since been replaced with slightly wider fronts (225/45/17) and stock rear Michelin Pilot Sport 2 (PS2) tire's (typo said Pirelli PS2 in my original post - sorry!).

The PZero Rosso's (PZR's) were fine but the Michelin PS2's have much more grip (dry or wet) and ride quieter.

I am perfectly happy with the steering and how they ride. The steering is firm and quick to turn in and the ride is a good medium between being too soft and too harsh. My car is a daily driver so I need something that I can live with everyday.

Your S-model has a firmer suspension to start and then with the lower profile 18" tires, the ride can seem a little harsh to some people.

cbbepop · 01-14-2011, 05:14 PM

Nice I always been fond of the racing stripe, too bad my boxster is black and i don't like the white stripe version

jchastn · 02-19-2011, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by cbbepop

Nice I always been fond of the racing stripe, too bad my boxster is black and i don't like the white stripe version

The 70's stripe looks much better on black/dark color cars. It is a "negative" style stripe and the letters are formed by the missing parts of the stripe so they are in body color ( black), legible, and not harsh looking. They are available in colors other than black or white. I am considering a medium shade metallic grey 70's stripe on my lapiz blue metallic Boxster S. I will try to post a photo example of the stripe I am talking about.

jchastn · 02-19-2011, 09:31 AM

What rear speaker kit did you install? I changed out the head unit since we no longer actually play CDs, and that improved the sound somewhat, but sound from the rear is definately missing.