Tire Pictures Please: Pirelli, Michelin, Bridgestone

You're concerned what they look like? Hmmm.

Pirellis get hard as hockey pucks... go with the Michelin man.

 

+1 for Michelin

 

Michelin

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I have Michelin Pilot Super Sports on my F430 but I also really like Continental DW Extreme, which I have on my 360. They're worth looking at.

 

I'm interested too especially Bridgestone's since I associate Ferrari with Bridgestone during the time the F430 was made. I'm also concerned with the looks too why wouldn't I be haha. Sure it must perform but once that box is checked I'm putting good looking/fitting tires on my beautiful Ferrari!

 

Michelin cup tires look the best, but they don't make the appropriate size for the front wheels.

 

I thought I'm the only one who's this crazy about how tires look on a car. Like you I'm very OCD when it comes to things like these and I've had tires on my car that I wasn't happy with before because of how they look and I've gone through great lengths to change them.

Anyways, I had to replace my P-zero's recently and gone about researching and asking around which tires I should get and I narrowed it down to 2 choices - P-zero and Michelin PSS. Everybody and his dog recommended PSS and I truly believe that it is a superior tire to the Pirelli...so I went for the PSS. But after mounting the tire onto my rear wheel, I did a side-by-side comparison and saw that the PSS' profile seems much thicker compared to the P-zero. The P-zero had more grooves that are spaced much closer together than the PSS and somehow that made the profile look a lot lower.

So I decided to switch to P-zero right there and then. I figured I don't push my car to the limit enough to justify a tire that I'd end up not liking to look at. It's not as if the P-zero is a bad tire - it really isn't. It's definitely good enough and it has an even better rating in the wet than the PSS according to tirerack if I recall correctly.

Edit to say here's the review: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=218

 

Pun intended?

 

Hahaha. I would like to claim credit for being that witty but I have to confess that I have no idea what this talk is about the "looks" of the tires. They're all black right? And if you get them in the right size they're correct, right? So all of this discussion about the appearance of the tire is lost on me.

I was only making a recommendation on the quality of the tire and how it performs on the car.

 

Michelin Cups on my Stradale

 

I replaced the original Bridgestone Potenzas REs with the same only because that's how the car was originally built. I like keeping it as it rolled out of Maranello.
My 575 has Michelins PPS. I think both tires perform well.

 

Forget the PZero. They are old and were not even good when they first cam out - like 13-15 years ago.

Here's some problems with the PZero

They crack
They flatspot
They get hard
They're loud
They provide sub-par grip
They ride rough

Oh and be aware that these issues get substantially worse on a car that is not driven often. The current crappy quality of the PZero means it will be hard, flatspotted, out of round and cracked within a short time. The PZero Rosso is also not a commonly sold tyre these days. You may very well end up with a new old tyre that was made a few years ago.

Do you really want all that and more from a Chinese tyre, just because they may look slightly better than the Michelin?

What you can get now in OE size is the successor to the MPSS, the MPS4S. They look great and should perform on an absolutely stellar level.

No matter what, get those old tyres off it and don't mix tyres.

People here give you advice based on experience, good and bad. Do yourself a favor and listen.

 

This I don't understand. Why would you not upgrade when much better tyres are available? Even back then, the OE Bridgestones were only soso.

What is the Michelin PPS?

 

I'll be replacing my PSS with the MPS4S once they are out! Might even put them on my GT3 when my first set of cups are done.

 

Michelin...with added flourishes. I've taken the stickers off now though, much prefer the tires without tbh.
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freshmeat: insane good looking!!!

what tiresize is that?

 

Michelin. As someone else said earlier, the Pirellis on my car turned to hard rubber and the Michelins turned my car back into the beast it was meant to be.

I'll go with Michelin each time I need to change tires... I only hope they make more of them as I had to wait 3 months (last year) for the Super Sports.
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thanks, the fronts are 245/35 and rears are 325/30

 

I like the PSS because they look very meaty on the rear wheels. I hate how the front tires look so thin, however


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+1 Michelins