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Jonathan Garrett Donner (Jgd)
Junior Member
Username: Jgd
Post Number: 101
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 4:00 pm: | |
I Run Bridgestone SO'2s on my 355 and a couple of porsches they are brilliantly sticky dry tires both on Street and Track,I also run 2 sizes larger in the rear of my car. They wear extremely quickly and are not good wet tires. For Day to Day street driving and wet weather/low temps the Michelin Pilot Sports would be the way to go |
Ali Haas (Aehaas)
Junior Member
Username: Aehaas
Post Number: 66
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 4:26 pm: | |
My 550 came with Bridgestone SO 2's as did my 575 delivered 3 mo. ago.
I do like the Michelin Pilot Sports. I have them on my MB 600 SEL.
aehaas |
Dave (Maranelloman)
Intermediate Member
Username: Maranelloman
Post Number: 2288
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 3:58 pm: | |
Michelin Pilot Sports are OEM to the 550, and are reputed to be great in rain. They also last much longer than the Pirellis. |
Ali Haas (Aehaas)
Junior Member
Username: Aehaas
Post Number: 65
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 7:13 am: | |
I am always trying new tires on my 4 cars. I really like the OEM tires of the 550 / 575, the Bridgestone SO 2 for aggressive around town driving wet or dry.
They also seem to last longer than others although that is only a minor consideration.
aehaas |
Ze Shark (Ze_shark)
New member
Username: Ze_shark
Post Number: 5
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 2:41 am: | |
Kumho has weak distribution in Europe, could not find anything else than the KU19 model, is that the Ecsta's you're talking about ? Tirerack recommends the KU15, could not find the KU19.
Beside that, I read numerous adamant recommendations not to mount tires the car was not developped with, in particular for 355s, but I'd assume the 550 is no different. The matching between suspension set-up and tire rigidity could alter handling. Did anyone perceive changes in road handling after changing Michelin's for Kuhmo's ? |
Bruce Wellington (Bws88tr)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bws88tr
Post Number: 2377
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 6:45 am: | |
THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK IN THE TIRE INDUSTRY IS KUMHO ECSTAS...THEY ARE HALF THE PRICE OF MICHELIN PILOT SPORTS AND ARE EXCELLENT...WWW.TIRERACK.COM
GOOD LUCK,
BRUCE |
Rob Schermerhorn (Rexrcr)
Member
Username: Rexrcr
Post Number: 742
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 6:41 am: | |
I have found that Bridgestone's top performance tire (used to be RE71, now SO3) has exceptional wet performance for the last 10 years.
P Zero is a ten year old design, and I also have noted not too spectacular wet performance, which is why Pirelli came out with Directionale to match with Assimetrico (old PZero), to improve wet performance. This was indeed an improvement. |
Ze Shark (Ze_shark)
New member
Username: Ze_shark
Post Number: 4
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 5:22 am: | |
I've read several archive posts on tire recommendations for a 550, but all of them involved track usage. Any opinion considering road use only (my 355F1 is the track car :-) ), and that means possible rain and low temps ?
Been repeatedly told that P-Zeros are slippery as soap on the wet.
Any british 550 driver around ?
Tks
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