New Tyres

[xlnt6]

Cro and Craig,

A bit more advice, I can get:

Michelin PS 255/35ZR19 $730@

Michelin PP2 275/30ZR19 $525@

Yoko V103 275/30ZR19 $595@

They tyre dealer said, for my application, don't bother with anything else but the ones listed above.

I'd love to get the same as Craig, but you can't get them in Oz, so which one would be best ? I'd like to get the bigger boots, with the best grip, but can't seem to have both.

Cheers

Robin.

[geea]

Cro and Craig,

A bit more advice, I can get:

Michelin PS 255/35ZR19 $730@

Michelin PP2 275/30ZR19 $525@

Yoko V103 275/30ZR19 $595@

They tyre dealer said, for my application, don't bother with anything else but the ones listed above.

I'd love to get the same as Craig, but you can't get them in Oz, so which one would be best ? I'd like to get the bigger boots, with the best grip, but can't seem to have both.

Cheers

Robin.

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I still think I'd get the PS2's. I think the better tyre will make up for the smaller width.

Geea.

[gogo]

Cro and Craig,

A bit more advice, I can get:

Michelin PS 255/35ZR19 $730@

Michelin PP2 275/30ZR19 $525@

Yoko V103 275/30ZR19 $595@

They tyre dealer said, for my application, don't bother with anything else but the ones listed above.

I'd love to get the same as Craig, but you can't get them in Oz, so which one would be best ? I'd like to get the bigger boots, with the best grip, but can't seem to have both.

Cheers

Robin.

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Robin - you are welcome to try out my car with the V103's on it...

[Power]

Cro and Craig,

A bit more advice, I can get:

Michelin PS 255/35ZR19 $730@

Michelin PP2 275/30ZR19 $525@

Yoko V103 275/30ZR19 $595@

They tyre dealer said, for my application, don't bother with anything else but the ones listed above.

I'd love to get the same as Craig, but you can't get them in Oz, so which one would be best ? I'd like to get the bigger boots, with the best grip, but can't seem to have both.

Cheers

Robin.

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Robin - you are welcome to try out my car with the V103's on it...

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gogo, what do you think of the V103 in drag application? Have you tried this?

I just had a set of V103 put on and the handling and other factors are....wow.....just not so sure about straight line acceleration (dry), superb in wet.

Mind you, these are stock rims and V103 in 235/45/17.

[xlnt6]

Robin - you are welcome to try out my car with the V103's on it...

Hi Ben,

I didn't realise you had the V103s on your car. What size are you using ?245/40ZR18 is my guess. How do you find them, wrt straight line grip.

I was at the lights today in extreme left lane and the road merged about 50-60m after the intersection. I was next to a rice cooker Lancer and I couldn't beat him to the merge !! I took off normally and he decided to plant it, so I put my foot down and it spun the rears, so I shift to 2nd and same again, so I changed to third and guess what it still spun and I started fish tailing, so at that point I gave up !!

I've noticed now with the cold weather the tyre grip has dropped considerably, and the K104s still have about 75% thread and I can easily smoke them in third gear. The seemed OK with 320-330 rwkW, but now with 375-380 rwkW they are a joke. The colder weather means the car is boosting so easily and in the morning when the roads are damp, I find sometimes I am "skating" to work, rather than driving.

I wouldn't hestitate to get the Michelin PS based on Craig's advice, but I love the look of the 275 rears, so I'm in two minds at the moment.

Cheers

Robin.

[xlnt6]

Thanks everyone for the input. I've decided on a set of 275/30ZR19 Yokohama V103 for the rear. Mainly cause I couldn't get the size I wanted in the Michelin PS2. The Yoko's are much cheaper as well at $590 each. I spent alot of time with the dealer and checking the latest Michelin info, Michelin are making more sizes available than shown on the website.

For example, on the 18 June the PS2 is available in 275/35ZR19 at approx $760 a tyre. The problem is that this will throw out the speedo by about 3% as well as making the back of the car sit higher (96.25 mm high sidewall vs 82.5mm high sidewall on a 30 series 19 incher).

Cheers

Robin.

[gogo]

gogo, what do you think of the V103 in drag application?  Have you tried this?

I just had a set of V103 put on and the handling and other factors are....wow.....just not so sure about straight line acceleration (dry), superb in wet.

Mind you, these are stock rims and V103 in 235/45/17.

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Best 60' with these tyres at 36psi is 2.07sec in a manual - average is about 2.15 on the Gtech, which I calibrated at the drags and is pretty close...

Not bad for a street tyre - I am running 245/40-18's

[Cro]

I've finally managed to test out the PP2's in the wet today.

And for anyone who was up and about in Sydney early this morning would know how wet it actually was.

I drove from Bankstown - the Gosford turn off in very heavy rain. Through many large puddles, and the PP2's handles brilliantly and didn't aqua plane at all which is more than I can say for the PP1's on my rear.

I did a fair few violent jerks of the steering wheel to see if I could induce some understeer, and nope they kept sticking. Also I sat on about 110 on the highway whilst most others were slowing down.

I'd recommend these tyres over anything else you can buy in a 17, both for wet and dry performance. I've never had such an awesome tyre and I've been through a fair few different types.

[xlnt6]

Hey Cro,

I was talking to another dealer about the PP2 tyres and he said that Michelin's own data showed the new PP2 outperformed all other similar spec Michelins in all categories, dry/wet cornering, dry/wet braking, etc. That included the PP1, original PS as well. So unless you get the top of the range PS2, or can't go wrong with the PP2.

Cheers

Robin.

[IH8TOADS]

I have the PS1's on now in 245x 45x 17 and there not as good as the SP3000's whether it be wet, dry, noise etc. This maybe because I had left them outside and not on the car for about 5months while I wore out the SP3000's. I dont really know but they are definately not as good......cool tread pattern though!!!!

oh I did once use michelins on a tickford fairlane (97 model maybe??). I think they were sports of some variety and they were really good for only 225 wide