1M Rear Tyres

[ravi355]

I need to a put a set of rear tyres on my 1M, 265/35/19 Michelin Pilot Sports, and have been quoted £336 all in per corner by my dealer (Arden in Maidstone, Kent).

Can anyone reccomend any other supplier / know if this price is reasonable?

I also remember reading post about a slightily different set of michelins (a relatively new release by michelin) that were supposed to be more grippy? Does anyone know what they are?

Thanks in advance for help on this

Cheers
Ravi

[hayzi]

try here

http://www.blackcircles.com/

[hmanuk]

The alternative is super sports which I had fitted and would highly recommend.

[jon-]

If you're replacing them anyway, get the Super Sports, they're the new version of the pilot sport 2 and get great ratings:

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Michelin/Pilot-S...

You should be aiming for sub £300 per tyre fitted.

[jonasaurus]

Probably worth noting the different load ratings as well. As far as im aware the PSS' are not offered in the same lower load rating as the PS2s, at least this is the case for 18s ive had a look at for my E9X M3

[Pugland53]

I replaced my rears with Supersports from a local garage, £550 all in.

[ravi355]

Thanks for the info. Are PS2's and super sports the same thing - I can't seem to find super sports anywhere?

[ravi355]

Managed to find the super sports on black circles and have opted for them - will be interesting to see the diffrence, I assume they are a sofer compound?

[terryb]

I went with super sports too and very good choice.

[MerseaBoy]

also try lovetyres.com. I havent used them yet but their prices looked pretty good. I have used blackcircles before.

[E38Ross]

supersports are fantastic tyres. Luckily, we know someone in the family who can get us cheap tyres....

all 4 tyres on an E92 M3 for £900 wasn't bad!

[griff7]

Camskill are normally a good place and very reasonable on price.

[Bumble SV]

jon- said:

If you're replacing them anyway, get the Super Sports, they're the new version of the pilot sport 2 and get great ratings:

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Michelin/Pilot-S...

You should be aiming for sub £300 per tyre fitted.

ravi355 said:

Thanks for the info. Are PS2's and super sports the same thing - I can't seem to find super sports anywhere?

The Pilot Super Sport is not the new PS2 (neither is the PS3 the new PS2) - they are different tyres for different cars and different uses. The PSS is a great tyre, although make sure you are extra careful in the wet!

[See the Michelin website for the differences between the 3 of them.]

Edited by Bumble SV on Tuesday 12th February 14:18

[Patrick Bateman]

http://lovetyres.com/search/tyres/265-35-19/brand/...

Try camskill and mytyres too.

Needless to say you can save a ton.

[Slippydiff]

Bumble SV said:

The Pilot Super Sport is not the new PS2 (neither is the PS3 the new PS2) - they are different tyres for different cars and different uses. The PSS is a great tyre, although make sure you are extra careful in the wet!

[See the Michelin website for the differences between the 3 of them.]

My experience is that the PSS is excellent in the wet, it's a far superior tyre to the PS3 (which I found to be lacking in wet traction over the PS2.

[Johnky1990]

which PS? PS2 or PS3?
330 a corner is way too pricey me think
I run 295/30/19 PS2 on the rear, they are great
my mate used to run 275/35/10 Super sport on the rears,
he said it feels a lot better/ more grip and stable during the corners,

I heard PS3 is quite a jump from PS2 but not as big as the jump from PS original to PS2.
For summer on dry day, Pzero corsas are bloody good

[jon-]

Bumble SV said:

jon- said:

If you're replacing them anyway, get the Super Sports, they're the new version of the pilot sport 2 and get great ratings:

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Michelin/Pilot-S...

You should be aiming for sub £300 per tyre fitted.

ravi355 said:

Thanks for the info. Are PS2's and super sports the same thing - I can't seem to find super sports anywhere?

The Pilot Super Sport is not the new PS2 (neither is the PS3 the new PS2) - they are different tyres for different cars and different uses. The PSS is a great tyre, although make sure you are extra careful in the wet!

[See the Michelin website for the differences between the 3 of them.]

Edited by Bumble SV on Tuesday 12th February 14:18

The PSS is the natural replacement for the PS2, and progresses the UUHP / Max performance characteristic of the tyre. As such Michelin will start phasing out the PS2 where it's not OE and there's a replacement PSS size.

Source: I was on the launch(es)

[E38Ross]

Bumble SV said:

The Pilot Super Sport is not the new PS2...

confident of that?

[ChrisBuer]

E38Ross said:

confident of that?

I thought the new PS3 replaced the PS2 and the SuperSports were their high end road / sports car tyre.

I put a full set of SuperSports on my car and the difference is very noticeable. The ride is quieter, feels slightly softer and more "gummy". Grip in the wet is much better than the old PS2 and in the dry is hangs on much longer.

As everyone has said, it's a superb tyre!

[jon-]

ChrisBuer said:

I thought the new PS3 replaced the PS2 and the SuperSports were their high end road / sports car tyre.

The PS2 was their high end road / sports tyre.

The PS3 replaced the Pilot Exalto 2 which was their sports tyre for the smaller cars.

If you still don't believe us go and look at the range of sizes the PS2, PS3 and PSS are made in. You'd never have seen a PS2 in a 16" size and you won't find a PS3 in 20"+