Rear Tyre advice / experience - Pirelli P-Zero 255-35-ZR19
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Hello hive mind.
So, seeking any advice or experience on this: It's time for some new rear tyres on my Evora S. It's a standard car with the standard 255-35-ZR19 96Y Pirelli P-Zero tyres on currently.
So looking at these existing tyres which are as said the standard fitment, there is a surprising quantity of what the street parlance would call "stretch" on the tyre. As in, it looks like this factory fit tyre is undersized to the width of the rim.
I understand that this can be a deliberate choice, as it affects the sidewall stiffness and the way the tyre behaves under load particularly in cornering. Would I therefore be mad to fit something wider? There is a 265-35-ZR19 98Y Pirelli P-Zero available which would be a compatible fit, just with the extra centimeter or so of contact patch and less stretch.
Anyone done this? Would it in fact have any effect at all, positive or negative?
So, seeking any advice or experience on this: It's time for some new rear tyres on my Evora S. It's a standard car with the standard 255-35-ZR19 96Y Pirelli P-Zero tyres on currently.
So looking at these existing tyres which are as said the standard fitment, there is a surprising quantity of what the street parlance would call "stretch" on the tyre. As in, it looks like this factory fit tyre is undersized to the width of the rim.
I understand that this can be a deliberate choice, as it affects the sidewall stiffness and the way the tyre behaves under load particularly in cornering. Would I therefore be mad to fit something wider? There is a 265-35-ZR19 98Y Pirelli P-Zero available which would be a compatible fit, just with the extra centimeter or so of contact patch and less stretch.
Anyone done this? Would it in fact have any effect at all, positive or negative?
Spoke to Phil at Bell & Colvill yesterday and his advice was, "Yeah it looks weird but they did it deliberately, don't mess with it."
The urge to respect that very wise opinion and the way it was originally set up is fighting with the entirely unrational urge for more contact patch and more correct look.
The urge to respect that very wise opinion and the way it was originally set up is fighting with the entirely unrational urge for more contact patch and more correct look.
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