Continental Sport Contact 7 tyres

[andygo]

I'm coming up to the time to swap out my regular Pilot Sport 4S tyres, a tyre I have sworn by on several cars for ages.

They are, INMO a great product, grippy, predictable, quiet and long lasting.

I have noticed that Continental Sport Contact 7's are availble in Porsche sizes now, and for the fronts are about £50 a tyre cheaper whilst getting better revies on back to back tests.

Has anyone taken the plunge with them? I'm a bit loathe to change but for £100 inc for a front pair cheaper, surely worth a look?

[LemonTart]

Interesting question.

I had a pair of these put on my Boxster Friday, I was considering MP4S but after reading the very positive reviews on the Cayman R thread I took the plunge.

They replaced a pair of PZero

The Cayman R thread is worth a read.

[darreni]

I was going to replace a set of ps4s on my CSL with the SC7, but I read from other users that they had a slightly smaller footprint for the given width. This leads to an almost stretched look, which I did not want.
I fitted another set of PS4s instead.

That said, if you do want sc7’s black circles have 15% off tomorrow.

https://www.blackcircles.com/offers/black-friday?u...

Edited by darreni on Sunday 1st December 23:02

[Crudeoink]

I'm running Conti SC7's and cant fault them. FWIW our other car has PS4s on at the moment and I think we will likely go to the SC7's when they wear out.

[andygo]

Crudeoink said:

I'm running Conti SC7's and cant fault them. FWIW our other car has PS4s on at the moment and I think we will likely go to the SC7's when they wear out.

Any evidence of the 'stretched look' mentioned earlier?

I'm considering 235/35/20's by the way.

[ChrisW.]

I would have put SC7's on my 991.2 GT3RS but couldn't get the sizes in N rating hence PS4S (which are pretty good).

[Crudeoink]

andygo said:

Any evidence of the 'stretched look' mentioned earlier?

I'm considering 235/35/20's by the way.

Can't say I've ever noticed

Here's a couple pics

[andygo]

Crudeoink said:

Can't say I've ever noticed

Here's a couple pics

Thanks for posting the photo's. They look fine, I was a bit concerned about the stretched look and the rim protector being ineffective. (Not that I'm a big user of the rim protector, but it's a nice to have.. . )

[PaulD86]

CS7s on my Cayman R. Love them. I haven't driven my R on PS4S, but I've driven at least a dozen performance cars (911s, Boxster, 981 Cayman, Gold R, F-Type etc) on PS4S, so know how good they are. Steering feel on the Conti is way ahead of the Michelin and I've found wet grip to be really good. Someone I know with a C63 reports they wore out quickly on it, but I'm not sure how hard they are on tyres. I'll be buying more CS7s.

Worth a watch if you want some data - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t10y-87oiD4

Spoliler alert - The conti wins. "The CS7 really does move the standard by way more than I thought was possible" [vs PS4S].

[ChrisW.]

A good watch, thanks !

I suppose the PS4S is now becoming old ... is the new P5S any better ??

I still couldn't find it N rated when I last looked ...

Edited by ChrisW. on Tuesday 3rd December 12:16

[andygo]

Nope, apparently C7S's aren't made in N rated spec. Looks like I will be sticking with the Michelins after all.

I know N rated are no longer a Porsche requirement, but I understand the Porsche specific variants are different so I might as well stick with them for now.

[Crudeoink]

andygo said:

Nope, apparently C7S's aren't made in N rated spec. Looks like I will be sticking with the Michelins after all.

I know N rated are no longer a Porsche requirement, but I understand the Porsche specific variants are different so I might as well stick with them for now.

If you're looking at the PS2 then its worth thinking about how old that tyre technology is now. The 987 PS2 variant hasn't been updated since 2013 iirc for the newest N4 variant. If you're happy using compounts that are 12+ years old go for it but there are much better options available nowadays.

[andygo]

Crudeoink said:

If you're looking at the PS2 then its worth thinking about how old that tyre technology is now. The 987 PS2 variant hasn't been updated since 2013 iirc for the newest N4 variant. If you're happy using compounts that are 12+ years old go for it but there are much better options available nowadays.

PS2's? Not sure where they came into the convo, Its PS4S's I would revert to!

[Crudeoink]

Ahh ok. I saw on your garage it was a 987 Boxster you have. I didnt think they did the PS4S with an N rating with Boxster sizes?

Edit to add. The lack of recent N ratings for the 987 is why I went SC7 over the PS4S in the end. If i'm not using an N rated tyre I may as well get the best out there I couldn't find an N rated PS4S that was in the size I needed for the 987.2

Edited by Crudeoink on Tuesday 3rd December 11:53

[andygo]

Crudeoink said:

Ahh ok. I saw on your garage it was a 987 Boxster you have. I didnt think they did the PS4S with an N rating with Boxster sizes?

Edit to add. The lack of recent N ratings for the 987 is why I went SC7 over the PS4S in the end. If i'm not using an N rated tyre I may as well get the best out there I couldn't find an N rated PS4S that was in the size I needed for the 987.2

Edited by Crudeoink on Tuesday 3rd December 11:53

Must update my garage! I'm in a 981 CGTS these days.

[MrChips]

I was recently struggling with this exact decision for my Spyder RS. Ended up going with the PS4S partly due to the N rating, and partly due to the fact I think if i sold/traded the car, the SC7s might be seen as a negative as they're not the established choice.

Have yet to drive the car in anger yet but many owners with PS4S are very happy with them so it seemed unlikely i'd be disappointed with the performance.

[andygo]

I have used the 4s’s for ages now, this is my 5th Porsche with them, plus several golf gti’s etc.

Would be a big decision to change tbh.

[IroningMan]

No PS4S in 18” 987 sizes at all, never mind N rated ones, so I bought a set of Conti SC7 a few weeks ago.

So far so very much a step up from the (N rated) Bridgestones that came off.

[LemonTart]

Yes it’s a leap of faith, I have had those MPS4S on my Audi A3, my GR Yaris and have them now on my GT3, the 718 Boxster came with N rated PZero and last time I changed the rears I went for the same but frankly they are pretty wooden so I was convinced by the Cayman R thread.

[braddo]

I don't think it is a leap of faith. The reviews are pretty consistent that it outdoes the PS4S. It was bound to happen at some point that another tyre would improve on the 4S - it's still an impressively long time that it has been the top of the road tyre pack.

I've gone to SC7 on my GT3, replacing a set of old Cup2s. The new tyres can't quite match old Cup2 around a circuit but they weren't far off and obviously are on a different planet on a wet circuit (or road). I don't get to do many track days so I fancied trying a more road biased tyre that could still handle the occasional track day.

And the weather gods do seem to bring on some rain whenever I drive my car!