mixing tyres on my 997

[Arctic pompey]

Hi everyone,
lots of lurking and not much posting from me but want your thoughts on tyres.
Have acquired a pair of rear 295/30/19 Bridgestone potenzas (new). I need to change the fronts and was planning on Michelin pilot sport 4S however wondered if there is an issue mixing these up? ie Bridgestones on the rear and Michelins on the front.
Thoughts/comments welcome?

btw - road use only and I`m a regular driver, nothing flash or too fast :-)

thanks Howard

[The_Doc]

I ran Michelin Super Sports on the fronts and PS4s on the rears for 20,000 miles no problems.

I ran the very same Super Sports on the fronts whilst I had Pirelli Sottozero winter tyres on the rears for 3 winters in a row (10,000 miles) this way I could get out of my village in Cumbria in the snow/wet/ice/frost

You just explore and acknowledge the limits each pair of tyres offers from front and rear.

I think different tyres offside-nearside would be disaster, but front and rear: mix away.

[Arctic pompey]

My missus has the Michelins on her TT and they are great tyres, loads of grip and have hardly any wear on them and thats 15k miles in!

[David W.]

Someone once said to me you are asking much more of a difference from what you expect the front and rear tyres to do than the difference in the compound or tread of to different brands of tyre.

[Porsche911R]

nice if you want to swap ends every time you brake In the wet and the rears just have zero grip vs the PS4S/

then yes carry on. Buy a Porkers then skimp on £350 tyres ! odd.

[Murph7355]

anonymous said:

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Exaggeration perhaps...but in spirit I tend to agree.

I've never been a huge fan of Bridgestones personally. The main thing going for them being they're better than Pirellis (which I hate).

IME the Michelins are massively better to the Bridgestones. This will lead to differences in the behaviour front and rear. Can these be driven around? Of course. Do you want to be having to do that in a 911? I wouldn't.

If by "acquired" the OP means "free", then I'd get them on eBay and buy a pair of the same Michelins for the rear.

[Arctic pompey]

I wasnt skimping on the tyres, they are "N" rated, brand new and were probably half of what Camskill charge. Just doing my home work before I change all four, but feel Michelins might be the better bet. Thanks all.

[Murph7355]

The Michelins aren't N rated as far as I'm aware, if that matters (warranty).

[leegrear]

went on Michelins, ahving browsed online at prices went to a local small independant tyre guy in my village, and saved 180 and all 4. It pays to look local the internet prices are all the same.