It's tyre time...

[Simpo Two]

huesey1974 said:

Goodyear eagle F1 assymetric 5’s on my 2013 DB9. Removed MPS4s, felt they were too firm and certainly noisier than the Goodyears.

I must have missed this post. I was looking at Eagle F1s online but got lost in the morass of all the variants, and when each variant was listed several times with different fuel and noise levels I got too confused to decide.

I suspect that the more performance-orientated the tyres are, the worse they will fit the brief. And that's why I'm not biting on PS5s - if they're OEM for the DB12 they're going the wrong way.

@Huesey - did you consider any other variants of the Eagle F1s and if so what you made choose the 5?

[LTP]

Simpo Two said:

if they're OEM for the DB12 they're going the wrong way.

They're not. The DB12 has PSS5, not PS5. PS5 replace PS4; PSS5 replace (eventually?) PS4S

According to Tyre Reviews Michelin have:

Primacy+ (replacing Primacy) = Touring
PS5 (replacing PS4) = Sports
PSS5 (replacing PS4S - eventually; maybe) = Ultra Sports
(You've also got Cup, which are even more ultra sport/ track-focussed)

[Minglar]

LTP said:

Simpo Two said:

if they're OEM for the DB12 they're going the wrong way.

They're not. The DB12 has PSS5, not PS5. PS5 replace PS4; PSS5 replace (eventually?) PS4S

According to Tyre Reviews Michelin have:

Primacy+ (replacing Primacy) = Touring
PS5 (replacing PS4) = Sports
PSS5 (replacing PS4S - eventually; maybe) = Ultra Sports
(You've also got Cup, which are even more ultra sport/ track-focussed)

According to the AML website DB12 is fitted with Michelin PS5S tyres (”bespoke summer tyre developed specifically for Aston Martin”). The website states new new Vantage is fitted with Michelin PSS5 tyres. One would assume that they are both the same tyre, but it is perhaps a little confusing. The Michelin website states that PSS5 is only available in 20” and 21” diameter sizes, so that would prohibit fitment to some older previous generation Gaydon cars. I would assume that other wheel sizes will become available in due course as/when/if PS4S gets phased out. BRM.

[huesey1974]

Simpo Two said:

I must have missed this post. I was looking at Eagle F1s online but got lost in the morass of all the variants, and when each variant was listed several times with different fuel and noise levels I got too confused to decide.

I suspect that the more performance-orientated the tyres are, the worse they will fit the brief. And that's why I'm not biting on PS5s - if they're OEM for the DB12 they're going the wrong way.

@Huesey - did you consider any other variants of the Eagle F1s and if so what you made choose the 5?

Hi,
I did but these were available at that time in the size i needed. They all get good reviews to be fair. Car came with Pzero and these are terrible in my opinion, not the 1st time i have ditched them from my cars. No issue with the goodyears.

[huesey1974]

huesey1974 said:

Hi,
I did but these were available at that time in the size i needed. They all get good reviews to be fair. Car came with Pzero and these are terrible in my opinion, not the 1st time i have ditched them from my cars. No issue with the goodyears.

I also believe the 4s variant have really stiff sidewalls. And possibly up a size for comfort.

[huesey1974]

huesey1974 said:

Hi,
I did but these were available at that time in the size i needed. They all get good reviews to be fair. Car came with Pzero and these are terrible in my opinion, not the 1st time i have ditched them from my cars. No issue with the goodyears.

I also believe the 4s variant have really stiff sidewalls. And possibly up a size for comfort.

[VanquishRider]

Simpo Two said:

huesey1974 said:

Goodyear eagle F1 assymetric 5’s on my 2013 DB9. Removed MPS4s, felt they were too firm and certainly noisier than the Goodyears.

I must have missed this post. I was looking at Eagle F1s online but got lost in the morass of all the variants, and when each variant was listed several times with different fuel and noise levels I got too confused to decide.

I suspect that the more performance-orientated the tyres are, the worse they will fit the brief. And that's why I'm not biting on PS5s - if they're OEM for the DB12 they're going the wrong way.

@Huesey - did you consider any other variants of the Eagle F1s and if so what you made choose the 5?

PS5's and DB12 PSS5's are very different tyres.

Edited by VanquishRider on Monday 4th March 12:17