Tyres

[canam-phil]

I've read some of the tyre postings. Rather than go for a track biased but road legal tyre with problematic wet and cold performance -and limited mileage-, I'm looking for a road tyre this time. Lot of mileage is road on the way to Le Mans, Spa or Dijon.

Speaking to my normal tyre supplier, he is having trouble finding stock of the Pirelli or Michelin in the correct sizes for all corners. He is quoting 5 weeks for both!

So, my questions are,

1 Can anyone recommend a reliable competitive supplier of these tyres in the South East or by an internet supplier for local fitting (pm me if you like)?
2 In the future, given that these sizes are only used on a small number of vehicles, what will be the options when P and M drop them from their range (as Goodyear did)?

Phil

[UltimaCH]

canam-phil said:

Speaking to my normal tyre supplier, he is having trouble finding stock of the Pirelli or Michelin in the correct sizes for all corners. He is quoting 5 weeks for both!

So, my questions are,

In the future, given that these sizes are only used on a small number of vehicles, what will be the options when P and M drop them from their range (as Goodyear did)?

Phil

We will indeed have problems if this happen, but I guess a solution will be found...

[UltimaCH]

Thanks Factory for clearing up this question and reassuring the "anxiety" shown by certain members of the forum.

[mt308]

Ultima factory said:

We have fresh Michelin and Kumho tyres in stock for immediate despatch and can also source Pirelli, Hoosier, and BF Goodrich in a couple of days by customer request.

The tyres are an OE fitment to the Dodge Viper, Lamborghini Diablo, Lamborghini Murcielago and Ferrari F50 to name a few examples. Therefore we don't foresee any tyre availability issues at all in future years.



Regards to all,

Hi Richard

How do the michelins compare to the Good Years and other options as an all rounder? Presumably my rears will wear out quicker than the fronts so may need to mix brands for a while, any issues with this?

Thanks

Mark

[spatz]

i have now installed my other set of wheels with Pirelli PZero and I can say that they are way better than the good years F1 which I will now replace
although still looking very new. So what Michelins are you talking about there is 2 models ?

thanks

[UltimaCH]

Uwe, the Michelin performance tyres are Pilot Sport 2 which now has been around for a couple of years and the Pilot Sport 3 which is the newer version offered. The track tyre but road legal is the Cup.

[canam-phil]

Thanks Factory for your update info on the tyre situation.

CH - I was at the Goodwood FOS last week and the Michelin rep said he would contact me with the PS2 and PS3 prices. But he hasn't to date. Phoning around, PS3 seem to be difficult to get hold of in the rear size.

Edited to add: I have been told that PS3 in rear size is not(will not be?) available. Anyone have other information?

Edited by canam-phil on Thursday 18th July 12:51

[budala]

I had the same info from Michelin a few weeks ago : rear size not available.
On my side i'm happy with R888 front and rear. But front are 255 width and they fit on my GTR...

[spatz]

i habe now bought a set of PS2 for the front I will let you know

regards