Michelin tyres hard to get hold of?

[HaveYouSeenRich]

Just trying to source some Pilot Sports for my wife's Fiesta ST (205/40/18) and everywhere I've looked they don't have in stock.
Went with Black Circles to begin with as they claimed they had some in stock, but emailed last night to say that it was a mistake, but not to worry as we can have Conti Premium Contact 6s as a like-for-like substitute!! Told them no thanks.

[littleredrooster]

I'm looking for a pair for the bike & even the big stockists are saying 6-8 weeks.

[MikeGTi]

Not Michelin, but I ended up getting my Pirelli rears from Germany via MyTyres.

Seems to be a general issue.

[stevethegreek]

littleredrooster said:

I'm looking for a pair for the bike & even the big stockists are saying 6-8 weeks.

Have a look at the demon tweeks website, they had some in stock recently but depends on size, etc..

I've also used mytyres recently for car.

[7 5 7]

https://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b0s2166p209273/Miche...

Have them at Camskills, if you were to find someone to fit them.

[Panamax]

Supply of the fancier Michelin tyres has been patchy for a long time now. Buy 'em when you see 'em. It's particularly challenging for anyone whose car needs a set of four with different sizes on each axle.

Whether it has anything to do with buyers wanting "fresh" tyres (i.e. a recent date code) I've no idea.

[mat205125]

Limited supply of product, and all retailers have hiked prices significantly.

[blueg33]

I couldn't get 4 x cross climate 2 a couple of weeks ago. Ended up with the Continental equivalent which reviews that are just as good

[CraigyMc]

It's a European market thing. There aren't shortages in the states for Michelin..

I've a V6 Exige that runs 17 inch Pilot Sport Cup 2 on the front (215/40/R17)-- or, well, it would except they aren't selling those in Europe at the moment. In Europe, the smallest you can buy are 18s. The rears are 18s and are easy to find (265/18/R35)

Looking at tire rack in the US (sort of equivalent of kwikfit) and they are in stock in 17s. It's almost worth a group buy to import some.

Edited to add: I've just been to look again and their stock is now crap too (It was fine in October 2022). Maybe Michelin is broken now?

Edited by CraigyMc on Wednesday 1st February 14:23

[Tbirdpete]

Interesting. Ordered 4 x Michelin PS4s (205/45/17s) last Friday from my local tyre place, were delivered Saturday morning. Maybe mine are a common size?

[CraigyMc]

Tbirdpete said:

Interesting. Ordered 4 x Michelin PS4s (205/45/17s) last Friday from my local tyre place, were delivered Saturday morning. Maybe mine are a common size?

Yep. And type model.

Pilot Port Cup 2's are a lot less common than Pilot Sport 4/5 or Primacies; they tend to be on stuff like GT3 911s and the like.

[nordboy]

Tbirdpete said:

Interesting. Ordered 4 x Michelin PS4s (205/45/17s) last Friday from my local tyre place, were delivered Saturday morning. Maybe mine are a common size?

I can't seem to get PS4S in my size at the moment. I'm looking at changing all 4 for my car so considering the Conti Sport Contact 7's instead.

In work we're struggling to get Goodyear tyres for some of our cars at the moment so maybe it's just a general tyre supply issue?

[HaveYouSeenRich]

Thanks for everyone's replies. Seems I'm not the only one!
We found a place that is apparently getting them in just over two weeks time. PS4s.

[julianm]

I think they are having to divert some of the production line staff into shovelling all the gold into the vault.

[nebpor]

I had to buy from tel different places to get a full set of PS4S for my 996 - Camskill for rears, MyTyres for front … nowhere had both sizes!

Thankfully I’m not in a rush to get them fitted