N Rated tyres

[Dave 321]

Does anybody know what the different ratings mean. (n1, n2, n3, n4)???
Cheers

[sleep envy]

evolutions in development - N1 gets revised to N2, N2 to N3, so on and so forth.

[Dave 321]

Mine had N2 all round, tyre dealer fitter N1 on rear. Back of car feels weird, like low tyre pressures. Is it bad idea to mix ratings????

[tsantos]

So they say! Anyway you wouldn't want 'older' spec tyres on one of the axles!

[jules c]

see Pat Cash reply on [url]www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.[/url]

[lynchygt3]

are they run in yet dont have full grip straight away

[Vesuvius 996]

Well, IMHO you can't beat 4 x Pirello PZero Asymmetrico N3s

£450 all in at Bracknell Tyres.

[sportsandclassic]

And yet both i and a couple of people of here cannot get on with pirellis on porsches.....

strange.

had good experiences with conti contact sport2..

[Dave 321]

I had sportcontact 2's on rear, now I have sportcontacts on rear and sportcontacts 2's on the front. I think I'll dump them for assemetrico's.. Were they the OE tyres on MK1????

[Koln-RS]

Pirellis would be my preferred choice. Rossos on a 996.

[egbert]

Vesuvius 996 said:

Well, IMHO you can't beat 4 x Pirello PZero Asymmetrico N3s

£450 all in at Bracknell Tyres.

just paid more than that for 3 from black circles.

:sad:

[SIMON S]

Just had 4 new ones fitted
Pirelli PZERRO ROSSO N4
265/35/18 rears
225/40/18 fronts

Kwik fit quote on line by far the cheapest 1 25 % discount if you buy 4 15 % if you are buying two.
I paid £519.50 and they treated the car / wheels like you wouldn't believe.

[ohnoodle]

SIMON S

ohnoodle said:

just been on to kwik fit to try and do tracking for my 987 boxster s. i've called three different branches, (all in west london). two are positive that they cannot do tracking on new style porsches. the third one said the'd give it a try!!!

porsche want £325 to do tracking, and finished the conversation by saying that the minute you go over a speed hump, the tracking could go again!!

great!!

I posted this yesterday on another topic. have you still got a boxster s? interested to see your comments. so kwik fit were okay then?? no problems with balancing / tracking after they'd fitted??

cheers

[polarexpress]

Dave 321 said:

I had sportcontact 2's on rear, now I have sportcontacts on rear and sportcontacts 2's on the front. I think I'll dump them for assemetrico's.. Were they the OE tyres on MK1????

Yes, and so were the Bridgestone SO2As

Probably easier to find the SO2As than the N3 Assimetricos (nb, these are NOT the same as the N4 Rossos) which have been discontinued for some time now.

[slippydiff]

Koln-RS said:

Pirellis would be my preferred choice. Rossos on a 996.

Just replaced the rears on my GT3, all the vibrations (that feel like an out of balance tyre but aren't) have returned, along with the horrible drumming noise on smooth surfaces at speed.
Both the above "afflictions" had disappeared when the tyres had worn to their legal limit.
As James Hunt once commented " I wouldn't park my boat up against a set of Pirellis"

Truly cr*p tyres.

[Neilpeel59]

I've just slapped on four Bridgestone SO2As (Elite Tryes) and they are superb. Perfectly balanced and unbelievable in the wet. Like driving on wets!

[Dave 321]

lynchygt3 said:

are they run in yet dont have full grip straight away

Have done about 350miles on track.. Skin should be worn off by now!