Please recommend me new tyres for my 355.
Discussion
Hi all,
I am looking to replace my rears on the 355, am quite happy with the P-Zero's but wondered if there was anything better or similar that people with first-hand experience would suggest?
Need to make a decision pretty quickly.
Have done a couple of searches here and on Club Scuderia, and have narrowed it down to these from what I've read -
Michelin PS2
P-Zero Assimetrico (currently on there) or perhaps P-zero Rosso
Goodyear F1
Falken F452
Also what profile do you use - 275 or 285 and 35 or 40?
All views welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Michael
I am looking to replace my rears on the 355, am quite happy with the P-Zero's but wondered if there was anything better or similar that people with first-hand experience would suggest?
Need to make a decision pretty quickly.
Have done a couple of searches here and on Club Scuderia, and have narrowed it down to these from what I've read -
Michelin PS2
P-Zero Assimetrico (currently on there) or perhaps P-zero Rosso
Goodyear F1
Falken F452
Also what profile do you use - 275 or 285 and 35 or 40?
All views welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Michael
Edited by The Milfman on Thursday 15th April 21:16
Firstly I wouldn't mix tyres on the car so unless you are going to replace all four keep with what you have on the front. The reason for this is the 355 has reasonably high tyre walls and how these behave will effect the handling so mixing not ideal.
The p-zero's have a more compliant ride and forgiving limit the PS2's have a stiffer tyre wall and from my experience give a higher limit but a sharper transition from grip to no grip. Not had bridgestones recently but experience when Ferrari was fitting them a few years ago made me hate them, hard and lacking grip then and the best thing you could do was swap them for the p-zeros.
On a 355 I'm a big fan of the P-Zero but on a 911 I'm a PS2 man.... different tyres work better on differing cars.... so make sure to listen to people who have had them on a 355 rather than how they perform on other cars.
The p-zero's have a more compliant ride and forgiving limit the PS2's have a stiffer tyre wall and from my experience give a higher limit but a sharper transition from grip to no grip. Not had bridgestones recently but experience when Ferrari was fitting them a few years ago made me hate them, hard and lacking grip then and the best thing you could do was swap them for the p-zeros.
On a 355 I'm a big fan of the P-Zero but on a 911 I'm a PS2 man.... different tyres work better on differing cars.... so make sure to listen to people who have had them on a 355 rather than how they perform on other cars.
i changed the p-zeros to pilot sport 2's all round ( same tyre sizes ).
the ride seems far better in all areas, wet dry, & noise.
i have never rated pirelli, and actually changed them about half of the way through the life of them.
they were a wee bit pricey, but i think worth it, although had to have a fiddle about for best tyre pressures, as i couldn't get a definitive answer from anybody on what to run them at.
the ride seems far better in all areas, wet dry, & noise.
i have never rated pirelli, and actually changed them about half of the way through the life of them.
they were a wee bit pricey, but i think worth it, although had to have a fiddle about for best tyre pressures, as i couldn't get a definitive answer from anybody on what to run them at.
Could it just have been that your P-zeros had been on the car for more than 3 or 4 years. As with all tyres they do age badly and after a few years will go hard, might look great but the ride and grip will suffer badly and any new tyre will be a vast improvement.
Not hitting your choice of tyre just wondering as drove another 355 recently and the tyres looked new but were shocking to drive on compared to fresh rubber. One of the problems with low mileage cars.
To the OP, do you know how old the fronts are? Might be worth doing a full set change if they are more than 3 years old, you'd be amazed at the difference!
Not hitting your choice of tyre just wondering as drove another 355 recently and the tyres looked new but were shocking to drive on compared to fresh rubber. One of the problems with low mileage cars.
To the OP, do you know how old the fronts are? Might be worth doing a full set change if they are more than 3 years old, you'd be amazed at the difference!
SpeedYellow said:
To the OP, do you know how old the fronts are? Might be worth doing a full set change if they are more than 3 years old, you'd be amazed at the difference!
Sadly they are about a year old and still have nearly half the tread on the rears but a careless error exiting my garage and I've nicked/slashed the side wall of my left rear so need to replace both. Fronts have about 80% left.Can I put Rosso's on the rear with Assimetrico's on the front?
Thanks for the replys guys, keep them coming.
Nope, on a mid engined car, always important to make sure you have a matched set if you want it to handle as the manufacturer designed.
If you put more grip on the back, the car will suffer more understeer in the dry, scary thing is most stickier tyres work less well in cold and wet, so less grip given on the back compared to the front, so in crap conditions you could end up with a car that is oversteery.
If you put more grip on the back, the car will suffer more understeer in the dry, scary thing is most stickier tyres work less well in cold and wet, so less grip given on the back compared to the front, so in crap conditions you could end up with a car that is oversteery.
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