90_C2_Cab

I just had a set of Dunlop Direzza Star Spec tires (255 rear / 225 front) fitted on my mostly straight Cup 1 17" rims (one of the rear's is bent from a pot hole I hit on my way to an emissions test but that is another story) and let me tell you! I have found the limits in handling of the Cabriolet! These tires are so beyond normal grip that my car feels like it was made by Toyota (I feel it flexing but with no roof that is to be expected).

I just purchased Bilstein's and H&R greens. They should get here in a few days and I hope they help because these tires will almost twist your car in half if you have a stock cabriolet. They stick like glue. The UTQG is only 200 and they claim on the sticker that these are for "Club Sanctioned Events" but my car is not a daily driver so I don't care about wear. What I am worried about is that when I crank the wheel these tires literally will stress the crap out of the body (and my body as well).

I love these tires and I hope with the Bilstein's, H&R greens, a strut brace and a roll bar I won't break my car in half taking turns. If you're looking for sticky tires and don't care about tread wear these tires are amazing!

vasculardoc

I just put the same rubber on my cab - and then promptly ran the tyre guy to complain that he had taken my slippy slidey sloppy flexy handling car and turned it into a bitumen shredding missile !!!! I agree they are fantastic and for the price I think they probably out perform every other tyre on the market. My car is my DD and I take my kids places in it so it ha to be safe and jeez these have given me whole new confidence in the capabilities of my chassis (which now far outweighs my capabilities !)

90_C2_Cab

Vasculardoc - I agree I don't think I can get my car to slide at all. Over-steer and under-steer is gone with these. I feel the swaybar mounts about to rip off with these tires. I may have to upgrade all of the bushings when I install the springs and shocks. I know I sound like I'm exaggerating but these tires are over the top sticky!

sml

Super cheap from the US as well ....

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....t+Z1+Star+Spec

Vandit

I ran these on my Toyota and now I moved over to the Hankook Ventus RS3. Both provide ridiculous grip for a street tire. I can't wait to blow through my C2's Michelin Pilot Sports to put her on some real sticky tires too.

KaiB

Agree with all the above. Although we're on R slicks now, I ran these for two track weekends.

They get greasy when hot, but remain very predictable and actually fun to slide around.

Great tire for dual purpose use.

PNine64

I have these as well and like them. I hear they get a little better after you put a few miles on them.

-nick

I dropped about 5 seconds on ~75 second autocross courses by switching from some good all-seasons (Yoko S.4) to the Star Specs. That's comparing my time over a few events to the pretty consistent gang in my class. Both sets were the same size 225/255x17. I love 'em too! Instructor thought for sure I had on r compounds when I had him ride along for a run. They're not even very noisy for a all-performance tire. And cheap to boot. Agree about them getting greasy when really pushed (back-to-back a/x runs at least). I found 32/36 f/r psi was by far the best combo for the 225/255 sizes. Enjoy!

DAVISRILEY

At this point I think that we have used 10 sets of these on the lemons car, I had a set on the 964, and most of the other lemons teams run the same. Agreed, it's a fantastic for what it is. And there are still a lot of smaller tire sizes available, which unfortunately some of the newer performance tires don't support.

tbennett017

I wanted to use these on a C4, but the sizes aren't exact enough in 17"

993James993

Thanks for the heads up on these tires. What ride height are you planning for the updated suspension?

DAVISRILEY

? I used them in the sizes that was suggested by the article "Wringing out the C4" iirc, to get the push out of the car, 225/45-17 and 255/40-17. Worked great.

90_C2_Cab

993James993
I'll just have to play around with the limited ride height adjustment that comes with the threaded Bilstein shock bodys. The shocks I bought are just the HD's not coil overs so there aren't a lot of options.

Axeman

Thanks for the info on these tires. Anyone has any experience with them in the rain?

tbennett017

You're not having any PDAS issues? I may have missed that info, but the rolling diameters were off just enough that I didn't feel comfy about fitting them to the AWD setup... I installed the adjustable RS swaybars (Steve W. set me up) so the car is neutral already...

Good to hear that they're working for you. I'd like to use them. Thoughts?