jaholmes

I may have missed where Michelin now has pilot sports in 285's. I thought in the past they just and the rib in the size for us Wide Bodies and the pilot sports were just in NB fitment.

Are they new this year because Tire Rack still has the old tires.

I'm looking to ditch my p-zeros, they suck!

briefescape

I have two sets of wheels with Michelin PS tires ......one set has PS 285s and the other are has PS 295s

Cheers Guy

timothymoffat

Just for clarification, Michelin makes several tires under the "Pilot Sport" moniker. Pilot Sport, Pilot Sport "rib", Pilot Sport AS (all season), PS2. There may be more but not all variations are available in all sizes. Last I checked, PS2s were not available in 285/30-18.

Edit; just checked Tirerack and there are several new sizes/ratings of PS2 available including 285/30-18 N3 (Porsche). Guess I should recheck before posting next time.

jaholmes

No problem, I had to double check too. If you go to the Michelin site you will see they dropped the RIB's. Last time I was going to have to go up in size to 295's for the Pilot Sports.

Tire Racks seems to have the older tires.

fast_freddy

The price differential between the 265/35x18 and the 285/30x18 is HUGE at $112.00 or 35% more just for 20mm of rubber. For track days I understand the logic of wanting the extra 20mm of rubber but I wouldnt use PS2's for a track day. For Auto-X applications for which this tire is terrific I prefer to have the narrower rear tire to assist in rotating the rear end more easily. I used to run PS Ribs and was faster on the 265's versus the 285's in Auto-X, on the road I couldnt tell the difference.